There is something to be said for the therapeutic value of failing miserably, when it comes to helping you move on and live without any more regrets about it.

There is something to be said for the therapeutic value of failing miserably, when it comes to helping you move on and live without any more regrets about it. The problem with a dream like marine-biology-professor in particular is it can take so many years to find out you have failed due to the tantalizingly low rung of grad school admissions and postdoc jobs.