RESET VLOG + BOOKS I'VE READ SO FAR + EMPTIES | Loyiso Makapela

Ja no, I think we can all agree that I've had quite the hectic sequence of life and career events over the last few weeks/months. It's all been quite overwhelming and I desperately needed to regroup, reset, re-center and refocus my attention and energies back onto the things that matter and remind myself to take it easy. #Reset #southafricanyoutuber #LifeReset #WorkLifeBalance

And so I carved out a day and a half in the midst of back and forth travelling and court appearances to give myself an opportunity to do exactly that. I also spent hours on the phone catching up with my family, with friends and just spending time with Choco as well. I meditated, I journalled, I prayed, I cooked and I did copious amounts of self-care.

By the time I got onto the next flight out of Johannesburg, I felt rejuvenated, refreshed and had a renewed perspective and sense of gratitude.

I'm finding these little routines to mean more and more to me the older I get and the more intense my career gets. I wish I would've known some this stuff in my early twenties at the start of my career and in the final years of my studies, it would have helped me so much mentally, and I would have probably avoided the horrendous bouts of burn out and depression I suffered because I didn't know the importance of taking breaks and paying attention to the signs my body would give me when it was at breaking point.

But I suppose that is life, we really do live and learn.

I do hope though, that if you are at the start of your career, or towards the end of your degree, even if you are at the peak of your career as I am, that my content shows you the importance of taking time for yourself, time to take a deep breath, time to fill your cup back up, time to sleep, time to take care of yourself. I swear it does wonders for everything else.

I hope you enjoy this vlog, and that you find the calm and peace in watching it that I did in filming it.

(Thank you all so much for your wonderful congratulatory messages and well wishes in August, I really appreciated each one of them. Ndiyabonga kakhulu bethuna).

See you guys soon,

Loyiso

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