Should I give up my career goal and find something else?

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I want to get into film directing, and thought after making some short films and helping people out with their movies to get experience, I am told by people a lot that my work stinks and I am not cut out for it, and that I would just be wasting my money.  I talked about my goals on these threads before:

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But maybe other filmmakers are right and I should just look for a new long term career goal.  But how do I know what I want to do or how does one decide?   I have no idea what I'm good at and never liked any of the jobs I've had over the past two decades.  So how does one decide on what to do therefore?

If you have a years’ savings, I might try it.

Otherwise.....nope. I wouldn’t do it.

Yeah I have it, but people say 'don't waste it and spend it on something real'...

I wouldn’t totally give up on my career goal.

Film is a very competitive industry. Do you have any reason to believe you're a cut above the rest of the many people who want to be film directors?

Hmm well I feel like my filmmaking style of shots are different than what you usually see, but I guess that's about it so far.