From Setback to Comeback

Things with life is - it's really moves in cycle. 

One moment everything's going your way, and the next you're hit with challenges you didn't see coming.

But the good thing is, you're never stuck.

You won't always be on top, but you also won't always be at the bottom. 

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My career growth since graduation has been steadily upward. Sure, it wasn't always easy, but overall, it's been a pretty satisfying climb. And what makes me even prouder is that to land those jobs, I actually had to sit for exams in order to get shortlisted for interviews and somehow, I nailed them every single time. 

At one point, I truly believed that everything I had, I earned on my own. I worked for it, and it was all because of my hard work. 

Until life knocked me down so hard. There came a moment when I lost my job due to unforeseen circumstances and that setback stretched into five challenging years without work. 

Indeed, life has its own ways of humbling me and teaching me lessons I didn't know I needed. 

During that period, I learned to place my full faith and trust in Him. I understand now that He alone holds the true power and control over everything. I don't have the slightest strength, not even over the things that look like already mine. 

I had convinced myself that this one particular interview would be my last. I'd lost the spark, the hope of pursuing any more opportunities. But it became the very door I never saw coming. 

Even so, it meant starting over. From the bottom.

And who would've thought, after five years - here I am, writing this on a Friday night after work.   

Alhamdulillah, it's been over a year now since I returned to work. Back in the corporate world, rocking life as a working mom again.

But this time, I walk with a deeper sense - that this too is temporary and could be taken from me at any moment. 

Therefore, all I want to do is cherish each moment I'm given, doing my best to improve myself, day by day. 

In shaa Allah.

xoxo, 

Syuha D.