Security clearance

I returned the forms needed to obtain a security clearance today. Fortunately I have had a rather boring life without numerous jobs, spouses, abodes or foreign travel so filling out the forms was not as painful as it could have been. Still it is a rather intrusive process and there is a polygraph to come. And I am somewhat allergic to security regulations. But being out of work makes me a bit nervous and having a clearance will increase my employment options.