A letter from August 30th, 2020

Dear E, It's you, your past self. You're 26 in Singapore and sitting in 1D Cantonment Road at the Pinnacles, with a high ponytail and wearing your favorite romper. You're on your period, feeling a bit nauseous bc of your period and a bit homesick. We realized that... 1) we want to do our own thing, and not be micromanaged by other people. the digital media company is not what we thought we wanted...we are now interviewing for that series C startup in silicon valley and seeing if that will work out, but not sure tbh. back to your stomping roots? did we figure out everything we wanted here in Asia? not sure 2) we want to be creators of content. how? when? what? those are all things we're not sure of ourselves, but we should learn how to do it well before we go off and try to monetize things ourselves 3) just like having a dog, we know we're not ready to fall in love. it's like we push it back at bay because we know we need to focus on ourselves, no matter how much you yearn for it. i think that comes later when you figure out your ****. when you get this, you'll be 31. I put 5 years bc that's when we've hit the 30s and hopefully things have settled down. i'm just letting you know that in the past, coming to singapore was a ballsy move. crazy right? we just picked up our **** and left for singapore, found a job during covid, and now trying to figure out our next steps. it's not even the money, it's the freedom we want. no more bureaucracy, no more office politics ********, and no more having to listen to other people silo you or place procedures over you as a veiled micromanaging style. i hope that at 31, you're happy and healthy. we need to fix our rounded shoulders and take care of our health. we're happy now, but really trying to figure out what's our next move. we do enjoy the sunset from pinnacles though :) i hope you remember that feeling we get when we sit on that circular pavement over looking tanjong pagar and being on top of the world. there's the breeze, the tankers moving slowly through the ocean, and the city lights shimmering as the sun goes down. we're happy here, but really scratching our head to figure out where we want to be in 5 years. wish us luck ~