@by.chantelle: – I only started investing properly at 28. I missed the COVID crash. I thought I had messed up. I hadn’t. I was just late to the lesson. – I struggle with my sleep. My brain doesn’t switch off easily. Some nights I lie there tired but wired, thinking about everything at once. – I am high-performing, but I get low. If I stop moving, I feel it. I take on projects because it keeps me steady. Sometimes that’s ambition. Sometimes it’s coping. – I am a gym addict. I don’t go for abs. I go for my mental health. Training has helped me survive things I don’t always talk about. It’s how I’ve handled a lot of life trauma. – I spend most of my week alone. I live alone. I like my own company. But there are nights where it feels heavy. – I can count my close friends on one hand. Most of them are men. I’ve never had a big girl group. That used to make me feel like I was missing something. – I’m not married. I don’t have kids. Sometimes I’m scared I might never have a family of my own. I carry that quietly. – I don’t have a dream job. I never have. I’m not climbing a ladder. I care more about freedom than titles. Some people think that means I lack direction. I don’t. I just value different things. – I struggle with body dysmorphia. I’ve felt overweight at my smallest and at my biggest. My brain can be cruel even when the mirror isn’t. – I am still figuring it out. Success doesn’t cancel doubt.
