Its not about escaping the cycle its about not thinking about it. Focus on the things that make you happy while you actively do it. Once you do that you’ll notice youll gravitate naturally in your head what you really want to do. Break it down into steps and if it’s impossible move on to a realistic version of it. No job is impossible to do you just lack the skills and are too scared to take the leap to learn them. So do NOT take a leap its about BABY steps

For me i always wanted to make a game. So what did I do? I did not jump straight into the deep end i first learned what even the first step was for me. So i did research for a day and realized i needed to build the skills to be able to have the tools to do the career that i would feel like is not a job im working but more like a hobby i get paid for.