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Back when I was in university, I was a different version of who I am today. It was a different chapter of my life back then. I used to joke with my friends that “sleep was for the weak.” I remember back in university I would get around 6 to 7 hours of sleep. I would be working at my laptop until 12 o’clock at night, and sometimes even later.  I would often drink coffee or energy drinks just to stay up that late and keep working. Not only did I do that, but I also would do wor

The Seven Day Challenge That Helped Me Recovery from Burnout One simple seven day challenge played a key role in my recovery from emotional burnout. That challenge was to prioritize ease every day . So each day, I would ask myself at least once what would pleasure have me do? What This Looked Like in Practice Some of the things I would end up doing were: Closing my eyes and singing to a song I emotionally resonated with. Dancing to a song. Lying on a blanket in my apartment w

A familiar Saturday morning Sometimes, I would notice myself waking up on a Saturday morning around 10 a.m.  I would get out of bed, make a cup of coffee, and notice my mind thinking about all the chores I needed to get done as I sipped my coffee while sitting in my apartment.  Before I even knew it, my mind had already created a never-ending list of chores  that I could barely keep track of and had so little interest in doing. This list kept me in a cycle of staying busy eve

Following My Passions For the longest time, I had a desire to travel to Europe. When I was a teenager, I remember watching YouTube videos of people travelling across Europe, and I wanted to do the same. As I got older and entered my early twenties, when I started working full time and saving money, I finally came across the opportunity to actualize this desire. I wanted to travel to Italy with my partner. My inner world felt lit up by this possibility, and I felt like a stron

The Version of Me Back Then When I was back in university, I was definitely a different version of myself than the one who shows up today. In second year, I remember getting only about six hours of sleep . Personally, I don’t know how I did it back then. On average, I would: Go to bed at 2 a.m. Awake around 8 a.m. And what was I even doing with my time if I was only getting around six hours of sleep? Studying. Working on assignments. Preparing for exams. I remember that regul

When I first started working at my 9–5 job in the field of business and technology, I remember being on a project that was quite demanding at the time. During the busiest periods of the project, many people were asked to: Stay late on weekdays Work extended hours Even work on weekends I dreaded the idea of having to work on weekends. They were the only two days of the week I had off from work, and I didn’t want to spend that time doing my day job. I remember being asked by on

Something that I learned many seasons ago was how to set boundaries with myself at work . I work a corporate job, and as a result, I am very much entrenched in hustle culture, a culture fixated on over-productivity, output, and performance . In the past, and even now, I often see colleagues in the 9–5 world working well beyond expected hours, sometimes until 9 p.m. or even 11 p.m. The Moment I knew Something Had to Change When I first started working this corporate 9-5 job I