I don’t have time for-/I didn’t have time to-
What you are really saying is, “I didn’t prioritize-” and that’s OK sometimes. But be real with it. Sometimes it’s OK to prioritize other things, but when you start rephrasing it this way, you realize that you may be putting yourself, your partner, your kids, your family, in second or even third place.
I’ve been using ParrotOS as a daily driver and it’s been good to me. I don’t need much though. Based on privacy and security and for that field of work. They have a pen test version and a home DD version.