[ChuckMcM]

Try something further afield?

I have talked to lots of people who were trying to find their passion and had limited themselves to looking in an area where they felt they could be "well paid." This isn't too surprising because surviving is first, passion is second.

However, what they often don't consider is that compensation is just a part of the picture. If you're making $X and living in New York City you might only be able to rent a room, but making $X in a small town in Minnesota and you can buy the best house in town. Not that I'm advocating you move to Minnesota, rather that one's "Quality of Life" is the complete circle of income/cost of living/friends/opportunities.

Now I have no idea what you're looking at so this might be completely useless but oddly enough, reading people's biographies can give you insights into other choices made and their impact and effect. If you can imagine yourself in those other choices, you can sometimes discover something you would like to try before you've "wasted time" trying something you didn't like. Reading non-fiction for exposure to other life experiences can be helpful in other ways as well, it can help you understand others from a perspective that isn't your own lived experience.