Some good advice there for you mate.
Nothing worse than people telling you not to be in a hurry, especially when you want to get where you are going straight away, but in this case its very good advice.
I had a prior life to my aviating one, and as much as I wished I had started a little earlier, a large part of me is glad that I didn't. Having an opportunity to find out who I was, make a few mistakes along the way and still realise this is the path for me has, I think, resulted in a better end product.
By all means get the ball rolling now, but try not to over commit and certainly don't substitute quality for quantity.
Good luck to you