well I was a bit of a mess at your age (chaotic family life, no education, poor coping strategies, and left home at 16) and my priorities were alcohol, sex and more alcohol. I was a young parent and had to concentrate on my boy (who is 19..god I feel old!) I'm glad I did attend uni as for years I told anyone who'd listen I was thick and incapable of achieving academically. .but we put such tremendous pressure on our young people to achieve but in all honesty ive dissuaded my son from going to uni as the fees are extortionate and the prospects in his field don't look that good. currently he has a part time job in a cafe and im safeguarding his right to chose his own path, in his own time and in his own way. my husbands family puts such emphasis on education and there is a snobbery towards people who haven't been to uni and I have had arguments with them on my boys right to choose his own path. if you get the chance look up a guy called eckhart tolle. fascinating man who nearly killed himself trying to fulfill his family's ambitions for him to achieve academic success and he is now a highly successful author and influential spiritual talker. there are many ways that we can be considered successful in this life..my son is happy, healthy, has tremendous family support, a lovely girlfriend and room to make his own choices..I hope that you can see things in a different way, some of the most interesting people I know are in their 50's and still don't know what they want to do 😀