Yes I wrote a parser/compiler and interpreter for a custom domain specific language and it had a similar effect on my career. Lots of fun!

Okay I guess technically I used a parser generator that I then modified to build an AST and convert it into assembly-like code that fed the interpreter.

I use a pass phrase which is much easier to remember. I know the source material for my pass phrase so if I need to reconstruct my master password I go to the source material and convert it into the password by encoding the first letters, punctuation symbols and letters from the passphrase into the password.

I need to get into the habit of exporting my password list to plaintext csv and storing it in a safe or safe deposit box but I haven't disciplined myself for that yet.

I am worried about the ability for the 1Password database to be hacked if someone were able to get their hands on that.

> I am worried about the ability for the 1Password database to be hacked if someone were able to get their hands on that.

This is one among several reasons I don't go in for any "cloud" based syncing of password managers. I use keypass and sync the file with syncthing on LAN only mode.

Seconded. A very insightful comment. Your comment rings true as well. I spent quite a bit of time in "the woods" as a boy but also plenty of time in front of computer screens. You're right - the feeling is the same whether it's outdoors, a virtual world, or even the inner world of my thoughts when I would read a book with a fully realized world.