On 28. April 2012 my life changed forever and I could not do much about it. I lost my companion, had to give away my 14 year old daughter to a children’s home and in the end also lost my job. I spent 16 week on rehab in a trauma clinic where doctors told me that I am mentally ill: Depression, Borderline, PTSD, etc. and disabled for work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This talk is about the lessons I have learnt to change my way from \u201cI am mentally ill, cannot work any more and have no perspectives\u201d to \u201cI am mentally ill; despite this I shape my life and run a business\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. You\u00b4ve got to save yourself first before you can save others.
2. You cannot make it alone.
3. Rules do make sense.
4. Do not let others define who you are.
5. Find a community that supports you
6. Done is better than perfect.
7. It\u00b4s never gonna be fine again.
8. Speak up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Key takeaway:<\/strong> I spent 16 week on rehab in a trauma clinic where doctors told me that I am mentally ill: Depression, Borderline, PTSD, etc. and disabled for work. This talk is about the lessons I have learnt to change my way from \u201cI am mentally ill, cannot work any more and have no perspectives\u201d to \u201cI am mentally ill; despite this I shape my life and run a business\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15328557,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1582346700,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[14533],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[13411],"session_category":[273],"class_list":["post-14552","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-track-1","wcb_session_category-community"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paZ9pM-3MI","session_date_time":{"date":"February 22, 2020","time":"11:45 am"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"14533","slug":"judith-schroeer","name":"Judith Schroeer","link":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/judith-schroeer\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":"Community","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/14552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/14552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15381,"href":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/14552\/revisions\/15381"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/14533"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/judithschroeer"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=14552"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=14552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Do not let others define who you are: change your perspective and new opportunities arise. No matter how bad your situation may look. And WordPress is a good way to start: not only as a software for your business website but the community around it.
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