I was thinking tonight, that I wish I could do more of what I want to do.
Then I got the strangest thought that that sort of confidence in life might be a sort of Dumbo's Feather- if you think you can, that might be all you need.

So, like any reasonable modern person faced with an existential question, I did the sensible thing: I plugged it into Google.

I ran into an article, talking about the philosophy of "You can do anything you want to do, if you just apply yourself for long enough", and the opposite philosophy of "You're only good at certain things, so focus on your strengths, and avoid your weaknesses". It tried to pit them head-to-head in a battle, and largely didn't come to many conclusions.

But it occurs to me that that was flawed, because those two philosophies are not, in fact, opposites.

The reason doing whatever you really want to is such a powerful tool, provided you don't talk yourself out of it (like I do rather frequently), is that if you want to do something? Odds are pretty good your strengths lie along that path, even if it's totally different from the normal activity or courses of study you pursue on a daily basis. Think about it- if it wasn't the sort of thing you like to think about, or the way you like to act or think, would it really be that interesting?

And besides, if it really is NOT something that's along the lines of what you're good at, once you try it, how long are you really going to continue doing it before you discover that you really DON'T want to do it anymore.

So yeah. Try things that are outside of your normal habits or behaviors. Because if they appeal to you, there's a good chance that you've already been exposed to enough information to know on SOME level that it's actually something you'd enjoy doing.