You need to start somewhere and it seems you have somewhat a starting point in that you have a list of possible questions that you want to answer and some things you want, you just don’t know how to get answers. You should also think about where you want to be and what you see yourself doing later down the road. From there start researching the great people who like you wanted what you want and got, those who succeeded. History is full of these people, you don’t have to look far research these people and most have written memoirs, how to books, or have biographies. These people exist today, and of course I am saying to look at the super achievers, but you don’t have just look at them. Find the every day people that doing what you want to be doing, if you don’t know what you want to be doing then research and talk to people doing various things find out what their lives are. The internet has information on everything, and it is easy to find community boards of these people just like tinybuddha where they talk about their “stuff” and most of them love to help people interested in what they do. Maybe there is even someone local that would be willing to talk to you.