Once you have a skill that people would pay you for, making money is not that hard. You just gotta find a place that understands the value you provide.
A water bottle with the same water can have different prices depending on the place it's being sold — airports, dhaba, fine dining restaurant. It's all just about finding the right place.
One thing people don't do is that they don't keep learning. People should never stop learning. The world is a wonderful place and has so much to teach you. How can you expect to be more when you stopped exploring after school? Even in school you were forced to learn — isn't there something that you wanna learn yourself? Something that you find interesting.
There's so many things that you probably don't even know about. How will you know about these things if you don't explore? Try new things. Learn different things. See what you like, what you don't like. The best part of learning is that along with the topic, you also learn about yourself.
People get jobs by reaching out to CEOs, talking to various people. Building credibility is what actually matters. For that you need to explore yourself. Do what you like — there's a job for every skill out there. Find your skill.
Don't believe everything that anyone says. Nobody knows what they're talking about — they're in their own little filter bubble. Bubbles have gotten even more prominent after social media: people form an opinion and then the algorithm keeps reinforcing it.
Learn. Write. Read. Explore. Try. If not now, then when?