I just let go from a temp to hire research type job after working there for two months. I'm 35, and it was paying $18/hr, I'm not sure how much I would've been paid if I got hired on anyway. I have a natural tendency for my head to be in the clouds and make mistakes left and right, plus I never feel fully rested in the morning no matter how much sleep I get the night before.

I'm really worried about myself, it's not just about this job but the fact that the only types of jobs I've worked at, felt competent enough at, and enjoyed were routine QC or QA lab tech jobs that paid between $18 and $22 an hour. And I wasted $160k of my parent's money for an engineering degree at this fancy, private university to obtain these types of jobs when I could've just graduated high school and earned the same payrates later on.

My dad died last October and my mom is in her seventies, but still chooses to work her job with no plans on retiring. I just wish I knew back then when I studied in high school and college that getting passing grades doesn't necessarily mean you can hold onto a basic job.