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so i feel like making money and wanting to have fun/do something with my life are interfering with eachother
Truer word has never been said.
so what can be done? at the moment?
Do you truly have no idea or you already know all the usual things people would do and you are just not interested in any of them? What are the things you thought you could do but don't want to do?
I kinda have no idea but i tend to want to do things out of my range or hard nerdy things and ive very limited with tech, like i want to make a video game but i dont know how to code or what engine/framework to use, ive also wanted to make a movie but im limited on what i have and i feel like i suck at most stuff and i feel lost at the moment.
Those are pretty huge things, that actually cost a ton of money to do in the first place. Learning how to code can be fun, free, and can help you earn money down the line in hundreds of ways. After you have built up some skills you could tutor your friends for cash.
Figuring out the individual steps for your end goals is really the first step. If you want to make a movie, how will you earn the cash for the budget? Who will write it? Where will you rent the equipment and props, and hire actors? Then where will you show it, and advertise? Each of those things individually could be a place you focus your energy on learning.
Let me give you an advice, it probably sounds too boring but really the fun things don't come without some pain. If you want to make video game, you can set that as a goal but know the road to it will not be easy. In fact, nothing worth your while will be easy. Say you think building video game is going to be fun, go on a video game dev forum to ask for suggestion on where to start. There will be a lot of advices online and from people, you just need to pick one that you think you can achieve to start with. Not one that you think is the most fun. Pick one you think you can finish. If nothing sounds right, try a different subject than video game making, but do the same thing: ask / find advices and pick one that you can finish.
Finish the first step. Finishing things itself is fun and is how you discover what really gets you going.
You can work toward both ends by trying to engage in something that cultivates marketable skills.
Khan Academy style sites are a population recommendation, but not your only option. Once upon a time, I learned quite a bit of coding working with robocode and had a blast doing it.
You could also get a VPS and see what you could get up and running on it. Maybe your own Lemmy instance! (admittedly that option is not free)
Yes, robocode is fun. I got thrown in the deepend with that and a coding assignment.
thank you but also, do you also suggest any coding laugueges or game engines preferblay game engine for a beginner witha low end pc that i can look up? by chance
Try to figure out what you want to build. That will make a big difference towards what you learn. I'm partial to C# for gamedev, but there is so much out there. If you really have no idea, Python is a good multi-purpose language that can get you used to programming.