No plan is the best plan.
This MCO period forced me to take my very first step in life, doing my first ever live yoga on social media.
I am a yoga instructor, who quit my financially stable full time job in 4Q 2019 and began a new journey of lesser and unstable income but more freedom and happiness.
When I successfully secured few teaching spots at different yoga studios in January, here the outbreak of CoVid-19 in the global news emerged. Nothing could be perfectly planned in life. No plan is the best plan. With MCO, no yoga teaching is permitted at studios. It means no more income and I have to rethink of making my ends meet by myself. I believe the situation will be still appearing harder even after MCO.
Life is full of surprises. When life shuts one door here, another door may have opened and awaiting you to walk through it. With the opportunities given, I was invited to perform my live yoga teaching on social media. Though response was not that ideal as people seemed like clicking in to watch a show, not really physically doing what they supposed to be encouraged doing at home.
Apart from my job and income, this MCO has given me a true challenge. My master degree scholarship was granted exactly one day before MCO started. Things have been messed up to certain extent. Being slacking sometimes, being enjoying "me time" through searching new cooking recipes, watching movies and videos. After all, I still have an important task to complete - my research progress. I need to keep myself motivated and high energy doing my research study while continually searching more income sources and allowing more "me time" to myself.
A big struggle is when sometimes you have more time now and you wish to do more to occupy the time. However, I found out that quality is what making my days during MCO happy, not about accomplishing any tasks in my initial to-do list.
Amberlyn, 27, Kuala Lumpur
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