Did my class for a pyrotechnics license today. Keeping an eye out for the display fireworks one next. Applied for my PAL (guns) 2 months ago. Feels like i'm on a little license collecting streak. Maybe it's to compensate for my jobby-job. It's a startup, which doesn't feel too bad but in my entrepreneurial brain somehow it feels like a failure to actually enjoy a 9to5 like I am. Working through that cognitive dissonance while I learn as much as I can to become a Product Manager and earn the big tech buck, at least for a little while. The jump from the non-profit more than doubled my salary, and I'm on the lowest end of the payscale. It hilights how what we value in this world is so misaligned with financial incentives sometimes. This new job feels easier and less useful to the world. But better for me and my mental health. I gave myself the goal to stick it out for 2 years and see where that gets me, what paths it opens up. Feeling optimistic but also overwhelmed.