Re: Struggling with direction, help is welcomed. :)

[Billy]

I think that you really should stick to a CMS. I’ve only ever used WordPress, so I don’t know what Joomla is like, but whichever one you feel most comfortable with is the one you should use.
There must also be a way to export the contents of the database in which it’s all stored, if ever you want to move away from Joomla.
But all I can really say is; keep to what you’re comfortable with, and try to put as much order in everything whilst you’re redesigning it, as it’ll be easier to work with later on.