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    Yes. I am starting life over as if I am 18 years old.... I screw myself over by being educationally lazy. I screw myself over by getting into a field I cannot succeed in.

    I am not even attractive to make steady money as a stripper but its one of the few passions I have in life. I am too fat.

    I have a scholarship full ride now though (cause the military)


    I feel pathetic. I am 25 years old (at least I still get ID for alcohol, and I look 20). But still...

    I have a Britney Spears 2007 moment every 4 months... Its not healthy either. Shaved my head and all.

    I want to be Anna Nicole but I never found my old man.

    Gwen Stefani gives me hope. Dying her hair blue and bindi at 30.

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    Default Re: starting life over as if 18

    25~! hahahh wow you are just a baby! Seriously. The human brain is barely finished developing at that age (google it -- it's true :-) so it's not surprising you are ready to get serious and reinvent yourself, but wow, cheer up. You have an awesome opportunity.
    Full ride scholarship! That's the opposite of pathetic.

    You have the world at your feet so find something you fully enjoy and get that education. Lots of people never even go into the same field they train for but it's a great place to start.

    I think it's pretty normal for a 20-something to have a bit of anxiety but if you continue feeling depressed might need to see about getting a little help for it.


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    I like the spirit of this, but you're still really young. 30 is still young. 40 is still young. People regularly live to 100+ these days, and scientists say that the first person to live to 1,000 years old is alive today. Count on living a long life. You can always change your path if you're not happy where you are.

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    Don't be too hard on yourself. In my early 20s I had a lot going on but wasn't getting anywhere due to the amount of stress (seriously ill parent, working 2 jobs often, car breaking down all the time, etc.) .....I'm grateful I was so young & stubborn, that helped me get through that.

    Also no one takes you seriously when you're under 30. I often have to stop myself from saying rude sounding things to my friends who are under age 30....Your 20s are for living selfishly and finding yourself. Don't think about what other people think. Anyone who sits around judging others in their 20s is both unobservant, thoughtless and most probably miserable.

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    I'm in the same boat. I feel you

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    Being 18 is for the birds. I find that nostalgia is a tricky bastard...we think that those were the "good ol' days," but really we're forgetting all of the drama and angst that came with that age (or any age).

    I wouldn't go back to being 18 for anything. I had no fucking clue who I was, yet I was being 'forced' by society to make enormous decisions that would affect the rest of my life. Choosing a major in college before your brain is even finished developing? Not cool.

    I know what you're saying. But PLEASE be kind to yourself here and recognize that you have learned SO much during your 25 years. None of that knowledge and self-understanding will ever go to waste. Some of us are just late bloomers (raises hand) and need extra time to figure things out. Yes, it sucks when you're in it. But we'll probably end up in better places than people who never question themselves (think of those who have picked their college major before graduating high school).

    We are all constantly evolving, and we are all at completely different places in our lives. Some people do no work on themselves when they're younger and pay for that later in life (identity crises in midlife). Some people work on themselves when they're younger and therefore get a late start in the professional world. Some people go to medical school in their 60s. Check out the book What Should I Do with My Life? for inspiration. We are all on different paths.

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    Lots of people continually start over. I felt weird going back to school studying nursing. I will graduate right when I just about hit 30. I thought I would be too old but 1/3 of the people in my class are older than me and another 1/3 are my age. I look back and can't believe I almost didn't enroll because I felt old. Even if I was the oldest, it still wouldn't matter. I realized it doesn't matter at all because if you aren't actively working toward personal goals then you'll probably get depressed, so major changes are good.

    You're at the age where you feel like you should be on par with your peers and the plan society has tried to brainwash you into following, but post-25 you'll start to see your peers taking all kinds of different paths. There's no roadmap of what you should have accomplished by 25 but I remember peers being competitive with each other like "Oh you're 23??? You should have a bachelors degree by now and getting your entry level career job or you're never going to save enough to have kids!" No. It doesn't matter. Major things sprout up all the time that veer people off their chosen tracks. You could have worked your ass off for years and saved 200k only to find out you have cancer treatment to pay for. Just do what you want and forget about age.

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