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Caribou wrote

maybe its a bit cliche, but one thing ive heard people say that resonates is something like "youre going to get older anyways, would you rather be older and a doctor or older and not a doctor?"

As someone who's in a pretty similar spot as you, I've had to accept my life wont follow the "normal" timeline like other peoples, but what I think is important is always feeling like you are moving towards something.

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flabberghaster wrote

I second this. I also have somewhat of a similar story to you /u/neku. I spent most of my 20s doing basically nothing and being depressed, I spent like 6 years getting a 2 year degree at a community college, working part time in retail, and hating it.

I ended up at some point buckling down and getting my life on the track I wanted it to be, but by then I was almost 30 going to college. Not med school or anything but I was a lot older than most of my classmates.

I'm glad I did it. And I think if you want to be a doctor, you should go for it. Because like Caribou said what is the alternative? You will be that age and not being a doctor.

It's a very middle aged thing to say but age is just a number.

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