First of all congratulations on passing the exam. The SAP exam is no joke.
Do you mind sharing which specific courses from Udemy you found valuable. In the past, I have leveraged Stefan Maarek, with great success (see blog post here https://mybrokencomputer.net/t/my-journey-to-becoming-an-aws-solutions-architect/).
In terms of ‘hands on’ time with AWS, how did you accomplish this - what scenarios did you run through…