Is there any career that's reasonable safe to pursue?

[phill4paul]

Change majors. Become a criminal defense attorney. Specialize in drug arrest or Constitutional infringements. I am sure you will find plenty of work in the near future.

 

[On Ice]

I dropped out of college for the same reasons -- zero faith that "sticking it out" would result in any kind of discernable payoff. I had reached the point of diminishing returns, as it were.

I don't regret dropping out, but I was never interested in a career field that required a certification from the state (like medicine).

I second the suggestion of nursing, if you're interested in medicine. Schooling required is minimal, and you could live anywhere you wanted to and probably still be able to find a job. Another option is to become a paramedic; yet another option is radiology, which offers various levels of certification requiring various levels of schooling.

Good luck to you. I sympathize with your predicament. The future's a veritable black hole these days.

 

[BRG253]

I forgot to mention that I have arthritis and that my choices are limited to what I am physically capable of doing. I need a career where I can work with my mind instead of my body. I'm not crippled, but I can't stay on my feet for 8 hours a day to be a nurse. There are niches in medicine which don't necessarily require much standing/walking which is why I can entertain that possibility. But nursing is out.