Career advice for a Renaissance aspie?

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I have many interests and I often bouce from one thing to the other. I don't want to list them here, but I feel as if I'm hopeless when it comes to finding out what I want to do in life and how I want to live it... Any advice?

I'm the same way. My advice: Try not to worry too much about it. Pick anything you like and just go with it for a while. If you find it doesn't make you happy, you can always change later on. But chances are, it will.

Just choose whatever makes you tick the most and most of the time. Stick with it for a while and see how it goes

Pick something within your scope that will meet your financial objectives. You might not love it it closely identify with it, but if you don't choose now, sooner or later you'll end up doing whatever just to pay the bills; better to choose now.

And what if my financial goal is a bit over the counter, like say... $50 grand within a year?

Yes, I love flying and want to be able to fly as fast as possible. I don't wanna be an old grunt by the time I get flying lessons

My advice would be to focus less on what you want to do for now, and more on what you need to do to develop a stable and lifelong career. For example I have a very specific area that I would love to work in, but for now I'm settling for work in other areas to build experience and skills. Perhaps in the future I'll be able to move into the area I want to work in, but I would still be perfectly satisfied if I don't, and have a stable career to support myself.

You say you're interested in flying...you can figure out what is needed to get a job as a pilot and start working towards it...I hear there is a big shortage of pilots nowadays so I'm sure it's a very lucrative career. I think that most pilots make a good deal over $50k a year also, at least commercial airline/air force pilots.

I'm EXACTLY the same way. The only thing I don't consistently change my mind about is my relationships (wife & kids). But work, religion, hobbies, it's like a rollercoaster.

I've been thinking, specifically in relation to work, that it might be best to work out the skeleton of my interests, which is to say the common elements. Then find jobs that operate the same way. For example, the most successful jobs I've had in the past have been those where I was left alone to get on with the job, and where I specialised in the station I worked, instead of constantly being moved around from one job to another. So I'm guessing that if I could identify a number of jobs that fit that pattern, then I'd waste less time looking for just any old thing, a lot of which I couldn't successfully do.

However, another value of mine is personal time. I hate the idea of losing most of my waking hours to work. Wake up to get ready for work, work all day, go home to shower, eat, wash dishes. Then enjoy the only two hours of personal time out of the last twenty-four. Five days per week in a job I hate.

Ahhh, but if I could do it just enough hours to get by, thus maximizing free time...

If only I could choose and STAY choosed.