Try out anything that interests you, but understand that being a generalist may make it harder to land jobs. Second the "data entry is dead", but if you get the chance, take it! The role teaches you attention to detail, proper typing (different than programming typing), speed, and multitasking. That's basically where I've been stuck after workplace injury took away my trade, and now it's disappearing along with most administrative/accounting roles I know how to do. If you're just starting out on a career path, check out https://80000hours.org/. The theory is that you'll work 80,000 hours in your life, may as well make it count because just following your passion isn't necessarily fuel enough. There's several books on my "to read" shelf similar to this; "The Good Enough Job" is about the only one I can remember off the top of my head though.

Just try em out! You can't know until you perform the labor or at the very least shadow, that's why internships are such a big thing. Your parents did you a massive disservice.

The government often has training dollars/programs. When manufacturing slipped to offshore work, my friend retrained as an electrician via a govt trades program.

But its OK to not know your path, or spend time finding it.

I did some restaurant work early on, then did two years as electricians apprentice to save some money for University. I thought going to Uni for art was my path, but a year in changed plans and wanted to go into engineering. But tuition cost money so I started working at a manufacturing place on the shop floor, which led to moving upstairs to engineering. I enjoyed the software side a lot so moved to a company that sold the engineering software. Now my role is still deeply technical, but also sales.

Its definitely not the career I envisioned I would be in, but I get to meet some really awesome people in need of software or technical service. Every day is a new challenge but also rewarding to be able to help somebody that has been struggling with a software issue, workflow or technical technical problem. You fix their issue and they are super happy.

I haven't used it myself in a long time, but What Color is your Parachute has a bunch of stuff about figuring out what kind of job you want, what skills you have, and then how to transition to it even if it's an entirely new field for you. It's also relentlessly optimistic.

Before job shadowing through any persons you know (or can set up meetings with) that would help, consider the kinds of things you liked to do/imagine for play as a kid, and what it is about those things that you really loved. For each one type of play or role-playing you truly enjoyed as a kid, you can probably tease out several connected options. Then figure out which is most realistic to you, narrowing it down according to your present preferences.

Also, on the off chance your parents were so dismissive as to make you feel deep down like you can't do anything or nothing you do matters, they were wrong-- you can and it does. Fight long enough that the story ends at the good part and not during the temporary disappointments along the way.

Data entry is a waste of time. These jobs are already being taken over by AI. Any that aren’t already lost to AI will be shortly.

The world is being reshaped by AI and things there will only accelerate over time.

What ever you do consider how AI is going to revamp industries. Whatever you do invest in AI skills because that will be the most important skill over the next 20 years.