What would I do? Well, at your age I was a tech geek climbing the learning curve, albeit sans your entrepreneurial skills, but for what it's worth.... I moved

What would I do? Well, at your age I was a tech geek climbing the learning curve, albeit sans your entrepreneurial skills, but for what it's worth.... I moved away from the big city to a small New England seacoast town and commuted to my technology job. It was an artist/writer colony and I began to meet all sorts of creative types, cranky traditional New Englanders, fishermen, artisans, and like minded others seeking alternatives to the big city. I started going to local folk dances, I joined the local community chorus and sang with them for a year. I took modern dance and ballet classes. The dancing led me to dust off my rusty musical instruments and start jamming with friends, which led to playing music in folk dance bands, and my social life just expanded unbelievably. Ultimately I met my life partner as well as many other friends in this community, and we now have a child who's growing up in that community as well, taking her to Scottish dances and square dances and the like, a very wholesome community for children versus the typical TV culture that I myself grew up in. By the way, I recommend raising children; it's the most challenging, satisfying, crazy, and rewarding project I've ever been involved in! I often recommend that guys in a guys' world like technology and engineering try folk dancing or other "soft" arts that tend to attract women and cool other guys. If you're not into dancing or such things, that's cool, and there are myriad other activities out there. Our modern civilization may have its share of problems but it also offers rich cultural opportunities that are distressingly under utilized by many young people. Whatever you choose to do, enjoy life and know that you have many decades ahead of you to explore the world and raise a family if your path takes you in that direction. Best of luck and stay healthy!