“Learning who I am, actually who I am and not what I think I should be or who I think I am. It’s more being gentle on myself. I always been a perfectionist, ‘not good enough, not good enough, not good enough.’ Now, it’s just enjoying the journey to get there rather then thinking. ‘I just want to be there right now.’ Or shaming myself for not being there. Be gentle to yourself, be kind to yourself, and just take ‘me’ time frequently and regularly. Don’t lose it because if you do life just kind of crumbles sometimes.
Most recently, in the last 3 months, I was going through a hard time, I’m kind of over the hump now, I’m over the transition phase where I’m almost back to where I was late 2017 where I felt like that was one of the happiest time I’ve felt recently. So it’s been about 8 months, I just kind of started busying myself, I do real estate on the side on top of being a Physio. To a certain extent having 2 businesses, you end up working more than 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week but it’s good work because it’s your own business and you want to put in that. At some point you got to put everything down and maybe go for a run, completely turn your brain off or listen to some music, or read a book because at some point I feel like I’m getting irritated, everyone around me was annoying, I was annoyed at myself and I just had a short fuse. When I started scheduling ‘me’ time and committing to that and not let anything get in the way, that’s when it felt like the world became brighter, finding that balance and replenish myself and so I can give to other people.” – Jessica Cheng, Physiotherapist, Real Estate Agent, Weight lifter. (4/5)