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To answer your question succinctly, what's wrong with you is that you don't know what you want... but you know you want more.
About a year ago, I decided to wanted to stop working stupid retail jobs and went head-on back to school. The first year saw to the prerequisite classes that I needed, and I started the core of my schooling (medic program) this past January, which will continue until this upcoming December.
I'll be 26 in a few weeks.
The point is, FIND what it is that motivates you, what you love, what you find fulfillment in and gives you a feeling of personal growth. It's not going to suddenly dawn on you. It came to me because I got fed up one day and thought things out.
So, get engaged in school and pull your grades up. Figure out what you love, and then aim in that direction. I am naturally inclined to love laziness and procrastination, and those were obstacles. But man... find what you love, and anything that holds you back (like not putting full effort into it) will cease, because you'll be driven for once.
P.S.- do NOT do the "going to work full time with the intention of going back to college". It really doesn't happen for most people. I said that once, and I didn't end up in college again for almost 5 years, and only because I had a major epiphany.
When I said that, I was exactly your age now, and I ended up getting into a good manager position in a cellphone company store. Of course, on the way there, I spent 2 years at minimum wage working behind a photo counter at a drug store. And I'll tell you... even if you find a nice job that pays well and it's something you can do well... you'll look around one day and say, "I am NOT doing THIS for the rest of my life."
Make the decision NOW to change the course of your life, not when you realize you're in the job you'll likely retire in, and that depresses the shit out of you (though in a positive way).
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