At 26, my wife and I just had our first child....he turned 26 yesterday! Life is just beginning for you, friend. Don't let things get you down, you have time and youth on your side yet. Although I'd been bowhunting for some time by then.....at 26, I was still just a "pup", and struggling in a lot of ways. And hey, I did'nt have trad-gang, or anybody else for that matter, to help me along. It was a tough journey for a lot of us back before trad became popular again....but a journey I would'nt trade for anything. Have fun now....and like others have said, enjoy it while you can, because the next 20 or 30 years will go by in a blink.