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Option 1: Go to a kind of middling university near me, studying engineering. The only cons for this are that engineers may not be paid the best, the ability to secure a job & university debt.

I would have an interest in energy engineering, but whenever I look at job listings, it's in no way as popular as mechanical engineering or civil engineering. The other problem would be the fact that I have gaps in my employment history due to suffering with a debilitating OCD, which has thankfully loosened its grip in the past year. However, I am still being rejected from even part-time sales assistant jobs & cleaning jobs. If I can't even get basic jobs, I worry that I will never be able to get industry jobs as well. Then there is the fact that I would be a late student (starting at the age of 23), & I fear that by the time I finish, I will be too late to be able to start dating with a lack of experience. Of course I could date anyway in college, but then I run into the problem of funding my personal life, as I had stated before with the issues with employment.

Option 2: Go into the military & do 4 years as military police, then leave for civil police roles in one of the various constabularies (regular police, British Transport Police, Ministry of Defence Police & Civil Nuclear Constabulary). It will allow me to be eligible for a military pension; any children can apply for a few extra scholarships for children of service members, & it can be pretty decent pay (a regular base cop after 5 years can be making ~£50,000) I would also not have to worry about any student debt acting as an extra tax for me.

I would like to thank anyone for reading this & taking the time out of your day to reply to it!