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I just don’t know what to do

Hi all, second post here, got some great advice the first time and I figured I’d try it again.

Basically: I don’t know what to do. I’m over a hundred hours into my PPL. Flight training is crazy expensive. My parents are helping, but my mom recently became disabled, and I know the financial strain is intense. My little brother just started college. Every post here amounts to even once I have my hours, jobs are hard to find.

Do I just take a bunch of loans and keep pushing? I’m a slow learner, obviously, and the state I live in seems to have terrible weather for flying constantly. Do I finish out my ppl (my check ride is supposed to be early November) and then just put flight school on pause for a couple years?

I graduate with a Bachelor’s in English in May. The way I see it, I have three options.

Graduate, and try to find something in like editing or publishing that hasn’t been replaced by AI.

Finish out my degree, maybe get some like first aid training over winter break, and try to get a job as a flight attendant so I can still travel. Cause admittedly, while I like flying, I’ve always cared about the travel way more.

Or just try to figure it out financially, accept that my life is going to suck for the next couple years, and try to finish out flight school.

Do I have other options I don’t realize? Which one of these would be the best? I genuinely don’t know, I’m so lost, any advice would be appreciated.

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