https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31217221
The desire is there, but the idea(s) aren't and it's not for lack of trying. I've been reading that "ideas are cheap" for over a decade now, but I can honestly say that I haven't once come up with an idea that would make any money.
Ideas are cheap.
Good ideas are darned hard to find and even harder to recognize.
One thing you can try is just talk to everyone. Literally everyone. I’m a super introvert and socially awkward, but if I’m standing at the bus stop or in a Starbucks I’ll talk to people and 9/10 times they will talk. Sometimes they’re people who run or work at companies in industries unfamiliar to me (construction materials, biologist, textile) and they complain about what sucks. Just keep an open ear and hopefully you can find something interesting and compelling that you can build for. Good luck!
Not everyone is a visionary like Steve Jobs or whatever, and that’s okay. Just build something that solves your problem and helps others who also deal with it.