[TimButterfield]

Your mention of 'pivot' brings to mind this analogy. I want to pivot from riding a motorcycle to driving a car. Which brand, model, and trim level would you recommend (without knowing anything else about intended usage)? Except, your choices of technology may be even wider.

The problem is there are too many things that are interesting and desirable to learn and not enough time for everything.

I recently had a similar conversation of a younger person who wanted to learn development and wondered on what to focus on to start. You need some way to filter the very broad scope of possibilities to something narrow enough to begin a focus. One possibility is to decide on a platform. Do you prefer to work on web apps, desktop apps, back-end, DB, mobile, etc.? That selection will help to narrow down which tech may be better suited. Another option is to pick an open-source project that you use and like. You could then learn that tech stack and begin to contribute to it, thus getting your efforts and new knowledge documented.