Problem/Goal: Finding a college and a job, Living alone, if possible run away.
More context:
I am in dire need of guidance.
I just graduated Grade 12, and I don’t even have a college lined up. I was supposed to study somewhere else, everything was already promised, but it got taken away at the last moment. Since then, I’ve been stuck.
I’ve been living at my uncle’s place for six years now. He took me in because my parents couldn’t carry the responsibility anymore due to their situation. But he’s almost always overseas, so most of the time, it’s just me and my aunt. And I don’t know how much longer I can take how she treats me.
She makes me feel like I don’t belong there, like I’m just a burden they’re forced to keep. She calls me a “boarder” even though I do most of the work in the house. She talks badly about me to my uncle, trying to turn him against me. He knows how she is, but all he ever tells me is to endure it. Just endure.
I tried. For years, I tried.
But now they have their own child. Their own family. And I can feel it slowly happening, like I’m being pushed further out, like I’m no longer part of the picture at all. It feels like I’m just waiting for the moment they finally decide I don’t belong there anymore.
I wanted to leave even before, but I had nowhere to go. I didn’t know anyone. I couldn’t work properly because of my age, only small sidelines here and there. Now I’m 18. I finally have the chance to do something, but everything is hitting me at once and I don’t know where to start.
How do I build a life from here when I feel like I’m already falling apart?
Is there still a college that would accept someone like me this late? What kind of jobs can I realistically take so I can support myself? And more than anything, how do I survive?
If you know any online jobs or opportunities, I’d really appreciate it. I just need something to hold on to right now.