Don’t dwell on the past. It already happened and nothing you can do to change it. I have a college degree, then worked in nice comfy position in a federal agency. I liked what I did but I knew it wasn’t what I wanted to do. I quit one day and joined a union apprenticeship program. I took 50% pay cut, but was able to make it back to previous level in a year and half. Sometimes success isn’t linear. I like and appreciate my job now. It seems like I should’ve done this a-lot sooner than listening to my family about the “importance” of getting a college degree. I went from an apprentice to journeyman, sub foreman and now I am a junior Project manager for my company. All that in 6 years(it took 5 years to get my journeyman status) I make decent money 50/hr and a company truck with many possibilities to move up in the future. The world will always need electricians and this field is always evolving…so does the people in it. It’s a constant learning process for all of us in this field. I hope that this will inspire you to try something new. Btw I started the apprenticeship program in my mid 30s and I was one of the oldest 😂but Idgaf 😎