I was just/am going through a similar thing as I'm 22 and owner of my own internet business. I have 6 jobs and no money lol.
Anyways, I just wanted to say that I think its interesting that I see a lot of people who are very passionate about music, having difficulty with purpose. That where I was too as music is my passion as well and it took me forever to actually believe I could make it doing something music related. For the longest time I felt very trapped because I thought that I was locked into my degree and thinking that I was going to hate any job that used my degree. I relegated myself to basically saying that my degree would be nothing other than a way to fund my passion.
It didn't bother me at first but after a while I really started to dread the fact that I might end up hating my job and having to work at it 8+ hours a day. That bothered me tremendously. Since I've started running my own music site though, I feel a little bit better about it because at least I get to write about music everyday.
Seems to me us who are into music, art and things like acting have the most trouble with our purpose. I wonder if that is because we're subconsciously thinking what we've been told: "That 1 in 100,000 makes it in entertainment and art" etc.
I hope it works out for you Angelwings and best of luck JJP. I can definitely relate.
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