[Mockapapella]

> This works as long as that next shiny thing is something that brings value/money

Yep, I know that all too well. Took about 4-5 years after high school (and dropping out of several colleges) before I found some sort of traction in my life, otherwise I was just swinging and missing, so to speak, over and over learning new things that often didn't materialize in any substantial progress. Then the shiny new thing was starting a business, which failed, I became homeless for a few months, worked food delivery to get back on my feet, then the shiny new thing for ~1-2 months was marketing, which as it turns out I really needed, now I'm working for a good company.

Another component to all this is probably that I'm just used to the ups and downs at this point and have learned to compensate for them reasonably well enough.