Jul 23, 2009 15:09
Not going through college fast enough. I started Junior College when I was 18, and took 6 units a semester and then stopped going to college entirely so I could work for three semesters. By the time I got done there and then finished with a BA at a four year university I was already 28 years old. Then I waited a year and went back for my MA, which made me almost 31 by the time I had a Masters. After five years of part time teaching, that made me 36 when I finally started in my career.
Now I have to work til I'm 66 to get full retirement. Which I guess isn't the worst thing in the world, but had I started 10 years earlier like I should have, I could have retired before I hit 60. Ah well. I might make it 10 years after that :P
-V
writer's block