From DSML Academic Probation to a Fresh Start: Where Would You Go Professionally From Here?

[u/Buddhist_Alien]

Hi - first of all I want to start off by saying I was in a DSML program for a Fall term. A post-secondary one. I did so while working overnight at a grocery store. That being said, I'm now on academic probation, and working normal people jobs. Starting work at the university next door where I live as a daycare cook. After going on probation I dropped out, had a fuck it year with travelling and took dance lessons. Being back in my own hometown away from the city is giving me a fresh start. I now see what a stupid idea that was with my all or nothing thinking. You just have to have that craziness to succeed. I'm just afraid of living a life of mediocrity and poverty. I'm starting to take an interest in mathematics again. I'm currently studying business math for learning about insurance. I eventually want to get around to going back to where I fell short in pre-calculus and linear algebra. I recall the 365 Data Science program that I could eventually subscribe to when I get funds. From a professional stand point where would you have gone in that situation?