If you're good with a computer, there's probably some online work you can get, such as coding or scribing.

Look into organizations for the blind and see if they offer scholarships or courses for you to get needed education or skills

Usually the best way is to figure out something you're personally into. You won't ever work hard enough at something to be any good, if you aren't excited by it. I made this mistake for years. I was so obsessed with keeping the job that I ended up staying in one that did nothing for me while I could have been doing other stuff that was more fun and better paid.

So start with what you're good at. It doesn't necessarily take formal education. I'm a musician and I have never once had a formal lesson on the instruments I mainly play.

No one can find a decent job without skills or an education. That's not a blind person problem. That's a lack of skills/education problem. So don't beat yourself up over your vision loss and feel like that's the thing holding you back here. It's not and you're not going to be this way forever. You can totally change this.

If you're eager to learn, that's the important part. Also, I know it doesn't seem like it now, but as someone twice your age, 21 is so young. It doesn't matter at all if you don't have it all figured out yet. There's still tons of time.

So don't be too hard on yourself. You can do this!

Figure out what you want to do and start from there. If you only have vague ideas, talk to a career counselor at your local unemployment office - they're almost certain to have one.

Contact your state's office for the. blind or vocational rehab and see what services you qualify for. Many of us here have gone to college that way when we otherwise couldn't have afford it, myself included. You can also contact financial aid and disability services departments at schools you're interested in and ask about resources/assistance.

Things are inconvenient right now, but these services don't just go away because of COVID-19. It might mean more video chats and phone calls or online instruction, and things might be annoyingly slow, but it's still possible, so you should get the ball rolling now, rather than wait until infection rates start sufficiently dropping in the US, because who knows when that will be.

Kahn Academy is also pretty accessible and is a good way to start learning about something you're interested in.

Mindset is important. If you stay positive, you will do better. If you sit around feeling like a stagnant failure, it will turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy. Do small things everyday that move you closer to your goal - even if it's just reading an article, researching available resources, learning software - it doesn't always have to be something big and "formal." You just need to start making progress and eventually all of those small things build into bigger successes.

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If you didn't go to college and you don't have any set of skills that's... kind of your fault.

Go to college or develop some sort of skills, then you'll be able to market yourself to the workplace with something.