Quote Originally Posted by ray1970 View Post
I don?t mean this to be harsh but at your age you should be done getting educated and on to working by now.

I get how there is some merit to some sort of degree but I know a lot of people (myself included) who never went to college and still managed to make a decent living.

Being willing to work hard, having a positive attitude, being dependable, and at least having a decent head on your shoulders goes a long ways to a successful career path.
I don't agree at all. Not everyone follows the same path to get to where they are going. At 32 I was 10 years into a military career before I decided I'd gone as far in the Clinton-drawdown era military as I was likely to go at that point. So I left active duty and went back to college. I ultimately got my BA when I was 38 and my JD at 43 and didn't start working in my current "career" job until I was 44.

Now it's true I was single at the time which made a big difference - If I'd had a family I might not have had that option and that is the situation the OP is in.

Still, there are lots of people who don't go the "traditional" route and still manage to do OK.

At least the OP is actively searching for something fulfilling, it seems like lots of people just end up going with the flow and end up blowing up in a mid-life crisis in their 40's because they never did what they truly WANTED to do, but rather they did what "everyone else" told them they were SUPPOSED to do.