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One of the other ideas I see floating around in your posts is a focus on the "social clock": "I'm x years of age, so I should be doing y." Here's the truth: while it is easier to make major life transitions at the time dictated by a social clock because your peers are going through the same transitions, you can still make these transitions at other times. The cultural diversity of modern American society means the social clock is becoming less relevant in some ways. I wrestle with this too; a lot of my peers are married and having babies. Does this mean I want to run out and have a baby? No, not particularly; the timing isn't right for me. I have figured out that my personal needs come before the social clock.
Stop worrying about what you should be doing at your age, and just live.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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