Future Career

[DanaC]

It's not too late for further education, or indeed higher education. You have no ties and no dependants, you'd actually be able to live in shared accomodation near to the campus (unlike me who has a one and a half hour commute both ways). With any luck this might be the last period of total freedom from responsibility (beyond that to yourself) and ties that you experience, so it's worth considering radical shifts.

Getting a degree would tie you to three (probably four if you did a four year foundation degree, or a year of access cours first) years of being on a low income and doing a part time job alongside studies. But the end result wuold probably add £15+ per annum to your earnings potential (depending on the degree you can bump that figure up accordingly).

You could open up new areas for yourself: media, arts, researcher, journo, teacher (further ed, or special needs = better pay and more flexibility), social worker (potential for high earnings if you specialise).

You could also spend a few years stretching your brain and having your own brilliance proved to yourself beyond any doubt.

Just a thought, maybe worth considering, even if only to dismiss.