College can be wonderful, but only if you approach it with the right attitude. I went into college immediately after high school and attended for a year. I enjo

College can be wonderful, but only if you approach it with the right attitude. I went into college immediately after high school and attended for a year. I enjoyed the social aspects, but overall hated it and felt like I was getting nothing out of it. I was there because it was just what was expected of me and really, the thought of not going had never entered my mind. I took a couple of years off and then found myself wanting to go back, because I wanted to learn and grow and do more, and when I returned to school, it was so much more fun and rewarding, and I learned a ton. I wish more people could go into it with the attitude I had the second time around, because that's what made the experience great, but I think a lot of people head off to college right after high school because it's just what they assume they should do. So if you are there because you want to learn and want to squeeze every last useful drop out of it that you can, then you will do well. However, if your head and your heart aren't into it, it will be a waste of time and money. That said, a college degree is almost essential in landing any decent job these days, and the fact that you have finished one, even if it's not related to that job, does say a great deal about your character and ability to commit to something big and see it through. My advice: You're just finishing 12-15 years of school. If you're not excited about college, give yourself a break. Take a semester or two to figure out what it is that interests you, to work at your job and save up some money, to just relax. But if you do that, give yourself a hard and firm deadline for going back to school and stick to it. Hopefully by the time that deadline rolls around, you'll have found something to be passionate about, or will have sufficiently rested from school/study enough that you will be able to view it as something other than a burden, because if you can go into it excited and ready to work, ready to learn, you'll get a lot more out of it. And if you're still not excited about it.... suck it up and do it anyway. You're going to need it. Don't let your time off go for too long, though, because while taking a break can be rejuvenating and make going to college a lot more interesting and bearable, a very prolonged break from the habit of going to class and studying can also make it harder to go back. You have to find the balance there, and that's largely dependant on you.