So you've decided that you need a new life/career. You've figured out what you want to do. Now what?
Well, if you provide your own income and can't/don't want to move back in with the parental units, choices are limited. My best efforts could only yield a lateral move into something less annoying, but still "technical." A drastic move from engineering to music requires extensive schooling.
College isn't free the second time around. Everyone likes to help high school graduates make the biggest mistakes of their lives, no one likes to help correct those same mistakes. The worst part, your 18 year old classmates will be able to get part-time jobs while in school. Good luck, even if you leave off the college degree(s) and work experience. And if you do find a job it will be very hard work, for very little pay.
Being a music major makes it difficult to work while in school. Night classes don't exist, almost all courses have one section, offered once a year. Sure I could take 1 or 2 classes a semester, and finish 10 years later. No thanks, I've already wasted enough of my life.
So, we live on one income. We don't budget my sporadic income. I don't think we'll lose the house, we've cut all vacations, non-essential family visits, dinners out, home improvements, and extra retirement savings. Why don't we move? When you've built a home you never plan to leave, you will understand.
But that's just the financial cost. Do you remember what it was like to be 18?
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