Dealing with Parental Disappointment in College Degrees

hey! my sister graduated from undergrad this year and is in the process of getting her grad degree. she has a very normal and useful degree. and I am soooo proud of her. but after a really bad 3 years w my mental health I decided it was best I leave college and get a job. I went up to NY to spend time w my terminally i’ll grandpa, then came back to my home state and started working in healthcare just as a filler until I was 21 and could be a flight attendant. that filler job has become my passion. i’m getting my CNA and have gotten so many certifications and will eventually get my RN. I have never been prouder of myself. I am taking all this bad crap and making it better. my family still doesn’t acknowledge that it had to happen this way for it to happen. I had to go through all that stuff to find my passion. I honestly have gotten to the point (through a lot of therapy) that I don’t care. i’m proud of me and that’s all that matters. it’s my life, they won’t be around forever, but my whole life i’ll be around me.

I think that's super admirable! I unfortunately did not finish college, so i cannot relate.