Hmm, this is deep. The idea that work-life balance doesn’t actually exist because we only have one life is very true. We often try to separate work and personal life, but in reality, everything is connected. Our mood at home affects how we act at work and vice versa. Just like your experience at the gym and how you were able to navigate things with the support you received which shows how our own thoughts can limit what we believe we can do until someone challenges us to do more.

I think we are sum total of our experience and our attitude to life. I agree that life isn’t about dividing everything into neat boxes. It's all one big experience, and we need to reflect on every part of it, not just mentally but also physically and emotionally. And if we want to live a meaningful life, we need to start questioning our purpose in life. Why do some things not work and what we need to do to make it work. Living a life of purpose is what we have to be deliberate about. We can't just live our life on default and believe everything will work out just on luck on chance. We shouldn't leave everything to chance. We should create an ideal life we wanted for ourselves.