I basically failed at high school. I achieved a very low end of year score, but I only have myelf to blame, given the effort I put in. Some of it was probably due to stress, because I look back on those years and recognize that I have a lot of the same avoidance strategies now.

Since then, I basically went to a community college (97-00) and failed there too. For pretty much the same reason, in that I would put minimal or no effort into my work.

Then I entered the workforce, but my work history has been patchy.

10 years on and i'm 33, going on 34, and wanting to rectify things somehow.

I'm at a crossroads, and I don't want to wait until I am too old, and then look back in complete regret. I have enough of that as it is.

I can't go back in time or wind my clock back and become a younger person. But I feel like I want to reach my educational potential somehow, before it's too late.

This also relates to another thread I made where I lamented the complete waste of a year that was 2011. It's a similar theme in that I don't want to waste any more time.

I've been thinking of mature-age study for years now, and had I made the decision earlier, I would be no worse off financially, and I might even have a diploma/degree of some sort by now. So I already know I have wasted time in that respect.

What are your thoughts?