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181 sats \ 2 replies \ @Kontext 2 Jul \ on: Did your first half of 2025 go as expected? AskSN
Not at all. My business has garnered much less attention and interest from both customers and investors than I had anticipated. Unexpected technical and security issues popped up. I had to scrap my plans to roadtrip New Zealand during the first half of the year. Got 3 fiat jobs in the meantime to pay my bills; first didn't offer enough hours, got fired from the second (without me even realizing my performance wasn't adequate), and laid off from the third (mostly due to being sick throughout the month of May).
This was enough to make my innate anxiety and depression raise their ugly heads, so even when I had the chance to work on my business & my writing, I wasn't nearly as productive as I could have been.
Anyway. I'm still fucking grateful for all of it, because it is on the edge of our abilities and comfort zone where we can innovate, expand and grow the most.
For now I'm back at my parents' place for the summer (as planned) and can focus the next 1-3 months building my stuff. The original plan was to head over to South and Central America in the fall. But that depends on whether or not I can actually start making an income with my own stuff. If not, I might have to stay in Estonia and start looking for a fiat job, once again.
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