"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life" the site I got this said that Confucius said it first ... but it is true ... although I personally think that when you become a adult and are no longer a boy providing support for others becomes your main focus ...
Let me ask you this ... havent your parents taken from theyre plate and gave you something that was consider better ...so you would grow strong and smart ...(brains, kidneys and cheeks come to mind ...Hannibal joke:P )
I think the ancient Greeks discovered a lot of truths regarding the nature of human interactions ... witch our so called "modern" society tries to deny ...

I`m not trying to judge you ... ( although if u knew i still live at home with my parents you could say that I envy your independence)
But I think that you are working so hard to get the one thing we all need more than anything, I dare say more than happiness and that is freedom in a system designed to enslave us to our hedonistic ways ...
I recommend the movie "The Shawshank Redemption" it has one of the best quotes I know ..."freedom lies within" ― Frank Lloyd Wright (a architect)