hehe, don't worry about me, I did not have 6 years of anxiety. I did exactly what you mention above, what felt right. It's just that with a step back, I realize it 'felt right' on the short term, and that's why I think I kept reorienting myself. Now I'm trying to have a plan/goal. It might and will probably change, but having an idea of where you want to go, and commit to that idea, will help a lot when opportunities come and lure you away from the thing you really wanted to do.

Wow, that's quite a long time in anxiety. I really don't want to suffer long term, haha. I understand the fear of not being in control, it's a difficult feeling to deal with.
I'm now considering that, maybe, stop overthinking and trusting intuition by pursuing "what feels right", as Daniel pointed, is a good way to go. Even the hero Odysseus was lost for a decade.
Hope we find the way soon.

"I don't think without those random side paths would I know this is really what I want to do though."
I love this reasoning.

This is very insightful Daniel, thank you.

This has been on my mind as well for the past 6 years I think... I totally let the opportunities guided my career and now I'm not sure it's paying off. I mean, its paying quite well in the pocket, but the heart is out of sync. I'm in the process of finding what exactly I want to do, and for some reasons its quite hard. I'm really impress of people that can clearly see that.

People around me keep saying I have nothing to complain about, which is true, but it doesn't remove the feeling of not being in control.

I chased whatever was shiny for the first 6 or 7 years. Then I stepped back, took what I learned and crafted it into what I do now. I don't think without those random side paths would I know this is really what I want to do though.

Some people know right away, others take time to figure it out. If something seems fun go for it, if it doesn't feel right quit.