I'm focusing more on what actually makes me happy instead of making other people happy...

"When I got the job at Google, it was almost as if my mom did too. As an immigrant who started very, very poor, it meant her daughter had made it in life. So, it was really hard for her when I left. I was doing really well, I had a really great team, I worked very decent hours. I really had nothing to complain about. But I got to a point where I could see very clearly the path in front of me, step by step, exactly what to do. And that, in a weird way, made me feel super depressed. I really felt like I was too young to know exactly what was going to happen next. So, I left to start my own thing. That year, I was so stressed. I felt like I needed to succeed so that my mom would see that it was fine. But my startup failed. I could have gone back to work for some other company, it probably would have made people around me feel better about my situation. But I wouldn't have been happy. I have this deep feeling that this is actually what's good for me, so I kept going. And it's interesting because, now that I've stopped putting so much pressure on myself about how I thought my mom would react, she's actually fine. It's almost like she would stress because I was stressed and, now that I'm quite relaxed about what I'm doing, she's chill too. So, maybe it's just part of growing up, but I'm focusing more on what actually makes me happy instead of making other people happy."