i don't want to ever feel like i've missed out on a great opportunity. it is hard watching people around me decide their careers already, i am 21. i am not ready for an 8-5 job. 21 or 26, what is the difference? when i'm 26 i will have had 5 more years of life experience than those at 21. i know where i want to go in my life, i've always had a plan, but i am in no rush. plans are there so they can be adapted. why let fear hold you back? why let a boyfriend hold you back? independence will not be around forever. eventually i will get a relationship, a career, a house, a morgage, kids, debt.. but why rush all those things when they'll be here when i get back from doing my own thing, finding my own way.