Half of young people regret life choices by 21

Forget the mid-life crisis and even the quarter-life precursor — today’s young people are already regretting their life’s choices at the age of 21.

Half of young people regret life choices by 21

Almost half of those interviewed by the Economic and Social Research Institute regretted the choices they made about work or further education in the years immediately following the Leaving Cert.

The study found only 53% of those questioned three to four years after they left school said they would follow the same path again, with many blaming poor career guidance in school and lack of information about courses for the disappointing choices they made.

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