Young Individual... Don't know what to do in life?

I graduated from undergrad with a finance and economics degree in 2016. I have two years of experience as a financial analyst for a small real estate company, and 2 years of experience at a FCM as a Credit Analyst II. At this time I don't know what I want to do in life or where I want to go next.

As a Credit Analyst II, I have a lot of administrative work and I don't like my group. I feel miserable. It puts food on the table but I don't like it. I have friends that work in real estate in acquisitions, development and asset management, data science, and sales, and they seem to like their jobs as they are still learning, and they are not necessarily behind a computer all day.

All my friends already have a career path lined up for them, and I don't even have any idea what I want to do next or long term.

Going back to school, is a possibility. I am interested in finding a job that I actually like. Right now, I don't even have any idea of what I want to do. There are so many career paths in business, and I don't know which one will make me happiest.

What's the best thing I can do now to figure out what I want to do in life? What steps can I take?

 
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