Age is not based on chronology, but psychology.
Don't surround yourself with people who just affirm you. Surround yourself with people who challenge you.
Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.
If we don't see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach, but rather as a problem with ourselves, as a personality defect, we will immediately feel overwhelmed.
If your life's worth living, it's worth recording.
Just because someone seems to have more certainty, doesn't mean they're right.