๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐, ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐.
Your environment and the people you come into contact with is everything. It can either make or break you. I was surrounded by an extremely negative energy that was draining and sucking the life out of me day after day. In addition to that, working in a cluttered space at my parent’s house was doing nothing more than killing my productivity.โ I quickly started to grow more hostile and depressed without realizing it.โ
After officially moving to Toronto and breaking free from that negative energy, I immediately felt better and happier.
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๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐.
In my case, I suffered through the worst case of acne I ever had. The financial & emotional stress I was going through was throwing my hormones out of whack causing a hormonal imbalance and acne flareups. This in turn also caused me to eat more junk food which didn’t help either.โ I read up on so many ways in which to fight my acne but I could never figure it out. I tried so many products which in turn, made my skin worse. I was desperate so I decided to go for a facial and tried out chemical peels in the hopes of healing my acne. That helped my skin for about a week but it didn’t prevent new acne from forming.
I found out it was mostly due to stress and eating unhealthy foods. A lot of the food my parents cooked contained high amounts of fish sauce and sodium. In addition to that, I wasn’t getting enough vegetables and fruits in my daily diet and was eating out far too often. Only after moving to Toronto did I start to see a significant improvement in my skin after eating healthier and incorporating more fruits and vegetables into my diet.
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๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐.
You have to constantly remind yourself of your goals each and every day. This is when you’ll realize how much of an impact it is to surround yourself with driven, like-minded goalgetters.โ Every week, I would meet up with a few of my business besties for mini work jams. These sessions helped keep each other accountable, push our asses to the gym and keep ourselves motivated to get shit done.โ
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๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ด+ ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐’๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น-๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ท๐ผ๐ฏ.
Keeping track of the time you spend on every task and learning how to effectively manage time is extremely crucial. Even though you now have more hours within the day, doesn’t mean all those extra hours will be put to good use. Knowing I now had practically the whole day to myself to do whatever I wanted actually made me lazier and procrastinate harder.โ
One way I was able to remediate this was to start clocking my hours using an app called Clockify and planning out my goals & tasks in a planner on a daily basis. Also, keeping my to-do list to a minimal with the goal of completing only 3 tasks helped to keep things going.
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๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป’๐ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐.
We had some savings but week after week we saw our bank account go down as we continued preparing for our move to Toronto.โ
Having an excel sheet to record your expenses on a weekly basis will help you keep track of where your money is going and help you to figure out where to cut costs to survive longer. As my money began to diminish, I actually found myself neglecting this exercise more and more. That’s why I need to emphasize the importance of making this into a habit for yourself. Put reminders on your phone to spare 10 minutes once a week to review your excel sheet and record the numbers. Being strict about doing this on the regular will help you attract more money into your life and improve your relationship with money instead of being ignorant about it.
What were some of the things you learned after leaving your corporate job?
