Been out since Dec2012, fucked up in college, worked retail and tutored, and all I have to show is no skills, $9k in credit card debt, living with fam, and a car that won’t pass smog.

I dropped out of community college and my pipe dream of becoming an engineer in December to seek out a trade. I was unemployed until June when I started as a laborer at the shipyard for a temp agency; thought I was going places when the company we were working for hired me. But I’ve been furloughed twice 2-3 weeks each.

I’m not really passionate about anything and I always wonder where I would be had I stayed in. Apprenticeship programs have proven to be a lengthy and unrewarding in their application process.

I just feel like I’m stuck in a loop of failure. I’d move out of California to work in a trade, but I don’t know where to look...

Am I being dramatic? Should I keep applying or get back in to get the career, home, marriage, and kids I really want?

Been out since Dec2012, fucked up in college, worked retail and tutored, and all I have to show is no skills, $9k in credit card debt, living with fam, and a car that won’t pass smog.

I dropped out of community college and my pipe dream of becoming an engineer in December to seek out a trade. I was unemployed until June when I started as a laborer at the shipyard for a temp agency; thought I was going places when the company we working for hired me. But I’ve been furloughed twice 2-3 weeks each.

I’m not really passionate about anything and I always wonder where I would be had I stayed in. Apprenticeship programs have proven to be a lengthy and unrewarding in their application process.

Am I being dramatic? Should I keep applying or get back in to get the career, home, marriage, and kids I really want?