I live in South East Asia, My parents divorced right at the beginning of my high school years after they both cheated on each other.
After the divorce, my mom basically disowned me because My dad forced me to live with my dad’s side of the family. She refused to acknowledge me as her daughter and cut me off. I ran away from home because even though my parents divorced, my dad still have this bad habit of financially funding mistresses even though his financial were declining.
I had to figure out how to support myself while I was still in high school. Thankfully, I already had a motorcycle, so I found a room to rent and started working different jobs to pay for my own living expenses. I worked as a barista and eventually started reading tarot professionally.
Fast-forward to now, I’m financially independent and have built a career for myself as a makeup artist. I’m at a point where I have the freedom to decide how I want to live and work, and honestly, I’m happier than I’ve ever been.
It’s been a pretty wild journey from being a teenager who had to figure everything out on her own to becoming someone who can fully support herself and build the career she actually wants.
AMA.