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I'm 45 and that feeling has always appeared as the impetus and precursor to change. The thoughts and feelings you are having feel bad but trust that feeling. There's sort of phases of self awareness that develop through adulthood. Maybe you've heard people talk about getting a "fuck it" attitude going into 40. This is probably something similar, but it's like an urge to take things more seriously. We can't really get to the "fuck it" phase without going through the phase where we learn what our priorities actually are and aren't.
My advice: trust yourself and listen to yourself. You can't change everything all at once, but you can make incremental changes which will amount to real change in less time than you realize. My 30's were a period of incredible personal growth, and it started with some of the feelings you're experiencing.