u/Ddyvonteese678

I don’t really know what to flair this as. I’m 26, female. So, I moved out of my mom’s house for the first time in September of 2025. I moved my dad in with me right away; as he had no option other than myself. I started school part time in January of last year, and then this year with some things that happened I failed a class, I had a lot of life hardships and I couldn’t bring myself to care about it. I already had a hard time getting myself to apply myself to it, to begin with. Anyhow, now that my dad has moved out again, I am realizing how for my entire life, I have spent worrying about others well being, trying to save them, etc. I was looking to go into social work, but aside from that, I think I need to first, discover what my interests are. I feel like I need a really structured, step by step plan to commit myself to something. How do you/did you begin to discover yourself, your wants and needs and for the first time? Your interests? I used to enjoy photography quite a bit, but that creative skill I feel I’ve regressed in for some years. Anyhow, I have been able to reduce my work hours to actually give and divulge time to this… self discovery. I have enjoyed decorating my home and making it mine (interest, but costs money.), I attend physical therapy and umm… regular, mental health therapy weekly, but aside from that I have a good amount of time now to be able to do… something else. Where is a good starting point? How much time daily is appropriate to give to this, without interfering with daily obligations? Sorry in advance for lack of proper punctuation, I just wanna get this posted before I avoid/blow it off.