I’ve found it to be a combination of two things. The first thing is your calling.
What is calling you?
What is one problem in this world that you want solved?
That’s the first part. Finding the thing that really doesn’t sit right with you and you want to find a solution to it.
The second part is finding what you love to do. From music to video games to coding to sports to a hobby. It should be something that you would do even if you didn’t get paid to do it. Something that you’d still make time for it even if you had another job doing something else.
When you find those 2 things you combine them. Get really good at what you love to do, and then allow your calling to drive you. Eventually you will be able to create change for your calling through what you love to do.
The closer you get to your purpose the more you’ll start to see the world is actually a program controlled by your thoughts.
It’s important to be honest to yourself about everything.
I’m not the person you are asking and to be honest I am finding this out myself. One piece of advice I heard recently that piqued my interest is..
“…pick a traumatic/wonderful experience you have had in life and work from there…”
In the end though I suspect a lot of it is just trial and error. Being open to new things and humble enough to learn them.
From observation sometimes the occupation/industry is just the medium. It’s inconsequential or the result of certain personal strengths, preferences or opportunities.
One thing that might help is doing some personality tests around finding your strengths that might give you a starting direction in which to dig deeper:
