I know about pbs, I even have an IP set aside for it :) I do have the built-in proxmox backup function take nightly snapshots or my important vms to my nas, but I don't have anything really put together. Also, nothing for my nas itself. It is configured in a raid 5, but as we all know, raid is not backup :)
One day, after I am done with [insert reason here], I will have a bad ass, well thought out backup solution.
My backup concept is on the to-do list. Been there for a couple years. I do have triple pihole/caddy/haproxy/redis for high availability on a triple node proxmox cluster! necessary? no. cool, though? heck yeah! friends and family impressed? uhm... what was the question?
So did I, and a lot of people I grew up with. Cartoon Network, Discovery Channel and later on, the Internet.
My teenage kids are fluent as well, and that's almost all of it from watching media. First cartoons and movies (I keep all my streaming services in the native language, and most of them are in English), and now... YouTube.
And that's okay, for you. I used to do the same. I have dozens of button up shirts collected over the years (most of which don't fit me anymore, unfortunately) from back when I had to go to the office daily. When I started working from home, not having to care about what I'm wearing removed a stress factor from my life that I didn't know I didn't need. Now I go to the office a couple days per week, and I just make sure I showered and that my d&d t-shirt is clean.
Maybe it's my job (IT), but sometimes I'm the only one in shorts or a hoodie in the technical management meetings. Fuck that shit, you hired me to do lead a geek team (myself included), and I am doing it. Them servers don't give a shit about what I'm wearing. I've trimmed my mustache once this year, my beard is way too long, and I'm also expanding my tattoo sleeves, going for the neck soon. 🤷
Just a thought, but instead of a full windows install / live USB - what about a freedos live USB? You should be able to run exe files from there (assuming the bios exe does not need any GUI libraries).
As a neurodivergent dude growing up emotionally neglected (with cptsd because of that), I only started living after I left home.
My advice, and that was really hard for me - start trusting people. Not blindly, but at least try. Also, ask for help. You will be surprised by the amount of people that actually say yes.
Oh, later edit - learn to cook. Basic stuff at first, but that will help with your diet, your budget, impressing some so...
My d&d dm asked us (the players) to create pintrest pinboards with stuff relevant to our characters. Like clothing style, weapons, that kind of stuff. Never used it before...
I work for a company that builds an app /sdk that handles credit cards / payments. It's one of the (many) requirements for getting an industry standard certification (like PCIDSS / MPOC). The app Must block screenshots, and Must disable the camera while using it...
I've been using vms, lxc containers and docker for years. In the last 3 years or so, I've slowly moved to just docker containers. I still have a few vms, of course, but they only run docker :)
Containers are a breeze to update, there is no dependency hell, no separate vms for each app...
More recently, I've been trying out kubernetes. Mostly to learn and experiment, since I use it at work.
For live monitoring (not offline!), maybe dozzle can help?