Seven years back, pretty much everyone around me thought I'd lost it. My family, my mates—they all reckoned I was chasing pipe dreams on the internet. "Get a real job," they'd say. "Stop being lazy and find something stable." So yeah, I tried the 9-to-5 grind for a bit. But here's the thing: they thought I was completely mad for even considering anything outside that box. Everyone wanted me to play it safe, stick to the conventional path. Not exactly the kind of support that makes things easy.