Why 2021 was the WORST year of my life...

Returned from Rotterdam after Mila; early stock gains collapsed after February, leaving him £10,000-plus down and shifting toward long-term investing. After six months alone in Manchester, he values freedom but reports loneliness, emptiness, failed dating, and his first solitary Christmas. He links toxic YouTube content to heartbreak, unmatches, and lost confidence, yet continues creating and investing while hoping 2022 resets.

Freedom expanded, but failure, isolation, and reputational damage replaced excitement from relationships, YouTube, and trading.