A few weeks ago, at night.I turned on music and lay down on the mat, in my dad’s living room.It was over 30 degrees. I felt like a hot dumpling in a rice cooker. Not in a dramatic way, just in the quiet way grief shows up.No sobs, just breath.The tension from earlier in the […]
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Six months later, I’m building a website — and my hands are shaking after 8 hours of non-stop working. This was supposed to be freedom.So why am I exhausted again? My hands were shaking when I dropped the rice bowl into the dish, shattering it — and the dinner my mum made for me. Just
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I Thought My Body Was Betraying Me at 47. Turns Out, I Was Just Using the Wrong Map. I watched a 40-something dancer move across the stage like he owned every inch of it—and it made me cry. Not because his technique was flawless. His body wasn’t the typical lean, hyper-flexible form you’d expect in
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A reel. A memory. A reckoning.What if the moment you froze as a child… is the exact reason your voice shakes today? Two weeks ago, I started playing with creative constraints—small rules to help me take action instead of spiral into overthinking. This week’s rule? Make three reels. Post it. No overthinking allowed. I’ve always
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Everyone talks about “upskilling” after quitting. I tried. It didn’t go to plan. In the months I was debating whether I should quit or not, the idea of just quitting without any plan felt too scary. So I made one. I applied to study mountain bike guiding in Whistler, Canada — a place I had
I Quit My Job. I Had a Plan. It Fell Apart — and That Was the Gift. Read More »
I didn’t quit because I hated my job.I quit because it slowly turned me into someone I didn’t recognise. I had a job I was proud of.👷♀️ Flood engineer.Saving cities from climate change.Basically SimCity, but with real consequences.And I was good at it. 15 years in.Respected, paid well, flown to conferences.Startup gig. Innovation. Impact.All the
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Hi, I’m Ting — I left a 15-year engineering career to rebuild my life from the inside out.This is the moment that cracked everything open. 👇 I didn’t leave because I hated my job — I left because of one brutally honest comment in my kitchen. Here’s what happened: Have you ever had a moment
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