[sugarwood]

The missing link is that OP never identified what his goal was.

Is it to work in IT ?
Is it to have a stable county job?
What do you want?
Why have you failed?

It sounds like you're doing a young man's role (mechanic) at an old age, nearing retirement age.
This was due to having to reset a few times due to economic shocks.

Maybe the county job would be fine, but in a different, more age appropriate role?



Also, I'd like to know how OP scored a mechanic job in his mid 50s.
Did you have any experience? I am assuming you were in sales at the BMW shop?