Ask people who made it what they did at your age. It’s usually less glamorous and more useful than you’d guess.

People get described by their current position, which makes their path look like a different species of life. Asked what they were doing at seventeen, the answer is usually unremarkable: a job they disliked, a subject they were behind in, one thing they kept doing anyway. That version is far more useful than the summary, because it sits at a scale you can copy.

Find two people doing something you want to do and ask them specifically about your age rather than about their career. Ask what they did weekly. Write down whatever appears in both answers, since that is the part worth taking.