I needed a job. I just laugh now, because there's no way I could have been a financial planner. I would have frozen up and wouldn't even have been good at it. You have to listen to your inner self. Don't live passively, but be active.
Creativity is a verb.
It's an action. First of all, give yourself permission to be creative. Allow whatever is inside of you to surface. When you start anything, whether it is painting or playing the piano, most people won't excel at it right away. Give yourself permission to be bad at it however long it takes.