I am currently 26 years old, turning 27 late this year. I wasted my 19-25 on doing nothing with my life. Partying a lot, smoking, dead end jobs. 

I’ve been making changes and want to follow my dreams I had to enter law enforcement. I’ll graduate a 2 year college program to help with that April 2023, and I’ll be 27. 

I know getting into law enforcement is very competitive and will take time, so I plan to dive right into my plan B of getting a business analyst certification which I won’t be able to start until September 2023. It is a one year program, so I’ll become certified August 2024 and I’ll be 28, almost 29. 

Looking at this, I just can’t help but just feel… idk. Sad. Angry. Regretful. Embarrassed. Just thinking about working in customer service until I’m almost 29 just has me feeling sad about myself. That is only if I land a job relatively soon after I get my BA certification or get into my dream of law enforcement. 

I know it could always be worse and I should be happy I turned my life around when I did, I get it. But idk. I don’t even know why I’m writing this here honestly. Even trying to date with people around my age can be embarrassing. Saying that I’m a supervisor for a Starbucks while in school and everyone always has an actual career… 

I feel like shit honestly.