I was in your situation for years. Tended to fill my time with distractions, and I WASN'T in a situation of poverty. You can get into a mindset where you're spending your entire time amusing yourself and *that* is the real timesuck.
Work isn't one of those distraction problems unless you're in a job field that pays really badly and requires you work so many hours that you have time for nothing else. By that, I mean more than 40+ hours. Or if you're in a field that requires you devote every spare moment of your off time, studying your job, and it's not the field you want to be in.
You don't need to start off working fast food. If you're already not working and can get away with being unemployed for another two to four months, there are plenty of fields that require just a little training (~6 weeks to 3 months) but open the door to better pay/more advancement, and pay more than minimum wage right from the beginning. An example is health care, but I'm sure there are more out there... I like h/c because it allows you to work pretty much whatever hours you want to. It's how at 35 I'm able to be a full time student.
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