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CompleteNerd · Jul 17, 2014, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by tealBumblebee

Where were you at 26 years old? What had you accomplished? Where were you living? What were you doing? Were you working? Still home? Moved back in? A parent? Married? Were you happy? Were you stable? Did you have true friends by then? Did you know your purpose in life? Were you right/wrong?

What were you doing when you were my age?

I have no way of knowing where I am supposed to be at this point in my life.

I suspect you are at the low end of the 26+ range. What you need to know is this: times have changed but cut cliches and conventional wisdom has not caught up. There are some very thoughtful responses here to your post and my advice is to savor the good ones and take them to heart.
The cliches and conventional wisdom will get you stuck in an unwholesome and unproductive mode of living. You may get "lucky" and find a job financially rewarding and suited to your talents, but if your endeavors in this job are not suited to the core of the good being that you are (and you, and only you can make this judgement), then you are better off jumping the plane because you just might be on a fast road to hell.
The hope in the fact that times have changed is this: you have a lot of time, and many lifetimes in your lifetime to reinvent yourself. Spend time in joyful learning and production in things that interest you and things you are curious about. Be human. Be you. You are the only one who can succeed at that and if you try sincerely, i guarantee you that you will not only find happiness, but you will bring it to other people.