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The advice you're getting here is all good in its own way. At 23, you don't have to know what you want to do with your life... just that you want to know. In 30+ years of working, the longest I ever took off was 2 consecutive weeks. I'm now taking some time to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. It's down to a fireman or a jet-fighter pilot. So take your time.
One of my favourite stories of all time was about 5 successful inner city youths who grew up to be successful professionals (doctors, lawyers, professors). All had had the same teacher in high school (history or English, I believe). His first 2 classes were always about "The Big Game". He engaged these kids in describing a game where they got to set the rules for winning, decided how to play, how hard to play, when/where to play. Then he explained that the only rule was they HAD to play. The game of course was life. But he explained that winning at life was as personal as anything else one ever did. YOU decide when you've won. YOU decide what constitutes winning. You set your goals for life, and when you achieve them, you've won.
Money? Fame? Family? Adventure? Passion? Whatever you decide is for you is how you win. And probably the neatest things he taught them was that 1) education gave you many more opportunities to win; it wasn't a goal in itself, but a tool for winning, and 2) once you've won (or lost, or stagnated), you can change the winning formula, renewing your drive. It's all up to you, and your life is wasted only if YOU decide it was.
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The secret to great marksmanship is deciding what the target was AFTER you've shot.
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