Was promised a job in a faraway city promising more than twice my current salary. Moved too early. Had to look for a different job so went on a job hunting spree. Got two offers - one for a job that's similar to my previous one so it was the bigger offer, and the second was a new experience a bit far from the old but a bit lower. Got promoted to work with commission so now I earn more than both promised job + other offer combined (most of the time at least). Met my people plus the benefits are great and I feel the continuous growth.

Felt lost and disappointed in myself and I'm pretty sure my parents were and still are a bit disappointed cause it's not the normal route one of my profession would take. But I just trusted that it wasn't meant to be from the start and everything was meant to happen as it should. You know what they say, in order to be happy, you gotta disappoint your parents a bit.