growth asks for a price, a sacrifice.

If I have to make anyone accountable for anything, it has to be no one else but me. I have cut people off from my life like a hot knife cuts through butter. Likewise, I had to end a years-long friendship because we were not sailing in the same boat when it came to working professionally.

In my opinion, it is very important that two people sail in the same boat, or else one of them will fall, or both will sink. I couldn't let that happen to us. I could live with the fact that he'd hate me for the rest of his life rather than be the reason he couldn't grow.

Do I regret ending our friendship? Nope, not at all. The reason is simple—he is making progress in his life, working on several projects, while I have done nothing so far that I could flaunt. If I were asked whether I'd resume my friendship with him, I'd say no, because I am not the same person anymore. I've become bitter and straightforward, and for the questions he'd have for me, I wouldn’t be interested in answering them because it would change nothing. And what never changes becomes an anchor, and I've let go of all the anchors I ever had—even at the price of being shamed for being selfish and self-centred. I take full responsibility for what I have done, and I have no regrets about it.