@AuraObscura - FWIW, at age 29 I decided to go to law school. I had been a mediocre college student and even with a good score on the LSAT, I could not have gotten into a top-tier law school. So I went to the fourth-tier local school, worked hard and graduated near the top of my class.
I worked in-house for a company for several years and then decided to pick up an MBA from a top-tier university. That took almost four years going part-time. I was ten years older than most of the other students. With that degree, I was able to land a job with one of the top law firms in the US. I was 15 years older than most of the other associates. I hated every minute of my job, but I was able to move from there to a pretty successful career. I also got married and started a family later than most but I’ve loved being a dad. Now, my oldest is starting on his PhD, my second will be applying for a masters degree, and my third is entering his junior year in college.
The way I looked at it at age 29, was that it would be tough being older than my peers, but the alternative was to be 60 years old and regret not having given it all a shot. Do you want to regret not having followed your dreams?