3 Years Ago Today

3 years ago today, I was at the lowest point of my life.

Ironically, 3 years ago today, my Godson Jayden was born. I thank God I survived the darkest times in my life to bounce back and celebrate 3 birthdays with him. I want to be able to celebrate many more with him.

In retrospect, I have no regrets for what happened 3 years ago today. When you hit rock bottom, you can only go up. Things have definitely changed for the better. Did I ever imagine that life would rebound like that? Honestly no.

I am grateful for everyone who rallied around me in those dark times. In no order of importance:

- Irene, Shawn and the entire family, whose generosity enabled me to pick myself up. Being able to get up every morning and go to their house was truly a blessing in those first few weeks.

- Ben, who kept me company, back in the home I had abandoned and had to return to.

- Sharon, who introduced me to a wealth of supportive resources and dragged me to my first OC event and Sayoni dinner.

- Irene, my love, my companion, my support, who kept me company online and off during the first dark weeks and who has proven to be more wonderful than possible in these past 3 years.

- OCW3, whose support I looked forward to every week.

- V, my therapist who did not judge and instead helped me through my issues.

- My Sis Em and the darling little Godson Jayden, who reminded me that life is so much worth living for.

- Sayoni, the force that showed me that there is a social life after a failed relationship and that the community is definitely worth contributing to.

- My friends, William, Michelle, Daniel who sent me their love, comfort and support at separate times.

- My ex-boss Elvin, for doing the right thing, at the right time.

- My family who asked no questions and allowed me to find my own way.

- My BFF Denny, for believing in me, even when I had given up and almost lost everything.

In these 3 years, I've grown a lot and achieved some pretty amazing things. If you told me 3 years ago that this was where I would be, I would never have believed it.

Before:
- Lost my job
- Living in my mom's flat which was incidentally a total wreck
- Just got out of a horrific failed relationship
- No idea what the future holds whatsover
- Depressed
- Was smoking and drinking my life away

Now:
- Co-own my very own HDB 3-room flat with my mom
- Cleaned up and redid the flat into liveable conditions with some definite home-improvement
- Live together with my girlfriend in said flat
- Have shares in/co-own 4 companies
- Quit smoking!
- Only do very limited social drinking.
- Volunteer in 2 organisations that helped me get here - Sayoni & OC
- No longer depressed and am really looking forward to what life brings.

The future:
- Do major renovation for flat including full overhaul
- Have kids within the next 2 years
- Seriously build my empire, I'm slowly but surely getting there
- Continue being healthier and happier

Thank you. Everyone.

Now to another 30 years of goodness!