Have you ever lost something you value, and it hit you hard? That was me 3 months ago, and today, I have decided to get vulnerable and share it with all of you. I’d just want to borrow 6 minutes of your time and hear my story.
THE BEGINNING
It was on a Thursday afternoon in July, and LinkedIn sent me the gruesome news
My LinkedIn account was restricted
Not permanently banned, so there was hope.
In case you may not know, LinkedIn was the backbone of my business
I had dedicated 18+ months to building it, and the results showed.
I hit 6+ figures in revenue
Paid out my debts
Got my life back
It was truly a dream come true.
I even have the accolades to show for it.
After a lot of emails and rejections from LinkedIn, I gave up
On the account
In the appeal process
Fighting a fight, I am clearly losing
And sometimes you wonder, what could you have done differently?
That’s when the depression really kicked in.
THE DEPRESSION
I couldn’t believe the loss, the business hit the pain of losing my work
It was too painful, and it happened too fast
Daily, I blamed myself for not being
Careful, more vigilant, too trusting
It led the path of utter self-harm
I couldn’t believe it
On the surface, I was not depressed, but deep inside, I had crashed
This led to me getting sick, losing my energy, and just going into a spiral.
It was one of the darkest periods of my life.
The other ones I’ll tell you about the later.
But then something cool happened
My TikTok videos started blowing up
I hit 1000+ followers soon, and I started getting clients from TikTok
Funny story, 5 of the clients I have been working with came from TikTok.
Twist of fate, maybe but this was my sign of hope.
So let’s talk about hope
THE BREAKTHROUGH
I reluctantly built up my courage and went back to my amazing Whatsapp community
Started a bootcamp just to test whether I still have a community
The turn-out was overwhelmingly great.
We did a 4-Day Remote Work Bootcamp
And I finally believed that I did loose an account but I never lost the community
250+ people signed up to my sessions and it was clear
I had just lost a platform, not my voice
THEREFORE
If you’re currently sobbing over losing something
It could be:
a job
a person
a personality, etc.
It sucks, but sometimes, things get taken away from you to remember who you are
It will definitely hurt; you may get even sicker than I was
But that does not define you
That is a setback, a challenge, and a minor bottleneck
Take your time, acknowledge the loss
Say your goodbyes and move on
Notice how I didn’t say “SUCK IT UP, ITS LIFE”
It’s not easy to move on, but it's possible
It took me 3 months; it may take you more or less
But once you decide to move on, really move on
And that’s what I want to get off my chest
Feel free to leave in the comments what your loss is or was
Someone may learn from you.
See you in the next issue
