Been wondering if I have the skill for professional work?

"Photography is one such thing. I am a lonely person, have been most of my life and there is something uniquely fitting about this hobby that speaks to something within me."

If you want to break out of that loneliness, I'm not sure if photography is the right field to do this ? There is a lot and I mean a lot of solitary work when it comes to photography. Unless you are a wedding, or portrait photographer you are basically on your own. However, if you feel comfortable in your situation, photography might be Ok for you. Photography is such a wide filed, that it is impossible to know everything. It is better to specialize in one thing or a few things, than to become a jack of all trades Master of none. Once you decide what type of photography you are going to do, be it Sports, Weddings, Fine-Art, etc., stick with that, but be flexible enough to move to something else if your decision did not pan out.