Know Your Worth

Know Your Worth

Know Your Health

Life is tough at all times, we all know this.

Usually our answer to dealing with the stress is to grit our teeth, come out swinging, and hope we don’t get knocked on our ass. Unfortunately, recently I went down for the count with a good right hook to the face.

About 6 weeks ago I contracted Shingles. For those unaware what shingles are, they are the big nasty brother of chickenpox. Instead of being itchy though, you are in an extreme amount of nerve pain. And wouldn’t luck would have it, I contracted it on my forehead ( Imagine someone shoving a knife in your temple every 5 seconds for 2 weeks straight).

A month and some change later, I am luckily feeling better and am almost 100 percent healed. But the lasting effects will never go away. And that’s not a bad thing.

Let me explain. I was always the person who stressed out about everything: finances, career, what others though of me, what others didn’t think of me, goals, etc. My quest for perfection lead to my imperfections to grow stronger and stronger. At one point, i was getting 4 hours of sleep.

After getting shingles, I had a personal wake up call about life. I understand now that if you stress too much about life, you won’t be around that long to have to worry about it.

So now I approach my life and work with a very much more chill approach. Don’t get me wrong, I still plan to be driven and determined more than ever. However, I know now to take a step back, take a deep breath, and enjoy the moments I work so hard for.