Hey @Chumbimba. I see a lot of parallels between what you write, and myself when I was around 25. Maybe the things I have figured out since can be of help to you:
1) don't confuse beginners luck or early gains with being good at something. Seems like all three things you've mentioned are relatively new to you. You see promise, and so you attach your hopes for success to those things. But you must recognize that anything worthwhile you will ever try in your life will have great depth to it. You have started scratching the surface, and it will take some time before you start making enough discernments to start seeing the depth.
It's one thing to understand how to write code and be able to solve some programming challenges, but you will need a lot of practice to get so comfortable with the basics. Once you can do the basics without thinking, you will free up bandwidth in your mind and start seeing subtle differences which will trigger more learning. It's hard to learn about algorithms and data structures when you have not yet automatized the concepts that precede them.
Same with acting – it's great to get a confirmation of your raw talent, but if you don't deeply understand what was it that you did right to get the part, you will struggle later on delivering a consistent performance. The more you act, the more you will start to notice subtle differences in your acting. If you reflect on those discernments, you will gain more control. But you must keep doing it and reflect constantly on your performance.
It should be obvious how your bet in stonks is just scratching the surface, if even that. It was a bet. From what you wrote, seems to me, trading only made the list because it seems like easy money. Which leads to:
2) don't make success your goal. This is advice I have gotten many times, but it took years and lots of suffering for me to understand. so I don't expect that you will take it from me, but perhaps some of what I write will stick.
You've landed one part, and you're already afraid of being too famous. Most people who have life-long, successful, fulfilling acting careers are not famous. But that's not even the point – why was that getting too famous, or not getting rich enough at the top of your mind when you wrote your post? If you love acting, as you say, why would that matter?
3) focus on what you are good at, not at what will make you look good. What is it that you're good at, really? You say you're good at python, but also admit that there are parts of it that you find boring. Try to drill deep into what is it that you enjoy, that seems to come naturally to you, what you don't need to work hard for. Try to isolate this.
Reflect on what are the things that you do without even thinking. What is a pattern that you have when you work in a group? Do you maybe always fall into a specific role? Maybe you always end up leading the group. Or you are the person who keeps everyone realistic. Or you are the person to make the schedule. Or you are the most diplomatic, the one who makes sure that everyone is on good terms. Or you are the person who takes the hard tasks that no one wants to do. Or you're the person to do all the research?
Whatever that pattern is, even if you don't particularly like it or you don't see the value in it, reflect on it, try to see how that brings value. Chances are that the thing you do without thinking, that brings value to others, is your life purpose, and your path to success.
Hope this helps.
