So let's summarize

I quit my well-paying, ample opportunity for advancement job in 2012

I did not complete the third and final level of the CFA program around the same time 

I did not get that graduate degree that my peers got 

I did not buy a bigger, nicer house when I sold mine 

I did not travel the world on adventures with my wife/girlfriend 

When I finally sold my 13-year-old car for two grand, I did not get to buy the kind of car I always wanted. Instead I'm looking at dropping 30k on a used minivan conversion