My mother is 39 and has SSI for her depression and schizophrenia. She works at a local retail store, but her SSI earnings are much less than when she was solely on her check. I think she was making around $800 when she first started recieving SSI and now she makes around $300-400. But coupled with her work earnings she still makes a decent amount. If you can find a job with income levels SSI will still allow you to have then everything should be fine. Retail shops and fast food places are two places that are good for this.