Overwhelming and impossible

Just joined and all I'm seeing is a bunch of 20-30 somethings who've for hundreds of thousands of millions saved up.

I'm over here feeling like I wasted the last 40 years of my life and am now too far behind to do anything about it.

Was born to a family that didn't give a damn about education, work ethic, or really anything but putting on a good religious front for their friends. No financial education or really any knowledge that's of any use in the real world.

Currently renovating a home that'll pay for itself, profit $1,000 a month and give my and my wife a place to live without needing to scrape by.

I'm doing better than anyone in my family and I have a plan for the next few years, but it seems like I'm still too far behind to consider retirement at all, let alone retiring early.

How do you guys get started? What are some of the smartest and worst investments you've made? So you have any side-hustles that aren't major time sucks?

Thanks for reading and any advice you might have?