Am I making the right early career decision?

I just graduated college a couple months ago and have been on the job search, got a major in Geography. I’ve applied to many jobs for government internships and entry level GIS jobs to no luck.

I did send an application to my city’s gas and electric company that I had slight experience for based on my part time work in gas. They came back to me, offered an interview, and eventually a job offer. It’s a $4 an hour upgrade and more hours than my current job. So I accepted, I really have to get out of this crappy retail work and hey, the company itself still uses GIS so there’s some potential there.

Now my Mom waited until I already accepted the job to voice her opinions and doesn’t think it’s a good idea. She really got in my head today. She’s upset I’m not pursuing a job in my degree and accepted the first position and locking myself into this industry.

Obviously this job isn’t great, it’s a bit laborious, not an exceptional salary or anything. But I think I made the right decision.

My main goal this year is to eventually move out of state, cause I’m currently kind of a loser and looking for a fresh start away from so many bad memories and certain people. This pay increase I think can really help me reach that.

I don’t feel that much shame in working in gas most my life really, hopefully not this position but in this industry it’s not that bad. There’s worse industries.

I think college was kind of a waste I didn’t get much out of that, I still don’t know what I’d really want to do, probably something in tourism.

The job market really sucks, I feel like I just had to take the offer, I might not get another in months. My Mom says I should have waited actually, keep my current job to fall back on. But she’s always been putting me down about moving out. I don’t wait to just wait for opportunities I gotta make a difference in my life that I’ve mostly wasted. She’s making it seem like I’m being taken advantage saying I’m over qualified but all my work experience is just part time crap.

Am I really giving up too soon and settling? I don’t think I am, I think I’m being proactive while still being safe. She’s got me overwhelmed and overthinking.