...if you need to be told what to do then you don't belong in a plane as a driver.
Ain't that the truth.
1/. to succeed in Aviation you must have a burning desire to succeed and a strong faith in yourself. This will see you through several years of crap.
2/. If you have 1/., then it's simply a question of how and when you juggle your finances to achieve it.
3/. If you have 1/. and commit to 2/., and the uber-chick doesn't like it, you were doomed to either split up - or to stay together, but wondering if you could have made it.
Life is short. If you're 25, your life is already 30% over.
ps: I left mining to get back into flying. Flying is better.