<p>Give up on being important. The pre-selected important people have a strangehold on the important work. They are not looking for new members for their exclusive little club. I’m sorry, nothing I tell myself will make me believe it either, but it’s true.
Warning: you may spiral into a deep depression upon truly realizing this. Yes, it’s nice to have a pleasant, comfortable, <em>normal</em> life but why live at all?
At 27, unless you have infinite means and education is your self-amusement of choice, your present experience and training dictates what opportunities are available to you. If you try to start all over, your status will be worse than that of high school graduate, because you will be looked at as a) too old, likely to be in your late 30s or 40s by the time you’re making a real contribution to the field and b) a flake who is likely to change your mind again.</p>