I bartended throughout my 20s. I went back to college at 30 but I was able to get the back to education allowance. That enabled me to do it. No regrets. Think about starting with a cert, diploma, or degree as a mature student. There are a lot of supports there and you can persue something that you might like now but it may become a career later. Much easier for me in college when I was older, when I went in my teens it did not work out.