I hope that this can help you. I'm going to try to be as realistic with you as possible. Not sugarcoat anything. I'm 31 years old now. A little after I turned 27, I realized that it wasn't going to be too long until I turned 30. I started freaking out about everything.

I've noticed a couple of things about my late 20s, and finally rolling into my 30s, that I feel I'm fully aware of now. This was the first time in my life that I had been able to look back a my life span. My timeline. And see my life in an all-encompassing summary. Talk about scary sh*t. That feeling lead me to believe that I was old. And being old means your much closer to that thing that no one understands. Your own mortality.

Not being able to deal with that can really scare a person. It's nothing you can control. That coupled with all of the decisions you've made, especially the bad ones you mull over, can lead to a really bumpy late-twenties rollercoaster ride.

Take my advice: think of one to three things you've always wanted to do as a child or young adult. Be it a long trip, confronting someone about a personal issue, forgiving someone for a wrongful decision, asking for someone's forgiveness for something you might have done, a hobby that you threw to the wayside because you questioned committing to it because your we're embarrassed, or thought you wouldn't be good at, or thought it was a waste of time; whatever. Go do one, some, or attempt all of those things.

You're in your late 20s. It's very possible you're having a quarter-life crisis.

Make your life new. And for the love of Pete, try to do something even though the fear really bites.

This may or may not be what you're going through, but I know that the above advice got me through it.

Safe travels.