I’m 20 years old, just graduated high school two weeks ago, and I’m from Nepal. For context, my mom raised me alone since I was 10 after her divorce. She’s done everything for me, and I love her deeply. But right now, I feel like I’m stuck between trying to build a better life and losing the people I care about most.

Two weeks ago, I started a video editing agency called Dolphy Studio, focused on helping founders and service-based businesses with content. I’ve put everything into this. I work 12–14 hours a day, and even though I’ve gotten one client and can cover my family’s expenses, but I haven’t gotten big results yet.

The problem is my mom just doesn’t believe in making money online. She thinks I’m wasting time. She wants me to go to countries like Saudi Arabia or Qatar and work there like many others do from our part of the world. She also wants me to learn traditional skills like car driving or AC repair, even though I already know a lot about computers and editing. I get it she’s old school, and we live in a third-world country. Stability matters. But I wish she could see what I’m trying to build.

On top of that, my girlfriend is losing patience. She’s frustrated that I can’t give her time, but I’m not rich, I don’t even have my own home, and I feel like I have to work harder than most to create a life where I can be proud if her parents ever ask me what I do.

I’m trying to get inbound clients through LinkedIn content because cold emails haven’t worked for me. But everything is slow. Really slow. And it’s crushing. I feel like I’m trying to carry my whole world on my shoulders and it’s getting heavier every day.

If anyone’s been through something like this… how did you push through it?)this early stage of building something real takes time how we can scale fast, and that it’s not about overnight money, but long-term freedom?

Any advice or even a few kind words would mean a lot right now. I’m not giving up. I just need a little clarity.