dawg im speaking to u as someone who is only 5 years older and was in a VERY similar mindset / predicament at 17, so please take my advice for what its worth.
graduate high school at all costs necessary
i dropped out when i was 16 to ski more, re enrolled when i was 17 at an alternative high school because i realized i fucked up, and i couldnt get hired anywhere worth sticking around, did a bunch of credit recovery, and luckily somehow graduated high school on time with my class (2.0 GPA baby, lets go!). i was a terrible student the entire 4 years, i know what its like to hate high school, believe me
dumbest decision i ever made was dropping out. had to go through so much extra bullshit in life because of it. make it easy on yourself in the long run and graduate. Just get C's and get ur diploma, u dont have to be a star student, and im aware that 75% of what ur learning is pretty useless, but i dont think u realize how important ur diploma is in the scheme of life. also alternative schools are full of weird ass people, and i really wish i didnt have to go through that.
i had the same plan as you, move to hood in a van, find a ski related job and bum it. so glad i had people around me who cared enough about me at the time to convince me otherwise. i seriously think i could have potentially fucked my life up if i ended up doing such. my life isnt perfect by any means but im so happy to be in the position that im in rn. All the dudes i know who ended up doing what i planned, are absolute fucking degenerates 5 years later.
Most of em now have drug/alcohol problems, are chasing loose ass chicks, working shit jobs they hate, and live full time in their shit vans. these arent bad people, im just giving u some insight of what that lifestyle looks like in reality. its not as fun as it sounds. they also lowkey suck at skiing now.
college was never something i saw myself doing at 17, until i got a little older and realized that i did in fact, want to go to college and pursue a degree. if i never graduated this would be completely out of the picture.
Because of me dropping out, no colleges would accept me other than community colleges, so i had to do 2 years at a CC in order to transfer into university. ( in hindsight that was kinda clutch because it saved me thousands ), but damn wouldnt it have been nice to go to the same uni as all my ski homies.....
ur life is going to be significantly harder if you choose to abandon ur degree. GED should really only be an option if you've already flunked out / didnt graduate on time.
also stop smoking weed, ur too young. Again im saying this as someone who started smoking everyday at 16, that shit lowkey fucked my development as a young man up. Wish i made better choices
thanks for listening to my ted talk, best of luck