You were the owner of a failing cafe. It was your life long dream, and because of your low funds and high competition, you could feel your dream slipping away.

Sometimes you barely made enough money to afford the essentials. With the rent of your store, bills, food and other expenses it felt daunting. Part of you knew this was an unsustainable situation.

Soon, you would be forced to give up. Get a real job and push your dreams back. Your parents were right, you were a failure.

You relied mostly on your boyfriend—Simon’s— income as a mechanic, which you felt guilty about.