Thinking more about this thread, there's one thing that I figured out a little too late.

Life is long. People say it's short, and looking back I'm sure it is. But in all probability you'll have approx 50yrs or so working, which is typically 40 hrs a week or w/e. And 50 yrs doing a job you don't enjoy is a long dam time.

So many people think about careers and are persuaded by money. But that's a huge mistake. Even if you pick a well paid career, only a select few will be super rich from it.

So the secret which all careers advisers should share is to ignore the money. Instead just find something you like doing. Anything at all. Then figure out a way to earn a living from it. If you genuinely enjoy what you do then you don't need money to escape it.

I know maybe a hand full of people who ate lucky enough to absolutely love their jobs/careers. One owns/runs an elephant sanctuary, one is a successful tv director, another is a musician.

All of them love what they do. They're excited by it and passionate about it and genuinely enjoy it and they're amongst the happiest people I know.

So that combined with surrounding yourself with people who make you feel good is a good start to a happy and satisfying life.