I got the MA so I could teach, but I've always wanted a doctorate, just so I could be pretentious as hell and make everyone call me "Dr." Don't really want to put the work into it, nothing in particular I'd enjoy specializing in, I just want the credential. So I kind of know how you feel.

Be glad you have a degree at all. Even a bachelor's opens lots of doors. It shows people you're able to commit to something and see it through. I brag about my undergrad GPA every chance I get (3.818, LOL), but you know what? Nobody gives a crap. No one has EVER asked to see my transcripts or demand to know my GPA. They just care that I can do the job.

If you're happy with what you're doing, why be sorry you aren't doing something else? I'm 39 too and I don't think I've achieved a friggin' thing, so I know how it feels -- like I should be A LOT farther along in life than I am. But, I started from way behind, thanks to this stupid thing called depression. Look at it this way -- at this rate, we'll peak when we're 70!

Try not to worry too much about it. There will always be people above you and below you. The trick is in being content with where you are.

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