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As others have pointed out, getting your AA can be general and will put you ahead of many others in the work force by it alone. You would just take generic classes everyone has to take, unless you end up wanting to specialize in something. It allows you to move higher up in jobs, and stuff, where a GED or highschool diploma would limit you.

Also, a word of advice, go to a community college or something first. In my sociology class we learned about this, and in my own personal life I have experienced it, that jumping straight into a university fresh out of highschool can do more harm than good.
University is such a drastic change from highschool. You go from 30 people in a classroom, to 200, where professors don't bother to get to know your name and you are stuck trying to figure out what the hell is going on through TAs. Your professors are only there to do research, not to help you. They don't even have degrees in teaching, really, so most of them are really shitty at it. Community college is a lot cheaper, with smaller classrooms and professors that are actually there to teach, and have degrees in it. You also get a nice balance between highschool and college settings, to better prepare you for the university life two years later.

I have spent my first two years at a community college, and just got my AA this past Fall semester. I do not regret it. I felt shame at first, but I know so many people who jumped straight to university and have dropped out completely or dropped out and are going to a community college, now. Thankfully, my college is actually #1 in the nation currently, so I am confident in my education. I'll be attending a university next fall, and I definitely feel a lot more prepared now than I did when I left highschool.

Like you, I barely know what I want to do. It took me two years of college to get somewhat of an idea. I am going into Psychology because I excel in the classes, and it is one of the only things that genuinly interests me. Once I get my degree, I will most likely go for School Psychology/Counseling, but even now I am still unsure. Just take it one step at a time. So many people switch their majors a million times, and it is okay to not know what you want to do right now.