changing the present to make the future worth so much more

After rereading my first post, I've decided to take back the age in which I wanted to be at peace. I've given it more thought and it seems that after high school, I would have to attend 12 more years of college to get where I want to be. By then I would be around 28. That doesn't give me much time in the career I worked so hard to be in. It seems another chapter in you life starts after you finish school and when you're really in the real world. When you're in college, you're given more decisions and responsibilities but you can still have an authority figure to fall back on. In the work place, there's usually no one but yourself to blame.