<human>: Could you distill the essence of the text into 1-3 sentences?

I originally went to a public state university straight out of high school at 18 years old. At the time I was depressed, lazy and immature, and my GPA and overall motivation reflected that. I dropped out after my second semester and entered the "real world."

The real world, as it turns out, has consisted of part-time minimum wage retail and food service jobs because I lack both education and connections. I became sick of this and decided it was time to get my shit together.

I started at my local community college last year at the age of 23. I am involved with extracurricular clubs, studying hard (4.0 community college GPA with full-time schooling + two part-time jobs!), and have just been accepted into a Bachelor's program at my old university. I will be 26 or 27 when I graduate, depending on internships.

But my family - aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents - are always trying to get me to drop out. They say that it's too late for me and I won't stand a chance at competing against fresh graduates 4+ years younger than me. They also say that no employer would want to hire an inexperienced 26-27 year old. 

Normally, I would ignore their opinions. They live in a small, rural Midwest county where people have equally small minds (my parents moved away from there along time ago). But now my parents, my mom (45F) especially, has expressed similar sentiments. 

She says she worries that I'll drop out again or flunk out, or that even if I graduate I'll never be able to get a professional job due to my age. She worries that I won't be able to pay back my loans and she and my dad will be, in her words, "stuck with you [me] forever." My dad [48M] has also admitted in the past that he's deeply embarrassed his 20-something daughter is still living in the family home - although that's probably a separate issue. All of this has planted seeds of doubt into my head.

So I know that my education is very important and that I should absolutely continue it. My question is: how do I push their negativity aside?
<bot>: Family thinks that I'm too old to go to college or make something of myself. How do I push myself past this negativity?