figure out what your goals in life are. the time you, yourself, decide what you want your future to look like. i know that some of those questions are for you to answer with whoever you decide to spend your life with but there are some things you need to know yourself. you want to have a career that you enjoy and no one should get in the way of you being what you want to be.
you want to be a teacher, photographer, engineer, doctor... you name it, then go for it.
don’t let anyone influence you making this decision. if doing want you want to do means lots of college, 