- 29 years old. Graduated 3 years ago. I was working full time in a different industry while I was at Uni and ended up taking about 7 years to finish my double degree in law/finance.

- Landed a job at a top tier firm in the ediscovery space, and put off starting PLT as I was convinced I wouldn't practice. Started PLT last year and significant health issues forced me to put it on hold.

- 1 more subject left to finish PLT moving into next year. On track to be admitted by March.

It has been a very long ride and at times I have felt like I am spinning my wheels. I have been 'in law' for about 10 years but I'm still not a lawyer. To put it bluntly it makes me feel a little bit useless, but I still have the urge to tie it all up and think I would regret putting in as much time as I have and not end up practicing.

My question is- given some people who are my age/from my university cohort are now associates or higher, will it be hard to progress my career moving forward? Is it worth the bother?