I'm 25, so I'm right there with you. I feel that desire to be all I can be immediately, especially when I compare myself to my friends. Many of them have high paying jobs, live on their own, some are engaged already. I have to wait for those things because I have to go to school again (minimum 3 years more). 2 years on top of that to get the licensure for the job I want. And then Lord knows how long before I can get the private practice of my dreams. I might not be 40 until I have the same stability that my friends have now. But I'll get to my dream. My mom said one day "the time will pass either way, you might as well make those years how you want them." Vienna waits for us. They say youth is wasted on the young, I think they're right. We forget to stop and enjoy ourselves sometimes.