Overall, Singh, 32, was happy. He loved living in San Jose, California, and he was planning to propose to his then-girlfriend, Sharan Samra, 28, by the end of the year.
His work as an engineering lead at Google, though, wasn’t completely fulfilling him.
“I was feeling very frustrated with the way the job was going, the way that things were completely out of my control,” he told Business Insider. He added that he wanted a creative outlet and a project he could have more control over.
As he considered his situation, Singh decided it might be time to make a long-held dream come true.
“Having a little bed and breakfast has been a dream of mine for 10 years,” he said. “I was like, ‘You know what? Now’s the time. If I’m gonna preserve my sanity, I need something I really, really, really love.'”
Soon, Singh started looking at properties in Northern California and Oregon, hoping to find a location where he could bring his dream to life while continuing to work full time at Google.
Samra, the head of marketing at a startup, was supportive of Singh’s goal, but she didn’t realize how serious he was about it until he took her to a property in Oregon that he had fallen in love with.
