My trying to get my first job is delayed

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Me trying to get my first job is going to be delayed by going to college for 1-2 years. I just turned 25, shouldn't I have been employed by now? Why is my mom strongly insisting "You cannot work and do a job at the same time, it's so stressful." That's her opinion about me doing a job though.

Yet another reason I have to feel negative, I literally have no positive in me, no matter when ANYONE tells me I should be positive. How do I deal with stubborn parents who can't accept me being negative all the time? Or at least have them accept the idea that I have no positive energy within.

I sort of delayed employment by going to university straight after getting a diploma, not ending up with anything after though which lasted for 2 years. I only made the decision mainly because I wanted to get away from the area I was in, away from the parents which also coincidentally did not see eye to eye with me, still don't to this day, but insisted I could do part time work alongside my full time course like my brother does. They don't get that I get tired every so often (chronic illness related) but is preventable with good control of the condition, this makes it difficult to carry out simple tasks like walking for 30 mins or lifting things not forgetting that it affects my ability to socialise.

I know this isn't really advice but more my side of things so you can see the similarities in our circumstances both aged 25. If someone looks at me and when I say i'm happy or content, in their perspective they say i'm miserable or grumpy, when I am asked to smile at the camera, I think I smile but to them i'm keeping a straight face, frown or make a pretend happy face look. So you're not alone in the world.