I'm 20 and have been out of high school for a year (I had to repeat Year 1 because I skipped too many classes, ahaha) and I'm not going down a great road. I graduated with poor grades and don't have much of a work ethic, especially when it comes to anything physical. I haven't given up yet, though. My number one goal in life is to have a well-paying job I like while living in a nice apartment with doable disposable income. Now obviously you don't get paid (much) to jerk off all day, but I'm really not one for getting paid shit to do menial tasks and get yelled at by my boss.

So here's where I'm headed now. I live in Australia if that helps:

I'm looking at doing a trade. Tradies get paid well if they run their own businesses effectively, but working for somebody else, not so much. The jobs they do don't seem too bad if you just want to do your job without any unnecessary bullshit added to ruin your day like you'd see in a typical office job. But here's the catch - I have zero interest in physical labour. If my interest would be on a ten-point scale, it would be somewhere around minus four.

If I follow the money, would I eventually learn to love it? This is the main question I want answered.

Another thing I could do is learn to program. I don't do well with basic math or anything based around logic, but programming is more language and grammar-based, which I've always been good at. Thing is, of course, the IT market is oversaturated to hell, and the vast majority of programmers have been perfecting their craft since their early teen years. I tried making my own mods for games, but I always ended up making coding mistakes and I'd often screw up the game to the point of it being unplayable. IT jobs are usually laid-back and relaxing, which is my sort of thing, but if I pursue them, they'll still end up being my job, something I do to earn money. I fear I'd grow to hate sitting down and relaxing as it may remind me of my job, which I'll try to escape as often as possible.

Guess I could always take up an oil rig or mining gig (lord knows there's plenty of those in Australia,) but you can only get those jobs via connections, of which I have none. They're also bloody difficult to land, as you'd have to compete with at least 100,000 people for one small job.

Starting my own business has always interested me, but c'mon man, I'm only twenty. I know zip about people, products and the stock market. I'm also not a gambler or risk-taker in any way. I'd much rather play things safe and end up with no debt from taking no risks rather than $100k in debt because I took one. Should I wait until I develop some real-world skills before starting a business or is trail-and-error always the best method?

Right now I live with my mum in a sorta nice area (although we hover around the poverty line) in an area full of retirees. Seriously, the average age is around 60. Not exactly the greatest place for a young upstart to be while making his first footings in the world. But it's still not a bad place. Should I fly the coop sooner rather than later?

As for my job history, I'm currently working a casual job as a late-night shelf-stacker. I started working in June and I've still got my job, although my hours are getting less frequent because I'm a slow worker.

I'm kinda scared of my future ahead. The only people I've ever known are all depressed and have been screwed over all their lives. The risks they do take always end belly-up and in mountains of debt. I just want my own place without anybody around with some expendable income. But since I'm a lazy guy with a limited skill set, is it possible?

Thanks for reading. You can go to the toilet now.