Overcome your fears. You CAN start over as many times as you want :)

Khushboo Chawla
1 min readJul 26, 2021

I was always an anxious person right from childhood. I could focus on tasks at that point in time but I used to overthink everything. This habit ruined some of my work and personal relationships ( Although I am grateful for that! ). But, I always lived in fear up until last year.

I was in a job that didn’t make me happy due to its work culture and lack of opportunities. I stuck around in that job for 10 months which completely ruined my mindset. This led to a mental breakdown, which forced me to take some time off.

Taking a break was the best decision of my life as it helped me realize the kind of work I want to do, kind of people I want to surround myself with. I started searching for jobs again, and I found the one :)

My current company has given me all the freedom in the world to learn and grow. People say money is important for survival. It is! but not at the cost of my mental health.

I overcame that fear of being unemployed, upskilled myself and I am happy where I am today. Work where you learn and grow. The day you stop experiencing either of these two things, you should move on.

It is never too late to start over. Neither your age matters nor other people’s opinions. The only thing that matters is having a positive mindset and being curious to learn new things all along.

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Khushboo Chawla

Engineer by profession and a writer by heart. An emotional person learning the art of stoicism and discovering myself. Mumbai, India