> I can't help but feel that if I had started in earnest at 25, at 21, at 19 — then maybe the list of accomplishments at the end of my life will be longer.
This theoretical regret about a progress bar to presumed "answers" assumes that the "question" was not changed by your life experience.
> Mentally, I've resigned to the fact that I've procrastinated away a decade of valuable time, and it just endlessly haunts me.
It's only procrastination if you fail to trust your own choices and find the inevitable lessons therein.
A haunting thought: what if your subconscious was seeking something while "procrastinating"? What if you already found it?
This theoretical regret about a progress bar to presumed "answers" assumes that the "question" was not changed by your life experience.
> Mentally, I've resigned to the fact that I've procrastinated away a decade of valuable time, and it just endlessly haunts me.
It's only procrastination if you fail to trust your own choices and find the inevitable lessons therein.
A haunting thought: what if your subconscious was seeking something while "procrastinating"? What if you already found it?