"I haven't been inside of something genuinely new, let alone doing my own, truly mine, thing." That is why what you're saying here and in the above is a rant r

"I haven't been inside of something genuinely new, let alone doing my own, truly mine, thing." That is why what you're saying here and in the above is a rant rather than advice. "You've gotta try, because if you haven't tried then you haven't lived."