Since I have grown up with seventieschile' I think I can really assess his situation. I have a degree in psychology and I am currently pursuing my masters. This post is gonna be ruthless and some may consider it not the way to go, but understand I was practically brothers with seventieschile' throughout college.
Bro, you need to stop living in the pipe dream you call reality. The things you ask me about and tell me you are gonna do aren't ever gonna happen, "AKA computer designer" Instead of trying to do 1 million things in hopes of one of them being successful, you need to stick with maybe 2 or 3 and really master them.
Secondly, your girlfriend. You've been with her for almost two years now. Everytime I talk to you about her you say how you hate her and don't want to be with her, but if you really didn't couldn't you just cease all contact with her?? You are the one who eventually gives in and hangs out with her. Maybe you really like her?? IF you do than admit it and move on with your life.
Third, maybe sales isn't your gig?? I mean you've have 1,2,3,4,5 sales jobs in the past 2 yrs?? All ending up with you quitting. The first one was the best and you really fucked it up.
Fourth, go back and finish college. I know how you tell everyone you finished and that you have your degree in English/Mass COmm, but you are i semester short and you only took one Mass Comm class. suck it up, sell your car, get financial aid and finish the stupid thing. Not only will you finally have the degree which you don't have to lie about anymore, but you will also have the foundation to a new life. You'll have accomplished your first real goal of many more to come.
Fifth, I know your family has had an integral part in your development. You are torn between trying to be successful (dad)and being a bum (mom) because it's the easy way out. You need to use their lives as a motivator for yours. Your dad is successful, but at what price is he being successful... he works 80 hrs weeks. While on the other hand you mom has all the leisure time in the world, yet she does nothing constructive during it. She has no motivation. It's all about the opportunity cost of time (could this time be spent doing something more worthwhile?)
Sometimes you need to take two steps back before you can take one step forward. I know how hard it would be for you to sell the car you love and start all over again, but just think of it this way?? in a yr or so when u are finally financially secure and you are setting and accomplishing goals won't it be worth it??
I myself have been in the same situation as seventieschile'. I finished college, got a sales job and was making sick money... i mean like $10k a month. I thought i was untouchable. Like i was on top of the world. Then i realized that no matter how much money I was making here, I really didn't enjoy what i was doing. It was a tough decision, but I quit and tried starting over.
I realized most of the Sales jobs out there sucked ass really bad and I didn't want to settle for the shitty ones. I made a huge choice to go back to school. It was the smartest thing I could have done. I hope to be done next yr and get a teaching job locally. it was the goal i had when i first started school and now I want to accomplish it. I currently have a sales job that I really enjoy, a lot of free time. I mean I am not making $10K a month, but i am making good money and I am having fun doing it.
To sum it up, my personal advice would be. Take charge of your life. With all the psych classes I have taken i realize that people need to take responsibility of their own life and not blame it on someone (parents) or some other things (BIPOLAR). Cease all contact with the GF if you really don't like her. It's gonna be tough but in a month or two it will be all fine. GO back to school this semester. Start setting goals that are concrete and attainable. Don't say how you wanna make a lot of money by writing a computer program, say how you want to make x amount of dollars by this date and this is how you are going to do it. Your goals are too vague. Finally stick with only 2 or 3 things at one time. Right now u are trying to do too many things at once and nothing gets accomplished.
IF you wanna respond or you need any other help you know where to reach me.
Peace