First off congrats on making it to graduation! I'm only a freshmen and I know how hard high school is already. I heard high school is more stressful than college. If you want to take a break before college to get control of your life, thats perfectly fine. Going to college a year late isnt a big step back. If not, then dont focus on too much at once. Start off with easy courses, have some friends help you through the hard times, get a loan from the bank to pay off your college tuition, go easy on yourself. Just because you'll be an official adult doesnt mean you have to run into stuff right away