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Empathy Builds Trust
Not saying everything can be an act of greatness.
Often, people don’t need your opinions, just warmth.
If you can be a little sun, don’t be an arrow.
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I thought of this after meeting a middle-aged couple.
They’ve saved for yrs, hoping for a place to call home. But every time they get close, prices move away. Their salaries aren’t keeping up. The dream feels like it’s drifting.
There wasn’t comfort in the numbers. I wasn’t the first broker they’d spoken to. They already understood the facts. They were just trying to hold on to a glimmer of hope.
They didn’t need a spreadsheet. They needed someone who gets them.
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𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈.
𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒏𝒐 𝒋𝒖𝒅𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕.
𝑳𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚’𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅.
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𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠.
Keep Going, Even When No One Is Watching
𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭?
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠.
Melbourne Cup Day, the “race that stops a nation.” The rain kept coming, the sky was gloomy.
They did not stop me.
At 7:37am, I was out the door, excited to add 12 km to my month.
𝐀𝐭 𝟑.𝟕 𝐤𝐦, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫. 𝐈 𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐩, 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡…
When I finally realised after 3.4km, I started beating myself up.
The thought crept in: “𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒅?”
I almost turned around and walked home. Then another thought appeared.
“𝑺𝒐 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒅, 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅?”
It felt like a slap in the face.
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𝐖̲𝐡̲𝐚̲𝐭̲ ̲𝐚̲𝐦̲ ̲𝐈̲ ̲𝐫̲𝐞̲𝐚̲𝐥̲𝐥̲𝐲̲ ̲𝐫̲𝐮̲𝐧̲𝐧̲𝐢̲𝐧̲𝐠̲ ̲𝐟̲𝐨̲𝐫̲?̲
𝑻𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏?
𝑻𝒐 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑳𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒅𝑰𝒏?
𝑻𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝑰’𝒎 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓?
𝐍̲𝐨̲𝐧̲𝐞̲ ̲𝐨̲𝐟̲ ̲𝐭̲𝐡̲𝐚̲𝐭̲ ̲𝐬̲𝐡̲𝐨̲𝐮̲𝐥̲𝐝̲ ̲𝐛̲𝐞̲ ̲𝐭̲𝐡̲𝐞̲ ̲𝐫̲𝐞̲𝐚̲𝐥̲ ̲𝐫̲𝐞̲𝐚̲𝐬̲𝐨̲𝐧̲.̲
𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.
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And in the workplace, we often fall into the same trap.
Sometimes we chase speed and shortcuts to get quick wins, even though the real learning lies in the process and the details.
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫.
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Other times, we pour our hearts into our work, hours of effort, every detail perfected, only to receive feedback that feels like cold water being poured over us.
But 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞.
It’s okay that others see things differently, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬.
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𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬,
𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬,
𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬.
🫵🏻 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐏 𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 🫵🏻
Take It Slow - The Best Things Take Time To Bake
I ran 249 km in 2 months. Then my body shut me down.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 -> 𝐈 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.
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The first day of each mth is usually my “show-off” day. Total hours. Total distance.
And always a quote to wrap things up (to make it sound fancy!)
This month feels a bit different.
For those who know me, I was someone who did absolutely no exercise.
I started running purely to relieve stress. One run after another.
Then I started seeing results… and I was unstoppable.
𝟏𝟏𝟔 𝐤𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭. 𝟏𝟑𝟑 𝐤𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫.
𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟐 𝐤𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐦𝐭𝐡𝐬.
𝐌𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟕’𝟓𝟐”/𝐤𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝟓’𝟒𝟏”/𝐤𝐦 (for 5km).
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟐 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞.
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So far, a nice little fairytale. But that’s not the point of this post.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.
I loved the progress so much that I kept pushing harder and harder.
I forgot why I started running.
Instead of building a balanced lifestyle and a healthier body,
I pushed myself into shin splints, and had to stop completely.
𝐌𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧,
𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧.
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫,
𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧.
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𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑝𝑖𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑡 300°𝐶 𝑓𝑜𝑟 10 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 180°𝐶 𝑓𝑜𝑟 20,
-> 𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒.
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So please -> learn from my over-eagerness.
𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝟏% 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤,
𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝟓𝟐% 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫.
(ignoring compounding)
𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐞.
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Sydney Marathon 2026 - I Am Coming
"𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝐼 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡?" | "𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝐼 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡?"
"𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝐼 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙 ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑦?" | "𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝐼 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑢𝑡?"
"𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑚𝑒?"
Then I remembered… Who cares!
The excitement is ridiculous. If I don’t share, I might actually explode.
🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️
𝐒𝐲𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝟒𝟐.𝟏𝟗𝟓 𝐤𝐦
𝟑𝟎 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️
Jokes aside, I cried. Proper happy tears.
𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕.
𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 “𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉.”
𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆.
𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 3 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒔.
𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 “𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈.”
Whatever it was, my eyes were full.
𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬.
🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️
𝐓𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐈𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲:
I’m not here just talking about mindset and resilience. I’m here to live it.
𝐓𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬:
Thank you for raising me to be this stubborn in the best way.
𝐓𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬:
Watch closely. Mum will show you how you turn “impossible” into “possible.”
𝐓𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 “𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫”:
Please remember, it took me almost 8 minutes to run 1 km just 3 months ago, with my heart rate at 194 bpm.
🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️
Now the target is real.
𝐈̲ ̲𝐖̲𝐈̲𝐋̲𝐋̲ ̲𝐜̲𝐫̲𝐨̲𝐬̲𝐬̲ ̲𝐭̲𝐡̲𝐚̲𝐭̲ ̲𝐟̲𝐢̲𝐧̲𝐢̲𝐬̲𝐡̲ ̲𝐥̲𝐢̲𝐧̲𝐞̲ ̲𝐛̲𝐞̲𝐟̲𝐨̲𝐫̲𝐞̲ ̲𝟒̲ ̲𝐡̲𝐨̲𝐮̲𝐫̲𝐬̲ ̲𝟑̲𝟎̲.̲
I have 302 days to prepare.
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝.
𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚,
𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆,
𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅.
❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Letting Go Isn't Giving Up - It's A New Beginning
Every client is unique.
She’d just finalised a divorce, emotions still raw, unsure what’s next.
This 𝐊𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐮 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬 quote brought it home -> “𝑳𝑬𝑻 𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑴”.
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𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢
𝐿𝐸𝑇 𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑀
𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑔𝑜 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢
𝐿𝐸𝑇 𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑀
𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦’𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢
𝐿𝐸𝑇 𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑀
𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑘 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡
𝐿𝐸𝑇 𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑀
𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒
𝐿𝐸𝑇 𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑀
𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑑
𝐿𝐸𝑇 𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑀
𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢
𝐿𝐸𝑇 𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑀
𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢
𝐿𝐸𝑇 𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑀
𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒
𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿𝐸𝑇 𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑀
𝐿𝐸𝑇 𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑀 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢
𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛
𝑆𝑜 𝐿𝐸𝑇 𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑀,
𝐿𝐸𝑇 𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑀 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒
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𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.
𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐨 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧.
𝐈𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐈 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐫.
𝑻𝒐 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅,
𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒉 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆.
𝐈𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐈 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.
𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒏.
Don't Change Yourself To Please Others
𝐀 𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬.
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It’s a story I used to tell my boys when they were little.
One day, a squirrel told the hedgehog he didn’t want to be friends,
she was too slow, and her spines were too sharp.
The hedgehog felt sad.
She tried to walk faster.
She started keeping her distance so she wouldn’t hurt anyone.
Then one day, she met a rabbit.
“It’s okay to be slow,” he said.
“Be proud of your spines, they’re there to protect you. Be yourself.”
The hedgehog realised she didn’t need to change for anyone.
And from then on, she made friends who liked her exactly as she was.
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𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.
𝐈𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞:
𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢,
𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑛.
𝐈𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬:
𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠,
𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑠.
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𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞.
𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖
𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆, 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖.
Do You Love Yourself?
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So… here’s the real question:
𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟?
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Loving yourself isn’t arrogance.
It’s choosing 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 over approval-seeking.
Loving yourself isn’t selfish.
They’re how you 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐫𝐲,
𝐬𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞.
When you love yourself,
you know 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝,
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨.
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It doesn’t have to be big.
-> 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑘𝑘𝑖𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑦𝑚.
-> 𝐺𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑔.
-> 𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 9 𝑝𝑚.
-> 𝑃𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓.
-> 𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒.
-> 𝐻𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒.
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But let's be clear.
𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 “𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕, 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔.”
𝑰𝒕’𝒔 “𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐, 𝒔𝒐 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒖𝒑 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔.”
𝐼𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑠.
𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑢𝑝, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛.
𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠.
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𝐃𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟?
𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲,
𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔,
𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, and those who love you.
Why Do I Post? - To Inspire and Encourage
Some of my LinkedIn friends have asked me privately:
“𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬?”
I smiled and asked myself, “𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈?”
After 17 years as an actuary, I’ve already proven that I’m 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙, 𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙, 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛-𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑡 😄.
𝑫𝒐 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒔?
When I said goodbye to my corporate career, it was on a high note.
I took on a new challenge "before I got too old to try".
-> Yes, I’m ambitious, but I also work hard, and I don’t back off.
I was never active on social media.
Back then, I didn’t need to be.
I had a stable job, a full life, and no time for it.
When I started this crazy journey, I came to LinkedIn with 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥:
𝐓𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬, 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧.
𝑻𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕.
𝑻𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔.
𝑻𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒚, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆.
❤️❤️ 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚.❤️❤️
Treasure The Ordinary Moments
A song has left me in a quiet emptiness.
I felt numb. Then tears came, uninvited.
𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨’𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞’𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
The (translated) lyrics, sung in a soft, deeply emotional voice that almost whispers your name:
"𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐼 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢
𝐼 𝑘𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒
𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔
𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡
𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡"
I miss you, Mum…
It’s almost 10 years since I last saw you.
𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐲, 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬, 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞.
The truth is, the pain of losing a parent never really goes away.
We just learn to live around it.
Then one random moment - a song, a smell, a photo - it hits you.
You’re back in that dark, quiet place, missing them all over again.
That’s why the mission of Feel the Magic is so powerful.
They help grieving kids and families find connection, courage, and hope after loss.
They remind us that grief doesn’t have to be carried alone, healing begins when we share our stories.
𝐖𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞.
And when it comes, it’s often silent and unexpected.
Regret arrives because we wish we’d loved louder, listened longer, hugged tighter.
But love doesn’t end when someone’s gone, it only changes from presence to memory.
There are billions of people in this world.
The odds of simply crossing paths are small.
The odds of truly connecting, with the ones who raised us, the ones we choose, and the ones we’re raising, even smaller.
𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫.
Say what you mean.
Treasure what you have.
𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒆…
𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈.
