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Thanks for those resources; I'll check them out.

I've been wary about going into security because I've heard that in order to be moderately successful you have to be naturally paranoid, disable telemetry on everything, lock down your computer and phone with super complicated passwords, never use your name on anything on the internet, etc. How true is that? I try to take precautions but I have a social media account with my real name so am I done for?

They said they did a check for "everything" but I didn't ask what "everything" meant. From my extremely limited research, "everything" isn't everything, though and thyroid is skipped a lot. I had some tests in the past from a family doctor but nothing came up for thyroid. I'm worried about giving out my symptoms because they align very strongly with depression; apparently a lot of people get diagnosed with anti depressants instead of thyroid conditions.

Sometimes it feels like someone is holding down the brakes; I want to start my own company, I want to make friends, I want to get outside and explore, I want to read, maybe I could find a date or something but I don't have the energy. I don't know if it's a health thing or if I just need to watch more motivational videos.

I could try it again; I moved to the place that I am now about a year ago as I was stuck in a rut but I can do it again and change things up.

Ah, I've always wanted to travel. Covid is a bit scary though so I don't want to be somewhere unfamiliar and get sick. I've wanted to go to Europe, even the US (but the politics are a bit up in the air right now.) I was thinking about getting a remote gig and then going somewhere with a super low cost of living, save up a bunch and see what happens but I haven't done a lot of research on the pros and cons of that though.

I have but if I'd much rather have a job that's not so much fun than to have no job at all. I'm worried that I will quit and not find another one or my employer will find out that I'm job searching and fire me. This is my first "real" job so I don't know if all jobs are the same in this regard. I sort of want to change but if I change after a year I'm not sure that other employers will get the impression that I'm job hopping.

I guess it's mostly a salary thing; if I wasn't paid on the very low end I wouldn't care as much about it being not a good fit as long as I'm doing ok.

I'll try and give this a shot; I think I need a lot of time for some self discovery and find out what I actually want to do in life and what my hobbies are. All of my hobbies remind me of work so it might be good to have a change

I haven't although I do have several matching symptoms for about 10 years. I had a blood test done but nothing was out of the ordinary; I'll have to ask for it specifically perhaps.

Yeah I've been doing that a bit; I could try posting them on GitHub and see what other people think of them. Thanks for the idea!

Thanks for the encouragement; I'll keep going along and see where things take me. I have zero personal relationships (I hardly talk to my family) and have zero friends so I could start working on those and see if I can get some more networking.