I set out on my training when I was 19 and just beginning my IR now 3 years later. It took this long due to saving to fund where I am up to now.
My advice to you would be that you have 2-3 years of training to come. Jobs out there are slim at the moment and as I'm sure many people would echo on here, it's not what you do, it's who you know. For me personally I worked as cabin crew and this gives great contacts and insights into an airline.
So all I'd say is enjoy it and do whatever you can to get in and around the industry as you don't know what it might lead to in the future!