Bought a House at 25
Being born and raised in rented homes all my life, the first box I ever wanted to tick was owning a place of our own and keeping my parents happy.
I struggled my way through school and college while dealing with health and mental issues. I went through two brain tumour surgeries and somehow made it out alive. (Wouldn’t be posting this if I was dead, would I? Lmao.)
Therapy was never really an option. I couldn’t bring myself to ask my parents for more money when they were already barely making ends meet and were financially drained because of my hospital bills.
Somehow, through all of it, I finished college, got into finance, got praised for my skills, and even got promoted all while being diagnosed with depression. It got so bad at one point that I barely even remember my late school and college years.
But eventually, things slowly started falling into place when I started putting God first before everything else.
Today, the amount of joy I feel when I see my parents’ photo frame sitting in the showcase of our own home is something I genuinely can’t put into words.
All I want to tell the world is this:
Keep putting in the work even when it feels like you’re making no progress. Effort compounds quietly into something so big that one day you’ll look back and won’t believe you actually made it.
As in Raghu’s words :
"Talent is God-given. Be humble.
Fame is man-given. Be thankful.
Concentration is self-given. Be very, very careful.
Motivation is temporary. Discipline is permanent.
Nobody is perfect. You have to keep learning and move forward.
All fame reaches God. God is great."