How do I live a happier life?

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I'm 21, about to graduate with a "useless" degree (History) which is also time consuming, but I've already done 90% of the work and it'll look good on a resume, so I'll just finish it. People who aren't poor and miserable tend to avoid me, so I don't have any real friends. I can't stand the thought of moving back in with my parents because they treat me like I'm Buster on Arrested Development and my younger brother is one of those child prodigies who can't help but be a condescending dick.

I avoid drugs and alcohol and practice meditation. Meditation seems to have helped marginally well, but as soon as I get a wave of lengthy research papers to do, I lapse back into my old habits. I don't work because it's time consuming and I have a hard time even getting started sometimes on things that I need to do for class. I don't have a car, either, but I've had a lot of hobbies -- classical guitar, drawing, chess -- which I know that I could pursue a social life through, but it just doesn't happen.

I feel like I'm in a hole that I just need to keep my head down and gradually work my way out of, but it's so damn hard to keep going sometimes.