Already feel like the year is going to be bad

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You try your best and don't give up. You keep on going even if you have a low chance of succeeding. Even if everyone can be mean you still have your heart. I understand you are going to get talked down by everyone you encounter, but it could be that some of those people who are talking down to you have your best interests at heart. About you going to college, I advise you take 3-5 courses each semester at your university. Students who can handle heavy loads of studying I'm guessing tend to be the types of students who multi-task. I can struggle with multi-tasking as well.

^My multitasking is so s**t, I can't even eat in front of the telly. I don't have ADHD though and am able to focus.

To get a council house the wait here is long too (with no kids) but the amount of money the guv says you need to

live on is higher if you are living alone than with parents, so if you are over 25 and paying rent (not to a relation)

then your benefits are higher to include enough for your rent. It's a different amount in different areas. There is also

a discount on council tax.

I was entitled to this help for many years before I claimed. No body tells you.

It basically means I can't do certain things because I have so many obstacles and those obstacles feel insurmountable despite my efforts. I haven't looked for another job because I've been told that you atleast need a college degree if you want something better than an entry level job.

I actually pay for my car's registrations, file my own tax returns, I do my own laundry, and I can prepare my own meals.

But you usually have to get an "entry level" job before you can get any other job.

That's why they call it "entry level."

You have to start somewhere.

I, pretty much, still have an "entry level" job to this day. And I'm going to get a decent pension.

You should look into the civil service in Austin or something

Ah, okay. I can't really give any advice since I don't know what those obstacles are... Yeah, it's far easier to get better paying jobs with the proper education, but it won't really hurt to try, will it? Not trying certainly won't bring you forward. There is also the option of trying to study more. Also, don't you work part time? If you have the energy to do more hours, ask for them and if you can't get them, seriously consider the possibility of getting another job alongside your current one. Even if it's a low paid job, more money is more money.

Huh, to be honest that's more than I thought you'd be able to do. Sorry, my bad. Since you can do all that, I'll assume you can handle basic household cleaning as well (but if you can't then you probably know by now what I'd advice you to do.) Think positively, at least you can do that much. I know a lot of NTs in their forties to seventies, mostly men, who can't handle such basic stuff, mostly because they never had to learn since they were raised to think they were women's jobs and moved straight from their mom's house to be together with their wives. So hey, if those men managed to get wives and girlfriends, you're certainly not a lost cause. I mean sure, times and the culture were different back then, but certainly not that different. I can only speak for myself and some of my female friends my age, but in our point of view a guy who can pull his own weight inside the house has a huge advantage over guys who don't.

I'm confident that this year is going to be the best year of my young life (which isn't saying much but still)

^I'm going for that approach too. Good luck.

When did we even start measuring a whole year's success or failure by the first day's or week's progress? What's wrong with taking life one day at a time?

You can get a decent paying job without a college degree, my sister has a decent paying job and she didn't finish college. My brother was offered a job that was enough to get him on his feet(He didn't take it, god only knows why...) and he never went to college. It will be harder though since many people have a college degree so that will mean you will have to sell yourself much better than the people with degrees can. If you have help like with an agency or something they might be able to get you a decent job. One thing though is that you also have to believe you can get the job, walk in like you know the job is yours before they hire you and also research and study for the position you want, even if you never worked in that field you will have studied enough that they wouldn't know it.