<prompt> Human: Hello! I need help. Two years ago I finished an MFA in photography. I did very well in my undergraduate degree for photography, receiving many scholarships and awards. Professors encouraged me to go on to higher education to teach college and unfortunately I did. I now have 60,000 in student loans and make about 22,000 a year. Many of my colleagues and friends went on to be successful from my graduate program. Many had parents who were professors and were able to help them get jobs. I have no family support and despite working hard in grad school and doing lots of internships, nothing has panned out. I now work four jobs. One at a museum for 12 an hour for 20 hours a week. Two teaching not college for anywhere from 30 to 50 an hour, zero to five hours a week I can not get more hours with these jobs, they depend on demand for classes. I also have to drive to these jobs, I also work one to two nights bartending a week making anywhere from 80 to 300 a week I do not want to bartend full time, nor has the job offered for me to do so. Im 29. I would like a full time job.I like working with kids and have been accepted to teaching certificate programs, k-4, to programs that cost at minimum another 17,000 in student loans. I dont want to take out more student loans and have been considering applying for random low paying full time jobs factories that want art backgrounds, dispatcher, administrative jobs. I have always worked low paying jobs in my field and have never done this. I have a strong work history and have worked service industry or art jobs for the past 12 years. I live fairly frugally. No credit card debt. I have 6k in savings. I pay 600ish in rent and utilities live with roommate. I pay 300ish in health, car insurance and phone. I pay 200-300 in food and eating out in a month. 60 minimum student loans. 75ish for public transport cant drive into city for two of the jobs, 20ish in gas. Planet fitness, renters insurance and aaa add up to minimal random expenses. I fly across the country once or twice a year to see family, drive eight hours every other month to see sister and nephews. I live in a fairly low cost city with good employment opportunities. What should I do? I want a good job, I think Im a hard worker, I feel lost and I have a useless degree. I need to make more money. I have no retirement and live pay check to pay check. Looking for feedback, Im disappointed in myself.  <response>: OP, youre spread too thin across too many things, doing a little bit of this and that - so I can see why youre looking for direction and also why havent found anything yet. Like so many people who are heavily invested in their own educations, going back to school as a fix for your income is kind of Sunk Cost Fallacy thinking. School is not the only place to get directionadvice or a plan for the future. Its just the only place you know. You havent even mentioned that you want a career as a teacher, so why even go down that path? All youve said is you feel lost. Maybe you feel lost because only education people have been giving you career advice...Before you get another education loan or go back to school, try this:Find a professional mentor. Start with the most well connected person you know from your current job at the museum or who is a professional artistfellow MFA, who can be helpful to you and ask them to mentor you as you start your professional career. Let them know you think youre on the wrong path and need direction so you can work on advancing and improving yourself. If the first person says no, move on to the next. If you strike with the people you know contact SCORE, and find a retired executive to mentor you. I assure you that someone WILL say yes. TLDR: youre just going to keep doingthinking the same things until you get exposure different perspective... 