When I got out of long term relationships, and learned about hypergamy.

I did a job I didn't want to do. It was humiliating, and I hated it. I just put my head down, and jumped when they told when me. I wanted to die. I finished the contract when others didn't.

I went into the dumpster to find things to sell on Kijiji.

I started a business with zero domain expertise. I rode my bike to the library and got computer books to teach myself programming. I got a client by emailing him over a year. I hired people and made money and got lawyers and accountants and exited.

I got my own money.

I saw my parents get old for the first time.

I saw my sister struggle with her daughter's premature birth.

When I realized that when a man asks for help, he is a bitch.

That talking about your emotions isn't worth shit.

And that you will succeed if you just shut up, preserve your energy, and put it towards your purpose.