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I gained 3kg travelling

Published about 2 months ago • 1 min read

I gained 3kg travelling. And the weight was never the problem.

I have a running joke with my husband that I’m my own little ecosystem, tough on the outside but really fragile on the inside, so my entire job is to disturb it as little as possible.

And for the past few years it was soooo easy. I lived in Singapore, a 3-minute walk from literally the best gym, with trainers who built my programme so I never had to think, just show up.

Same bed, same breakfast, same daily habits, my whole little life arranged around keeping the system purring on auto-pilot.

Then we packed it up, and I’ve spent the past 6 months dragging my little fragile ecosystem around the world.

And obviously it’s been an absolute blast of adventure and discovery. But with a new country every few weeks, a different bed and pillow every time (and a fresh fight with the light and the aircon in every new place), it’s taken real effort to adapt.

New food everywhere, all of it delicious, but nobody doing the thinking but me.

It IS work, more than it ever was back home in Singapore with my own place and my own bed.

And it’s safe to say, my little fragile ecosystem has NOT been thrilled.

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Unwritten Potential

by Noemie Mooney

⚡ Ex-corporate burnout turned Certified Health Coach. Every week I help 1500+ burned-out humans build sustainable habits using my MAKE SPACE Method™, a 7-step, subtraction-first framework for real, messy life. No toxic wellness. No hustle culture. No BS. ⚡️Let's goooo!

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