I'm getting laid off in 2 months and I have no idea what I'm gonna do. I'm 31 living with my parents. I make 26 dollars an hour right now. I have $70,000 in savings. Sleep deprived and burnt out factory wageslave. I just got into leatherworking and I'd like to get into blacksmithing as well. I have 2 ideas for novels, but my ability to write has been fucked up by 5 years of sleeping 5 hours a night. And that'd be essentially spending 100s of hours on a lottery ticket when it comes to publishing and ever becoming a famous author (my dream).

Practically speaking I don't know what to go for at this point. Every career path seems like a meme or a path to hell. Even trade school apparently costs like 3,000 dollars now, and looking at the pictures of it I lose all enthusiasm. I wasted 5 years despite almost doubling my salary on a skill I can never be a sole proprietor with, or start my own business. I was so desperate for a fulltime job at 25 that I took anything I could that wasn't retail. My dad is already asking me if I found another job yet. Gently, out of concern, but I can tell that my NEETing will be less tolerated than it was from age 24 to 25, let alone as much as it was at age 19.

Thought about going to community college for a few classes but I don't even know what to take. My credits are still there. An associates degree is worthless if I don't go for a bachelors and idk if that's worth it

I had a gf for 2 years but she dumped me after I wouldn't get an apartment or house. She wanted marriage and kids and my financial scarcity mindset let to me hoarding money. I couldn't afford any houses except for trailer homes which you pay land rent on and can be evicted from. She had a ton of health issues so I was worried I'd end up alone in taking care of the house and kids if we had them. I wish her the best but now I have no real reason to give a fuck about anything. Not interested in dating or marriage. I'd like a son to pass on the family name but that's it