Generic observations that may not apply: Survival depends on doing things with which we are uncomfortable or expending greater efforts elsewhere. Education is

Generic observations that may not apply: Survival depends on doing things with which we are uncomfortable or expending greater efforts elsewhere. Education is great if you teach yourself basic math, writing and so on, but education is most often a distraction to getting down to actual work that makes money. The failure of ourselves is when we let pride or ego get ahead of rational self-interest. There are plenty of blue-collar skilled trades that pay 100k+/year that academia-brainwashed people look down upon. Welder, electrian, plumber, carpenter, mechanic, on and on. Check out Mike Rowe's nonprofit for more... Nuclear industry rated and underwater welders make crazy money. Btw nurses and medical will always be needed and the pay is great. Want a niche technical OR specialty that doesnt always require an MD? perfusionist (heart lung machines). You would honestly be able to say you were legally sanctioned to kill people for a living without the morass of being a PMC, because you would be that person that flips the switch at EOL. If you have the sand, fishing and crabbing makes coin by being hard and risky. Taxi drivers also on dry land. Just pick something, try it out, move on if too terrible, don't waste time on analysis paralysis because it's just procrastination.