Step one: Realize that you have no pre-determined place in life. Step two: Decide for yourself what you want your place in life to be. Step three: Don’t hold back.
That’s the dream for everyone, I think. Life has a habit of sweeping us away. At some point, probably when you’re too distracted to actively look for your place, you’ll realise you’re already there. Until then, you’ve just gotta ‘be’.