What jobs can become successful careers without college /u/RubixcubeRat No such thing as stupid questions

I’m not anti school. I just am completely independent and can’t afford to go to school on my own on top of having a job, rent, car payments…. Even if I could hypothetically get student loans or bend over backwards to make it work like people act like is possible, I simply don’t want to. Because I don’t want to be in debt for the rest of my life. And although people claim it is possible to make college work because there’s so many things to help pay for it…. I sincerely don’t believe it. Things are so scammy and full of fees that I don’t believe you can actually go to college and not pay for anything up front. I feel like people just say that to try to encourage you or they think you can pay more than you can even for the little things.

With that being said Im starting my 17th dead end job this week. I’ve been working so many shitty jobs my entire life (I’m 25 and started working when I was 16) I am so burned out and don’t want this to be my life anymore but I don’t know how to escape this lifestyle. I don’t want to get into why I’ve had so many as it’s irrelevant (most of it was teenage me). I am miserable. I want out and I want a career. The worst part about dead end jobs is you barely even make ends meet so nothing about it is very worth it. How can I actually find a career. I’m turning 26 soon and I feel like I’m already 30 and want to figure my life out now. Before I’m even older and more miserable about going nowhere.

I’m not anti school. I just am completely independent and can’t afford to go to school on my own on top of having a job, rent, car payments…. Even if I could hypothetically get student loans or bend over backwards to make it work like people act like is possible, I simply don’t want to. Because I don’t want to be in debt for the rest of my life. And although people claim it is possible to make college work because there’s so many things to help pay for it…. I sincerely don’t believe it. Things are so scammy and full of fees that I don’t believe you can actually go to college and not pay for anything up front. I feel like people just say that to try to encourage you or they think you can pay more than you can even for the little things.

With that being said Im starting my 17th dead end job this week. I’ve been working so many shitty jobs my entire life (I’m 25 and started working when I was 16) I am so burned out and don’t want this to be my life anymore but I don’t know how to escape this lifestyle. I don’t want to get into why I’ve had so many as it’s irrelevant (most of it was teenage me). I am miserable. I want out and I want a career. The worst part about dead end jobs is you barely even make ends meet so nothing about it is very worth it. How can I actually find a career. I’m turning 26 soon and I feel like I’m already 30 and want to figure my life out now. Before I’m even older and more miserable about going nowhere.