<human>: Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?

I am a 23 year old who graduated from a top 10 university in 2010 with no clue about what I wanted to do with my life and have yet to apply for a single job. After spending the last year burdened by family duties and slipping into a deep depression, I am in desperate need for an adventure. I am tired of sitting at home wallowing in depression and letting my family suck what little energy I have left in me. So I'm bustin outta this joint.

I've decided to start in my hometown in California and attempt to hitchhike/CouchSurf/wwoof my way down to South America. I am not making any definite plans and I am open to going just about anywhere while loosely attempting to head south. I hope to CouchSurf as much as possible, but part of the adventure for me is to have the freedom and flexibility of no plans so that may be difficult since there is no way that I will have a schedule.

My original plan was to fly to somewhere in Central America and start from there, but I just can't afford the flight. Which brings up another issue: I am leaving with only hundreds of dollars to my name. My plan is to try to find a little work along the way to keep me going when I can't find a free ride, food or place to stay. Any tips on how to do something like that is appreciated. I would also really love to do some volunteer work along the way

I have never done anything like this so any tips are appreciated. And yes, I do know that it is a crazy idea but I will go mad if I spend another year at home in this useless fog. I plan to read as much as I can on the topic before I go and hopefully I will also find useful advice from Reddit!
<bot>: Fed up with my current life, hitchhiking South from California to South America going pretty much wherever fate takes me. Tips? Ideas? Advice?