Wow people actually do read blogs on steemit. Music was a hard call. Even though I loved it I realized I was still starting at the bottom. My dream of becoming a big-time music producer seemed a little far fetched. I couldn't figure out a good plan on how to start making a living from music immediately and work my way up. Photography seemed very accessible. It turned out to me even better than I imagined. It didn't take long at all to start making good money and I got to work with a lot of cool people and make art. It also let me travel and work from home.

For your second question, I was a little vague on purpose, but I'll tell you. I had the longest most vivid dream ever. I can still just about relive it if I bring it to mind. In the dream I felt Gods presence to strongly, and when I woke up I still felt it. I was in some sort of altered state. I immediately went to one of my pastors because I had no idea what was going on with me. I had never had an encounter like this before, and it was still going on. The dream was incredibly long and detailed and a month later I was still unpacking it, but the gist is this. I had been completely disinterest in church and felt like it was all just a game and not really meaningful. In the dream I left that church where they were playing games and walked down a long hall where I could hear a different church meeting going on and by just the sound of it I could tell it was a powerful meeting where God was moving. I thought that I was too late to the party and that I should join, but I was compelled to go in. I went to one of the back rows and took a place. God's power hit me three times and tossed me around. People around me didn't understand what was going on with me. I thought it was weird that they were unfamiliar with God's power because they had been there longer than me. Then after falling to the ground, I was dragged by an invisible force to the front row. I got up and took a place among the leaders. I felt extremely out of place and that I did not deserve to be there. That's all I want to share about that for now, it is deeply personal. This perfectly represented what happened over the next few years. I had a radical turn around and everyone said I was a different person. Soon I was part of Church leadership and was asked to be in the front row and lead various things.
How did I know specifically what the first step was? It's very hard to describe. I just knew.