I floundered around as a high school droput and decided to go to college at 35 years old, finished at age 42 thought about teaching and did not want to bow to the administration
and went back to self employment and i made about 12x more money than before I have never regreted the time to get a degree.. I did run my shop weekends the whole time I went to school
I also continued to race cars too , could be why I had a slight suspension from MSU ops a time out
now in retirement I am sanding and painting the floor pan on my rivera!! thats fun, and it is no less work with a degree!!!