Optimizing is challenging (Herbert Simon argued it was impossible). Some people, in some situations, can optimize for their interests and find their magical right path (their “calling”). I never had a calling; or if I did, I missed it.
I think perhaps the equally important—if less interesting—advice is to satisfy yourself across the spectrum of minimizing excess discomfort.
If there are things that you don’t mind that other people dislike, that is a comfortable niche at the broad job level, the specialty level, and even in your specific role at your company. If some people find a certain aspect of something insufferable, but you find it irrelevant or potentially meditative, then double down. That’s where you add your unique value.
My wife and I bought a house in residency that was two bedrooms/two bathrooms and on the corner lot of a somewhat busy street. You couldn’t really hear traffic noise in the house or anything, and there was plenty of parking, but we were able to get an incredible deal on the house because many people don’t want to live on a corner, and many folks think they need more rooms.
Everyone compromises, repeatedly. Continually. Incessantly and unavoidably. But you get to choose some of those compromises, and some folks’ big line in the sand might be no big deal to you. A lot of personal value is tied up in noticing and seizing those opportunities.