Sorry I hadn't seen this earlier, before I asked you about homesteading! I commented on all the comments and for the past hour I've been working my way down through everyone's blogs :)

I think college is worth it if you're going to pursue something that definitely requires the degree to even apply, and you have a pretty good idea you'll make it in that field. I'm a History major who got into the Navy as a supply officer. Degree was required to be an officer; specialty didn't matter since they want to train you their way anyway. So in my case, college was worth it.

Do you have background in business or accounting? I ask because I personally know of small businesses whose owners have great ideas, but struggle to execute them efficiently, or fail, all because they may be great when it comes to their product or service, but are clueless about finances and marketing and such. Maybe your time would be better worth gaining some knowledge in those areas so you could open that gun store with more ammo (pun intended) in your pocket :)

I say that if something makes you that miserable, you should quit. It's one thing to honor commitment and power through the tough times and yadda yadda, but if you don't even have something to look forward to at the end of the tunnel, to inspire you through it, why spend that time being unhappy? Think of college like a bad relationship...would you advise somebody who was miserable and envisioned no future with a significant other, "you've been together two years, you should stick it out longer"?