Finally reached the Nether Fortress 😭

First time in the Nether Fortress 😭 And there are directly Blaze spawners right away 🥹 But I'm in a really awkward situation right now. This Nether Fortress is super far from my Nether portal (over 1000 blocks, pic 2) If I die and go back home, I'll have to walk all the way back, which is so annoying. Unless I'm super skilled and beat the Blazes immediately 💀 Actually, I used commands to find the Nether Fortress and came here. (Sorry, forgive me, I'm a noob so I used some cheats: Normal mode, no knockback) But because it's so far, and there are many monsters on certain terrains along the way, I ended up digging all the way from the very top of the Nether, which used up a ton of paper 😵 I can't even imagine how those pros do it. In Hardcore mode, just with iron gear, walking on the surface to the Nether Fortress, and being able to defeat Blazes 😦 is truly amazing.