Hugs!!! I'm 27, almost 28, and I can feel your pain. I just actually made a post about how we were all fed this lie of 'work hard, go to college, and you'll have a successful life' as children. So we were all pretty much forced to go to college, only to graduate (or not in my case - I had to drop out to take care of my mom when she got super sick) with huge amounts of debt - and there are no good jobs to be found.

It sucks that your parents made you go to school when you didn't want to. I'm not sure if that also means they made you study a subject you have no interest in... But if you have a degree, then you would qualify for other jobs besides fast food. I know jobs are not easy to find, believe me I get that, but maybe try sites like monster.com, or I know there are places that will email you with job openings in your field if you create a profile on their site (and they're free).

So then the main thing to decide is... what do you want to do with your life? (job wise) What are your passions? Is there a way you can turn your passions or things you like to do into a career? I like talking to people and I'm good with sales, so I consider myself very lucky to have found a great phone retail job where people call me to place orders (no cold calling!), and I help them navigate our website and also answer customer emails. It's a job I can do without a college degree, and they actually pay a living wage. I'm still grateful every day for my good job - but before I found this job, I was working for minimum wage at Kmart, and it sucked - A LOT.

I guess try not to get into the 'END', or 'everything now dilemma'. Trying to make too many large lifestyle changes all at once can make everything blow up in your face. Maybe just sit down, and meditate on your life as it is, and how you want it to be in the future. Then figure out what steps you need to take to reach those goals. And set small goals for yourself at first, things that are reachable and more easily attainable - so you'll get a confidence boost and feel good about yourself for accomplishing them.

And try to remember you are still young. If you do it right, you still have many many years ahead of you. So plan for how you want to spend those years, and then follow through on your plans.

I wish you all the best.