Reflections on Restarting a Career in Cybersecurity

If you could start again, what would you do? The author is studying several subjects simultaneously (CCNA, SEC+, Python, Linux, and others) with the goal of obtaining a position as a SOC analyst/cybersecurity analyst. He wonders what he would do if he had the time to study any subject and could start all over again. Now in his thirties, he expresses doubts about the future but remains hopeful.