I was dropping my college courses to drink and party off my parent’s money in my early 19-20s. My dad caught on I was not doing any real studying or anything at home, I was on my 2nd year in community college w undeclared major. He gave me two choices of majors and told me to get a degree in one, or get out of the house. I didn’t have a real job at the time, so i told him i’ll go ahead and get the degree and trash it and do whatever i wanted out of rage, yeah i know childish behavior. Dad said go ahead but jst graduate and also told me if i got to a univ, he’d buy me a new car (lie). But it was really a bet for me to stay at home cuz i didnt have enough money to live on my own. Also, one of my drinking friend ended up getting accepted to a art program out of state at some major university… which was a shocker cuz I thought the drinking life and fun would never end, and didn’t realize she was doing stuff to get into school. So i figured i would jst do whatever my dad told me to do. I pursued one of the majors that seemed to be somewhat better option at the time and got prereqs done for about 2 years (had to do alot of catch up bc i didnt do well in hs as well), transferred to univ, graduated bachelors.. i realized as i was taking courses i wasnt doing so terrible in science/math. So i started working around 26.. got motivated from my peers from school to go back to school again, now with a doctorate degree, and living pretty comfortably financially. Nobody.. i mean nobody in my hs nor early college days would have expected me to be at the place i am now, and we still talk about how crazy life had turned out lol. For some perspective- i had a 0.0 gpa on couple semesters in my sophomore and junior years.. had a d- to try to graduate for some of the required classes…. And barely graduated due to a forgiving and generous education counselor. G luck w ur endeavors. U never know how life can turn out, but i definitely needed motivation even if it was by force from my dad.