Did anyone else follow their dreams and come up short? What do you do now?

Hi ❤️

Growing up, I always wanted to be an actress. As I got older, that changed to just being involved in theatre. I don't want to be too gloomy but now at 28, I'm getting to the age where I feel like I'm ready to move onto something that lets me actually live for once. I've given up years for my life and I just want to have a boring job where I can afford going to a fun restaurant or paying $25 to go see Christmas lights.

Has anyone else gone through/is anyone else going through this too? What did you decide to do? I guess this question is open to anyone really since I want to explore potential career paths, but I feel like there's a different sense of urgency when you're going back to school a second time and some majors become more appealing because of it. At any rate, I want to hear your story.