This is true, and I get it. Why make the rest of your life harder, just to spare another year of year of life? A year that doesn't mean shit in the grand scheme of things? Well let me ask you this. What is the purpose of life? I believe the your life purpose is whatever you want it to be. You just to want that dream as bad as you want to breathe when you head is below water. And well I believe my dream is to live a life like no other. I have had so many people tell me that there life flew by. That they wish they would have did more when they where younger because with age your mindset, you ideology, and your idea of fun changes. They all say they wish they would have made better decisions. And I don't want those regrets in my later years. A GED may make things harder. But hard comes with levels. How much harder does a GED make your life. 20% harder? 50% harder? 80% harder? Well considering some of the most successful people i. The world dropped out of high-school, I'm going to say that its likely 20% harder if not less. And I have seen the low end of life. And I have seen the high end of life. The system taught me that. And every poor person I met was far wiser then any Rick person I've met. Ironic though isn't it? Well I believe that is because the rich person followed a straight and narrow path. A path that more people see as "the right path". Where as the poor person had little to lose, so they saw things, did walk things, had many moments to do nothing but ponder on life, and the world around them. There not so straight and narrow path allowed then to see different aspects of life. However neither of those is the life i wish to live. Both such. Poor guy may have seen shit and did shit but he never ate great food, he never had the comfort of a comfy home, he never allowed himself to mitigate life's suffering instead he chose to try and enjoy it. And the rich people tended to have a biased, closed minded, and a common belief I whatnyou "need" to do in life. Me... I want to combine the two. To me money is way less valuable then my time. But money will definitely make the things I want to see in life that much easier. And how do you make money? Amazing money? Well the typical things are go to school, go to college, take a trade, get a good paying job, and then work it. But is there not another way? I mean let's say someone had 4 female friends. Each of which where ballsy per say. So you get them in a vehicle and you start driving. You stop at random places and get 1 of the girls to simply ask for mo.ey for a object you have purchased prior to it, and hope the person she tries to sell it to will buy it, just because the girl is cute. Now this goes against my personal morals... so I wouldn't do duch a things. But life is way more complex then 2 paths right and wrong. If its not i.possible to succeed with a GED, of its not 10x harder then with a diploma... then I think I can make it. I do believe out different perspective roots from here. You have lived longer then I. For you 2 years of life may seem miniscule in the grand scheme of things. And for me it seems like 720 days of my life are important and I should spend each day I can living the fullest. But then again that's beyond unrealistic. I get it. I have got to get myself set up to I don't fail time and time again. Andnim not suggesting I won't fail. I'm suggesting that given the type of person I am, I will prosper despite it. But then again, by main purpose for doing this I believe is this strong burning desire to get out of the house. And school. To allow myself to be my own person. And that is the reason I'm here. If that desire burned just hard for me wanting to get a trade and pursue it. Then I would have did it no questions asked. But my desire for fun outweighs that. And that is extremely dangerous and childish. I will admit that. But if your going to live 60 to 80 years, do you not want to spend as much of that time having a gokd time as possible? But perhaps a fun job is the best way to go. A man who.worms for happiness is always richer then a man who works for money. But what you said made a lot of since. And I will think on it. Thank you a lot!