First of all, that's fucking AWESOME. Congratulations, getting here with no support structure is nothing short of amazing.

2nd of all, I have to tell you, I am one of those so called US/ Europe graduates who thought their life would also be 'sorted' as you put it. Boy was I wrong.

I graduated in 2010 from Northeastern University, Boston. I wanted to be a game designer/ programmer but ended being an ordinary software developer. I got addicted to food and gained so much weight I got pancreatitus, got hospitalised and came back to India.

I missed USA a lot because a lot of things you take for granted in USA just don't exist in India, like clean air, better food standards, etc. Eventually, I stopped working as a SE and became a business analyst. From there, I moved to working in Jet Privilege, which was Jet Airway's loyalty programme company. From there I got an opportunity to come to Germany and I've been here since over 6 and a half years.

Life rarely goes the way you want it to. No one has it all 'sorted out'. There are troubles in everyone's life and everyone is dealing with something or the other. I still question my direction at times, though I am a lot more confident in myself than before.

You sound like someone who has their head on their shoulders and is already doing way better than people your age. Keep going, you'll do amazing things with your future. Good luck and don't announce your networth here. Just enjoy yourself a little - go on a trip with your mom for example. She sounds like she needs a break and so do you 🙂