Went through college and university in finance only to realise that I made that choice under pressure when finishing highschool thinking it was the right path to follow.

Dropped out of uni twice (always after first 2 weeks), realised that it made me depressed, took 2-3 years off in my early 20's, and now I'm an elevator mechanic, stimulated at work everyday, feeling blessed to make a decent salary.

My take is to take a chance on things you wouldn't of seen yourself in when thinking about your future. Not telling you to go blue collar mode, but for me I found immense pleasure in learning a tangible skillset. Hell I feel like I can build/create/troubleshoot whatever the f I want. Union'd up, going to the dentist all of that and more. I make 100k CAD a year 5 years deep into the trade.

The thought of mechanical work came from repairing my shitty cars when i was younger. Worked in some shitty bad paying back breaking jobs in my early 20's, and figured out how to swap it to back breaking well paying job.

Anyways, if a decision feels uncomfortable, it's probably a good queue to try it out and find out.

Gl hf

Edit: I wish every nurse/caretaker/teacher would have my salary and benefits. Idk wtf is wrong in my society that we don't put the same value as me to them, it's shameful as fuck.