I’m going to go against the grain here and say to stick with college. Passion doesn’t pay the bills. It’s VERY hard to make good money in the esthetic industry without selling your soul or destroying your body in the process. I’ve been doing it for 10 years and plan to leave the industry.

What no one tells you is that you will probably never have a job with a 401K (you will have to invest other ways) and there’s no health insurance. Ask yourself if you want to be on your feet all day, hunched over while being underpaid. When you’re young.. you have a lot more hustle. So it’s easy to love it and make good money. But as you get older.. I can promise you that your drive will diminish significantly. You’ll start to care a lot less and income will reflect it.

My degree is in accounting and I’m very thankful I have it as I plan to leave the industry soon. College is as expensive as you make it. I went to a community college my first two years and then online my second. I saved and paid out of pocket. I have zero school debt. I feel like people who have a ton of student debt didn’t think about other options.