Great advice here, especially re the instructing, if it’s not your passion don’t do it.
The key here is don’t give up.
I got kicked in the nuts several times in my initial job hunt 30 years ago (Fark am I really that old!). I got told it was my own fault as I knew it was hard to get a job but I did my license anyway. I got offered a job only to have it taken away when they realised that they needed 500 hours for insurance not my 250 (it was real as they had recently had a bingle). Then as luck would have it got a job offer from a resume I’d sent out!
No doubt it’s tough, but ya just gotta hang in there and keep on keepin on. ****e it’s even happened to me further down in the career.
Would I change any of it? Not for a second.
In 10 years you will look back and laugh and think what a ride it’s been.