/diy/ - Do It Yourself

I am 25 and a college drop out. I dropped out during COVID because my mom got sick and I am her only family. I had to take care of her as she recovered, and assist her with things since she also has rheumatoid arthritis. But it was a blessing in disguise because I had wanted to drop out for a long time. I have been working since I was 12 and one of the things I have always done is work outside doing basic landscaping. A year ago I got on with a company that does residential landscaping and construction. Including building decks, patios, stone walk ways, boulder walls, and laying brick. It is fucking awesome. I regret not getting into it sooner especially since I have always loved working with my hands, art, being active and building things. But I was chasing other stuff. My mom is a blacksmith and jewelry designer too so should have been a duh moment.
Anyway, I really am interested in carpentry, electrical, and plumbing. I have done carpentry as far as decks, wooden patios, and stairs go. I have no electrical experience and only minor plumbing (mostly fixing my own toilet after I honk out a vicious dirt snake.) I love landscaping but I am not confident about its recession proofness. Thing is, math isn’t my strong suit and I am not sure what my strengths besides just being strong are since I am still relatively newish to the trades (idk if landscaping counts?) Should I just take the first union apprentice job i get or what? how did you choose? tell your story