You haven’t said what you do for money. Is that all sorted out? Or, are you wealthy enough that you don't have to work?

It is very important to truly know yourself and design your life based on that.

I was born into enough wealth that I did not have to think about food, clothes, treatment, housing, etc. -the very basics. But, by no way were we rich.

So, I knew I had to work.

What work? After some disillusionment, a lot of naiveness-led-rigidity, I knew that it was anything that paid well, had any impact, was intellectually stimulating, and had smart, sophisticated (I am the judge of that, not the society's definition) colleagues.

I was focused on one particular field that turned out to be wrong.

The lesson here is not to be stringent and knowing yourself.

I am like you, too. I am generally curious about all imaginable things in life. My curiosity is all-encompassing. I just like to know how stuff came to be- how much can be known and how much can't. I understand the limit of platonic, epistemic knowledge. But I would like to form better pictures of everything around me. Is the Standard Model approach right? How did it come to be? Is quantized time real? How did the German nation come to be? What did Nagarjuna mean by zero? What effects do Godel's Incompleteness Theorem have on the future of Math?

None of these are directly related to my work.

But I like to know. Right now, I am learning Quantum Computing, Ethereum (I am opposite of a crypto-bro, and this tech interests me deeply), western classical music, and Madhyamika Philosophy.

But I do not get paid to do these.

My approach is- aside from work, family time, do things that deeply interest me. Let those areas influence my work and what I am, enrich myself, and be better. I also read a lot of interesting non-fiction and big fat novels like War and Peace and Don Quixote for entertainment.

I will tell you one thing that no one else told you in this thread-

_It is worth it to form deep expertise in a narrow area_.

By doing this, you not only become an expert in one area, but also learn how to become an expert in other areas.

Do not be opposed to the idea of "narrow areas". Because once you have the taste of "depth" in a "narrow area", you are forever hooked to that feeling. This will aid you to learn more in other fields.

I will tell you, but I have absolutely no proofs or reference, that true depth in some areas also helps you find connections better. It makes you learn better, in general.

Your aversion to narrow areas will cost you dearly, in my humble opinion.

Like others said, you can be a media person, but not a scholar with deep understanding of reality.

If you want to have a much better understanding of how reality works- in a much more informed, much more structured way- go deep into some and skim through many.

_Depth is a common meta_.

This is my understanding. I am not claiming to be truly right.

I have started reading something that might interest you-

Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. They are both designers and taught a class at Stanford that taught students how to design their life based on design principles.

It is a short book- unlikely to "change" my life or yours. But might learn new helpful things. Very relevant to your current situation.