You can read what everyone on these forums has to say, but ultimately it's a decision you have to make because the right answer is unique to the individual. It's all about what you want in life. We're pretty similiar, so I'll share with you how i've been going about things:

I got all my ratings through a community college (private/instrument/commericial) and transferred over to a university for business administration. The university accepted all my gen ed classes and accepted 4 aviation classes to transfer as "free electives" so I was able to transfer over as a junior (i'm about to start @ the university in 3 days). Now I'm starting to work on my CFI so I can hopefully instruct while I finish up my last couple years of college. I also recently contacted a recruiter to look into trying to enlist in the Air Force Reserves to be an Air Traffic Controller (i've always wanted to join the military, and I also don't feel like dumping even more of my own money into aviation training so i'd rather do this then an AT-CTI school)

ATC is a nice stable, well paying career that keeps you around airplanes. It also is a young person's career that allows you to retire at age 50. I would ideally like to work as a controller one day and continue to fly on the side. Maybe later on in life do it as a second career.