Learning what you don't want to do is pretty valuable, it may be as valuable as figuring out what it is you do want to do.

At one point in college I was so shy that I'd drop out of a class if asked to speak in front of other people.

I was living in New York City and flat broke. My next door neighbor was an actor and he always seemed to be having more fun than I was. He convinced me to give acting a shot, but because of my shyness I was sure it would be a lost cause.

After graduating from college I worked at a variety of jobs, from banking to politics. I enjoyed whatever I was doing at the time but I didn't love my work.