Early mid-life crisis?

Would it be possible to start small with online classes? You could work your way up to a degree, so long as you have the funds to back it. It's not impossible to go to college at a later age.This is normal! By your late twenties there is pressure to have a family in the traditional sense. House and a wife and two and a half kids, right? You don't have to abandon your ambitions. If you're gonna have kids, it might actually be a good example for them to see you go for it.

I hardly see a problem here. Our society judges people with a lot of different angles education being one of them. though few people graduate college making more then $50k a year and some of the highest paying jobs do not require a degree i.e. insurance, sales, and realestate. certiicates yes like serving alchohol. If you like what you do then by all means make a plan for your future that involves what you like to do. Save money and start your own business because you will never be independently wealthy working for someone else... That being said you don't have to be wealthy to be happy. Being a server allows for a very flexible life style and frankly when I was a server I had kicked around the idea of working on a cruise line to travel and meet lots of interesting (lonely) wealthy people...

I'm 25. I've lived in the same house for 23 years and I had little to no support for my schooling. But I moved this past September to my own apartment and have been paying my own way through school, trying to get my life on a less bumpy road. I know about early mid-life crisis (which I've seen dubbed "quarter life crisis"). I think what you have to do is follow what you think is right. It'll be harder for you, since I'm not married and can't speak from your standpoint, but I think what you need to is what you feel is right.

Thanks for the posts. It's good to hear other people's feelings on the matter to help my feelings feel validated. I've considered online courses - and I think it is a possibility now that I have internet (didn't have it for five years). I live in the country on 12 acres on an island with a population under 5 thousand, there are no post-secondary institutions. I can go days without seeing a single person, 'cept my hubby.