I've been exactly
where you are.
For five years I was in finance. Standing at the MRT at 8:45am, already trying to reply to my manager before he sent the follow-up. Sitting through meetings that could have been emails. Smiling through small talk. Working late, going home exhausted, then doing it all again tomorrow.
The first couple of years I told myself it was growth. By year five I just kept asking myself — is this it?
Fitness was the only part of my week that felt like mine. Not because I had more time or energy than you. I didn't. I trained around a packed schedule. I trained around carpal tunnel when my wrists wouldn't cooperate. I figured out what actually worked when I was running on empty, because that was my reality.
Eventually I quit. I went to Spain. I figured out what I wanted. I came back with my NCSF certifications in personal training and nutrition, and one clear thing I wanted to do.
I built the thing I wish I'd had back then — for the version of me who needed it most, and for you.