Listening to your story gave me hope. Especially after you revealed your age where as you coined "My life started"..
I have to be at least a decade younger than you. Even so, do you know how many time i have had the mindset of "There's not much time left!!"
Young, clueless, never dared to go off the beaten path. I think these things describe me. I think it all comes down to fear. I dont have much in life and is deathly afraid to lose what little i have. And so has resorted to this risk-adverse boxed up life that makes me miserable by the day.
Seeing you finding your passion at an age where i consider "end of my youth" gave me a slap to my face. I should not be afraid and yes, i can hypothetically mess around for another 10 years and still make it.
Thank you for your heart-to-heart. It certainly spoke to me and had me pondering my young life.