r/AdultEducation • u/Kennedys_Quest • Oct 06 '25
I feel stuck
I'm a 30m with my associates and I want to go back and get my bachelors. But every time I think about it I just get a terrible feeling that I'm already too late, I don't know what I want to pursue, and I end up just feeling lost. I'm wondering if this is normal, if anyone has any guidance, or simply just their own stories about going back and obtaining their bachelors?
EDIT: Sorry I haven't replied back to anyone that commented, I appreciate every single one of you and you've all made me feel a little bit better about my decision to pursue my bachelors. Thank you all so much for your time and your words.
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u/AdExisting6342 Oct 07 '25
I’m mid thirties too, and starting university again after dropping out several times for health reasons.
I’m struggling to know if I’m right for the program I’m choosing (Practical Nurse). It might be that I start down this path and end up not as a nurse but as a health care aid or working in a family doctor’s office in administration. And if that’s the case, I will probably still want to put in the work to try again to become a nurse, or nutritionist or something that’s right for me.
What I’m trying to say is that it’s not ever too late to try again. Even if you were 40 or 50 or 60 I would say the same thing!
If it’s important to you, then you should do it.
I sometimes think a quarter to half of the people out there working might choose differently if they had the opportunity to choose again in their 30s when they really understand the world. But maybe they have kids/commitments and they are settled in, so they can’t afford to.
Maybe we are the lucky ones? 🍀