I used a PAT device that showed mild apnea.

I then used an at home sleep study that came back negative.

Excellent question, it is a long process to start understanding that you are not your mind. And learning to live in that mode. Lookup talks by Osho if you want to get started.

There are many paths to these insights, and I personally used the "Waking Up" app by Sam Harris. I gravitated to this because I was pretty allergic to anything that looked too spiritual or mystical (due to my own pretty negative religious history).

I haven't personally listened to Osho, but if other readers find that the content doesn't resonate, there may be a different packaging that does. I personally needed something strictly secular, and I don't know if that's a factor with his content.

His content 100% resonates with me, because he talks about the truth. Very few people do. Most people talk about meditation or mindfulness and other prescriptions but not truth. Spirituality, mystical things , religion are all meaningless words.

I should clarify that I didn’t mean to imply that he does not resonate with you personally, and meant to direct that at future readers curious about the subject but skeptical about a particular style of delivery.

And I agree, meditation and mindfulness are not some ultimate prescription, but a stepping stone.

Well at least one: in the year 2000, I used to work for Verizon and a picture from one of the local networks hubs was circulated showing a bunch of thick cables tapping into the network and alleging that the government was listening to all calls Americans made. People made a lot of fun of that photo until Snowden brought the details to light.

There are many things one can do, while I don’t manage mental health, I find exercise to be extremely helpful in maintaining an even temperament. Even if if it is just a daily walk. I also find engaging in hobbies, sports, music etc brings balance to an otherwise crazy routine.

However, I believe, the ultimate answer to mental health is about turning inwards and understanding who you are. Being able to differentiate between what the mind is creating for you and your real self. Understanding all things worldly are utter nonsense, be it relationships or friendships or religion, and then accepting them for what they are.

It is simple, but hard to do for most. Teachings from Osho may help get started. There is also a book called ‘Direct Truth’ that may help get started on this journey.

There is a lot of pleasure in doing things, just for doing things.

There is no need of focus, if something pulls you more, you will know.

Have been using the Blue Yeti with Zoom for several years now, works like a charm. And yes, it sits on my desk. You can put it in Cardiod setting to avoid other sounds etc. No issues with echo or sound coming from the computer speakers either.

Happiness has not that much to do with a career, or anything external for that matter, once your basic needs are met.

It has everything to do with how well you understand yourself and can manage your mind.

Unfortunately, people are always looking for prescriptions for happiness, and ignoring this simple fact.

With the new iOS beta allowing non recognized callers (not in address book) go straight to voice mail, I see little use for this service now than before.

It seems this service would allow calls from anonymous numbers to be identified by the receiver. Just routing unknown numbers to voice mail will lose you those calls. For example, my doctor's office always calls from "unknown number".

as an immigrant who came to the US with nothing and having held high paying software jobs for the past 20 years, I still find it unacceptable to drop $5 on lattes.

the reason has little to do with whether one can afford the $5 latte or not.

the $5 latte/day or multiple lattes as most of my Starbucks card toting colleagues go for even when we have gourmet free coffee in the office is a symptom of something else.

usually, it is a classic symptom of consumerism - and not having one’s overall finances in order. of not having a plan in place to save first and spend later.

when one drops $5/day on a latte when a 50c coffee at would do, one drops similar amounts on most everything else - an expensive shampoo instead of a basic one, branded shoes and clothes, ... and so on

at least that is where I find myself today - my habits have changed over the past two decades - from being able to find happiness in simplicity to getting addicted to consumerism.

There are many paths your can take - test engineer, can still write some code but don’t have to. you can find out if you would really want to move forward as a coder or not

- scrum master roles, where you are managing agile teams

- sales engineering, helping sell technical products

- solution engineering , helping implement a company’s product, little coding and configuration

- training and teaching schools

- management and business, start as business analyst, get an mba and run a busines