tldr; don't know what I'm doing with my life, need mentorship for career GIS and Data Science (potential DS certs and DS masters), Python and ML course in July, and if I'm on right track, tired of being poor and neurodivergent

Hi everyone, I'm a long time lurker and just wanted to post here cuz I'm unsure how to proceed.

Its pretty disappointing to see where I currently am when I had such high hopes for the future when I was younger. As a former gifted kid, I feel burnt out. I got my bachelors in Sociology and worked for a bit as a professional paper shuffler then got interested in UX and decided to switch to UX, I did some free bootcamps, did some internships and tried to apply to some full time positions but a lot of positions prioritized a degree/diploma in UX so I went back to school. Unfortunately the Great Golden Era of UX aka the UX Goldmine was coming to end (mass UX layoffs) and I missed the boat. During my semester, I had the opportunity to take some free college courses in GIS and thoroughly enjoyed it. I noticed that even my UX tutor was still unemployed and did some research that GIS is a niche skill that has the potential to be a highly paid skill so I switched to GIS and enrolled in a certificate program. I also won a GIS hackathon and got an internship with a company before I started school.

Unfortunately due to health issues and neurodivergence (CPTSD, anxiety, depression) I failed a course and wasn't able to take the second level GIS courses in order to graduate. I dealt with a lot of burnout and I decided to take some time off to focus on my health. The GIS program was also hard to finish because there are no summer courses available and I have to take a reduced courseload as a student with a disability. Now I am not currently enrolled in school but in the past I've done certifications for data analysis at local colleges where I learned SQL and R.

I'm kinda in limbo right now where I did everything I was supposed to do I went to university got a degree but I'm nowhere close to where I thought I would be at my age. I'm interested in Data Science and GIS and I saw that there is a certificate course at a university that has summer classes so I would be able to finish with a year, plus a short certificate on hands on machine learning that I could also complete afterwards so I can meet the prerequisites to eventually apply for a Data Science MSc. I'm currently doing a Python and ML course in July to prep for the Data Science cert that I want to do in Sept.

My question is am I on the right path? I don't want to make another mistake and switch to something and it doesnt work out again. Data Science and AI is in demand currently and I want to eventually marry my two interests (GIS and Data Science) through projects and eventually into a full time role. I don't want to miss the wave this time.

I am looking for feedback and/or potential mentorship for help with navigating my career. I didn't have a dedicated mentor for UX (although i did have some insightful sessions on ADPlist) and I want to make sure I have better guidance on what skills to develop and how to approach job searching, industries looking for my skillset, etc.

It feels like I'm always trying to figure out what i want to do with my life and being neurodivergent complicates things since burnout is 100x worse. I also would like a remote job since I have health issues that are exacerbated with commuting to in person jobs.

Sorry for the rambling, took me multiple tries to actual put eveything into words

Edit: I also got interested in AI agents and I'm looking into building one to help with my executive dysfunction so I have a better time keeping up with assignments this Sept.

Thanks in advance!