I have 15 years on you and things get better as you get older. Your life starts to make more sense and there are fewer regrets as you see it making its own "personal" sense. What other people are doing quits being quite so important. Too, a big thing at that, there's lots of time left and you don't know that you won't happen upon something new/different like Mr. Dell. Remember, he didn't realize how "famous" he'd be when he was in college either, was just doing what he liked to do. Anyone can do that much and who knows what will result until it does. It's not all "planning" or even "hard work" but just plugging away at what you enjoy doing/learning.