how to be an independent person? Options

[batman]

How do you do it? I've been dependent on my parents for so long, I don't even know where to begin. Like even now, I go to school away from my parents, but they pay for my tuition which includes housing. The job I have is really only supplemental money and is not enough to, say, pay for all the shit I need (or think I need) i.e. monthly phone bill, internet, rent (when I eventually move out of the dorms), car/travel, etc.

The reason I'm asking is because the "future" for me is about a year away. I've never worried about it before because everything was set in stone... college --> med school --> etc. And if I followed that path, my parents would carry me along because it's the path they approve of. But I know that next year when I DONT apply to med school (because it is suddenly clear to me that I have no interest in science at all and tbh don't want to be a doctor) things are gonna start getting tough.

And I'm super scared/freaked out/not sure what to do.

[batman]

ok, all that aside... med school isn't what i want and your argument to do it anyway bc my parents will be footing the bill feels really selfish and unfair both to my future and my parents.  idk what you think it is but med school is no joke.  it's hard work that practically eats up your life.  it's not like i'll be vacationing and just chilling out during that time... it's more than just "putting up with a few med classes."  if i go to med school, i'd be putting aside everything i want for myself for another 4 years.  and what happens after that?  if i do what my parents want just to buy more time under their bank account, then what happens next?  thanks for the lazy man's way out tip, but i'm not lazy and i'm not that desperate to leech off my parents.  plus... med school is also really f*cking expensive.