Should I force myself to go to college?

[mikemac]

Provided you don’t take any college-level courses for credit, if you do decide to continue your education and you want to go to college in the future, you will be able to apply as a freshman.

Good advice, and for some colleges such as the UC system it is even more restrictive.

A transfer applicant is a student who has enrolled in a regular session at a college or university after high school. A student who attends a college summer program immediately after graduating from high school or who has completed college work while in high school is still considered a freshman applicant.
University of California Counselors

From this it appears that enrolling at any college, whether for credit or not, would run afoul of the restrictions.