In the five years after I turned 29 I quit drinking, quit smoking, met and married my wife, fathered two daughters, built a house, completed a college degree, and earned several job promotions.
NONE of this could I have imagined at the time I was 29. I simply decided that my life was off track and I needed to become a different person. There is nothing wrong with being "just another guy" if you are a guy who believes in freedom, individual responsibility, and personal accountability. There is a great shortage of such "guys".
JamesP81,
I followed this thread yesterday, and again this morning, because there is just so much good in it that goes beyond simple advice. These are the voices of people who care. They all have either been where you are, or have known/loved someone who has, and have lived to tell the tale. They make this world a special place, and they are reaching out to you, assuring you that this too shall pass.
Listen to them, and start talking to God again too...it might seem difficult at first, but by all accounts, He seems to be an extraordinarily patient guy ; } And strangely enough, even though so many people talk to Him, somehow, when I talk to Him, I always get the feeling that He is really happy to hear from me...
May God bless you.
Tatt
And don’t let your age get in the way of anything EVER
I was you age when I went back to college- worked my ass off on third shift WHILE doing two bachelors degrees during the day (and easy ones too! Physics and Computer Science)
I did not graduate until I was older than you are- I went from ‘going to work every day” to “I CANT WAIT TO GO TO WORK TOMORROW!!!” (I love my job~!!)
And I am 53 now and I tell my kids I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.