<prompt> Human: So Ill try to make this as brief as I can.Im 19, will be 20 in several months, live in Eastern Washington and I have a job at a call center where I make about 2k a month, give or take 200 after taxes and commission bonuses. My girlfriend makes roughly 500mo but it can also vary 100 or so based on hours.I am currently staying with my girlfriend and her parents, which is incredibly stable all things considered. My girlfriends income is probably going to stay as it is for at least the next 4 months or so as shes doing an internship with a filming company, and beyond that she doesnt really have any solid plans either.My bills are as follows:Rent: 200Phone: 70 for 4 lines, discounted through employerMonthly subs like netflix: 40Car Insurance: 180 still ironing this outGas: 150 rough estimateCruise: 900Yeah so I got roped into paying for a cruise for me and my gf. Total cost is 6,500 and were paying 900mo every month until its completely paid off. Already put 700 into it. I have my mixed feelings about spending so much so young on something that will be over in a month but its unavoidable, socially, at this point.So my monthly expenses at this point are 1390 before food and stuff, which we are trying to limit ourselves with, but I will be honest now that I actually HAVE money its difficult to not spend it.I recently bought a car. It has 200k miles but it seems to run very well, I had a family mechanic who seems to know his stuff say itll last a decent while. I dont expect many problems with it.I have a gist of my strategy with my spending but any help is appreciated as far as what I can do with the extra 1000 I pull in every month and have nothing to do with.Career wise though, I feel super lost. Currently I am doing above average in a call center in a sales position. I like sales, but I really, really hate the job. I was considering going into car sales honestly.I had a gig at a startup for 9 months where we were trying to start up a design agency but I did eventually quit because it wasnt heading anywhere, and it fell apart soon after I left. I stayed with it, a lot because of the whole cant go back on friends thing but I just wasnt making any money. I learn really fast and I am feel I am already skilled with a lot of CSDesign subjects like Photoshop, Javascript, CSS, HTML, PHP, yadda yadda. I spent a good 4 months just watching and practicing on Lynda.com and Udemy.com so I did hone my craft, just I dont have a degree to show for it I suppose. The situation at the startup was that I was primarily working on just a single website, trying to perfect it as per what the boss wanted, but the design was never the problem. Essentially though, I spent way too much time on one project and I was never able to build a portfolio.I have sales skill but I really do like CS. I did some freelancing before but I was honestly struggling a lot with stuff like contracts and how to operate a sole proprietorship legally and how to handle taxes with it. I am very comfortable going to networking events and the like and I want to get out and do it so I can work with CS but also apply my sales skill.On the other hand though, I have honestly found that theres no way Ill ever get a salary position as a Junior Web Developer with the current state that is my portfolio and without a degree.I could go to a 2 year college for nearly no tuition expense because of my family status but I am really struggling to do it as I keep thinking in my head if its really worth all that time and energy. And then additionally, should I ever do CS or should I just try to focus on business and go into a more sales-focused career? I honestly would choose where the money is if it ever came to that.I really just dont know the path I should be taking right now as far as a career goes and I would really appreciate any guidance and I will definitely answer any questions if there is something I should clarify.  <response>: IMO Cruises are like a dumb persons idea of an exotic vacation. Theyre pre-mapped out and everything is 10x more expensive because all the locals know youre just a dumb tourist.Youre making decent money for 19 but if my GF made me buy a 6,500 cruise while she only made 500 a month F that. That cruise isnt going to save or break your relationship if it does she is probably not worth it. No girl is worth that much unless maybe it was Emma Watson. 