[complianceowl]

My pleasure, friend. You mentioned you are 23. When I was 19, I told myself: If If I don't have a girlfriend by the time I'm 23, then my life will have passed me by. Now in my early 30s, I just laugh at how detached I was from reality.

I'm about ten years older than you. Being 23 years old is like having a superpower -- in terms of time, physically, the likelihood of having less obligations and responsibility.

You got this! You don't even have to rush. All you have to do is put in a small chunk of work in a consistent fashion, and in maybe two years, you'll be light years ahead of most people; can't even imagine how much you'll accomplish by the time your 30.

Put in the work and always keep purpose, priorities, and quality of life at the forefront. It's not how much you accumulate or even accomplish. It's about the quality of your life.

[user-extended]

I will keep your advice at heart, thank you for it again.

I don't know if my life will be better than the lives of others, though, as I don't have a degree, and I am seemingly less intelligent than others, which limits my ability to learn as fast/income-wise.

Slowly beginning to lose hope, but as you said "It's about the quality of your life."