A: I would suggest stop trying to figure things out, and just live one day at   a time.

Perhaps find a simple job, and learn to love being creative in the moment, whether it is waiting tables in a restaurant, or manual labor, or working in a library. There is joy everywhere, look for it, and soak it in silently...

Don’t expect enlightenment in a thunderclap, don’t even think about it. Just enjoy the simple things, and as you apply yourself to whatever is before you, you will almost imperceptibly begin feeling direction, impulses, and ideas.