We are simply too busy growing up.
I admit to having been a prisoner to societal pressures because I'm one of those people that are simply too hard on themselves.
So if you're not happy, change that.
You could choose your happiness.
I want to live independently.
At the same time, I want to lay by my parents side and learn all I could about how they figured their lives out only to find out they never did - they just got through it.
They overcame the same struggles you're going through right now, you can't forget that.
Don't grow up too fast, you'll be working for the rest of your life.
Discover what you want first in order to live the life that you really want. If the system works for them, that's fine. But it doesn't work for everybody.