Recently, I've been trying to discern my career path. I've been trying my best to listen to God, to find out where he is calling me; I've been praying the Daily Office every day, doing a lot of personal reflection/introspection, as well as speaking to many people about my thought process and asking knowledgeable people for advice. I sometimes feel like God is speaking to me: through Sunday sermons, through Bible readings, through what I naturally notice in the world around me, through conversations with people, and through my efforts to listen to what my heart is telling me, deep down.

But as someone who's very skeptical of everything, I often dismiss these as mere coincidences or confirmation bias, although I know that doesn't mean these insights aren't valuable and/or God can't be speaking to me despite (or through) these explanations. I guess I'm just distrustful of my intuition and I'm trying to be cautious, to avoid acting on emotions alone. I'm an overthinker and I'm very indecisive, which just makes things worse.

So: how do you listen to God? What does it look like for you? How can you be reasonably sure that it's God speaking to you, not just an unrelated impulse, coincidence, or result of confirmation bias? (Again, I don't think God can't speak through these things, but it still worries me sometimes. I also recognize that, as with most things to do with faith, you can never be 100% sure—and this is not a science, there's no formula—but you know what I mean.)

P.S. These specifics don't really matter for my question, but I'm discerning between going to seminary and going to law school. I am going through the official discernment process with TEC in the upcoming academic year, but if I'm going to apply to grad schools in the fall (as I plan to), I feel like I should have a general idea of what I'd prefer to do sooner. I have been speaking with clergy/seminary students and lawyers about this.

***Edit: Thanks everybody for all the helpful insights and and advice! I will respond to them (and to any new comments) soon. I’m very grateful to you all. Also, just to be clear, I did not mean literally hearing a physically audible voice. I’m thinking of it in a more spiritual sense.