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MEET KATE

Are you feeling stuck where you are, or are feeling that everything you’ve established for yourself,
your job and your everyday routine now feels stagnant?

Kate used to feel this way too.

Kate’s an elementary school teacher, who chose this path because she loves kids. Her patient and kind
demeanor made her into a naturally nurturing educator who kids loved in return. Kate always felt that
teaching children was her calling, a natural career path that could also earn her a stable living.

She’s the type of teacher who patiently goes through every question her students have about any
topic. She stays after school to help students with their assignments, despite having piles of papers to
mark.

Despite the long hours, she loved it. However, Kate also had to spend a lot of time dealing with her
kids’ demanding parents as well.

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Unfortunately, most of it wasn’t what she considered meaningful work. From explaining misbehaviors,
to assuring parents that their kids really are teachable after all... Kate even had to remind parents
every now and then that teaching kids good manners was not only the school’s responsibilities, but an
important role that parents played too.

While work was tough, Kate was especially frustrated about the parents. But each time she just
pushed through, trying her best to handle the situations as they came...

The Turning Point

Until the day she became a new mom, and everything changed. Suddenly, she had two jobs to handle
and what seemed like only half the time!

Taking care of her newborn was another full time job, adding exhausting evenings and sleepless nights
to her already demanding daily routine. Everyday, Kate would drag herself to school because she
couldn’t sleep well. And while she could still manage to draw energy for her students, by the time she
had to deal with the parents... she began getting impatient.

One day, she almost lost her temper when one of the parents scolded her for being an irresponsible
teacher; and this had never happened before.

Questioning Herself

Physically and emotionally exhausted from her work and taking care of her newborn, for the first time
in her career, Kate started questioning her passion.

“Is this career really for me after all?”

Will this become the pattern of my life? Dealing with difficult parents every day, finishing work feeling
frustrated and then going home to raise my child in such a negative state?

“There must be something more than this.”

Kate knew that she had to change something or risk feeling permanently burnt out. And the thought
of losing her passion terrified her.

So one day, Kate took some time off to reflect, and think about what was really meant for her:

“I still love kids. I still care about my kids at school and I’m just as
excited to raise my little boy and teach him about my values. But
where am I getting stuck?”

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New Opportunities

She started to think about what most excited her and what most frustrated her.

She was excited about teaching and nurturing children. She knew she’d do anything to help children
grow up living a happy and fulfilling life.

It wasn’t her career that made her feel so stuck. It was the endless wrestling between her stamina and
the parents.

As a new mom, she started to understand why parents would over worry or over protect their
children too much -- these parents cared about their children but they had blind spots in when they
raised their kids. She also realized how much she had been stretching herself to her limits to be the
perfect mom, trying to achieve zero-discomfort for her baby.

With this realization, she knew she had to do something to help parents, in order to really help
children to grow up living a healthy, happy and fulfilling life.

Taking Action

Kate decided to initiate a parents meet-up after school once a week. The aim of these meet-ups were
to help parents learn how to raise happy and successful kids.

During these meet-ups, parents exchanged books about parenting, shared about their worries
and talked about how they tackled children problems. Sometimes, Kate also invited professional
psychologists, counselors and nutritionists to the meet-ups so parents could get professional
parenting advice.

Hosting these meet-ups was a new responsibility for Kate, but she didn’t feel overwhelmed this time.
She was glad that the meet-ups comforted many parents. While she could start to focus her energy
on nurturing children instead of dealing with demanding parents, she sometimes found inspirations
during the meet-ups about how to raise her own little boy too.

Once she has direction, she sees opportunity everywhere

If you’re feeling stuck in life as well, it’s time to find out why and dig out a clear direction. Only when
you’ve got yourself a clear direction will you be able to live a happy and fulfilling life again.

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WHY DO YOU FEEL STUCK?

Here’s a list of things about different aspects of life to help you find out why you’re feeling stuck.

Be honest to yourself and don’t think for too long for each statement. Just use your instinct.

If you agree with the statement, check “Yes”; if you don’t agree with the statement, check “No”.

Career

1. You always go to work on time YES NO

2. You wake up feeling excited about going to work YES NO

3. You always finish work on time YES NO

4. You enjoy solving problems at work YES NO

5. You enjoy what you’re doing even when it’s difficult, challenging YES NO
and even a bit stressful

6. You are proud of what you’re doing YES NO

7. You are happy with your co-workers and bosses YES NO

8. What you’re doing now is your dream job YES NO

9. If money weren’t an issue, you would still be doing what you do YES NO
now

10. You’d do anything to improve yourself to do better at your YES NO

current job

Family & Relationships

1. You have great relationships with your parents YES NO

2. You’re happy being single (Skip this if you’re in a relationship) YES NO

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3. You’re happy with your partner/spouse (Skip this if you’re YES NO

single)

4. You have nothing unsatisfied at all about your relationships YES NO

5. You have great relationships with your son/daughter (Skip this if YES NO
you don’t have a kid)

6. Your family members find you supportive and reliable YES NO

7. You find making new friends easy YES NO

8. You have friendships that last for at least 8 years YES NO

9. You have friends who can share your happiness and sadness YES NO

10. You have friends who help/inspire you to learn and grow YES NO

Health

1. Your weight is healthy - not underweight or overweight YES NO

2. You are happy with your current health condition YES NO

3. You sleep very well and have no sleep-related issues YES NO

4. You drink at least 8 glasses of water every day YES NO

5. You have breakfast every day YES NO

6. You include fruits or vegetables in each meal YES NO

7. You feel energetic throughout the day YES NO

8. You do exercise at least once a week YES NO

9. You have no problems related to digestive health YES NO

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10. You have no physical aches such as headache, neck pain or YES NO
back pain

Fun & Recreation

1. You have hobbies that make you happy YES NO

2. You have time for these hobbies every week YES NO

3. Your hobbies/interests are good for your physical health YES NO

4. Your hobbies/interests improve your creativity or thinking skills YES NO

5. Your hobbies/interests can improve your relationships with YES NO

others

6. You have time to read YES NO

7. You unplug from technology regularly YES NO

8. You spend less than an hour on social media every week YES NO

9. You take time to learn something new e.g. take an interest class, YES NO
listen to podcasts

10. You take time to calm your body and mind e.g. meditate, YES NO
practice deep breathing, listen to soothing music, massage etc.

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WHAT THESE “YES” AND “NO” MEAN

Whenever you answer “Yes” to a statement, it brings out positivity; but whenever you answer “No” to
a statement, that’s something that upsets you.

All these “No”s are reflecting a serious issue in you:

You’re not happy with your life but have no way to improve it
because you lack a PURPOSE to get unstuck!

The more “No”s you have, the worse you’re feeling about your current life. You can even find out in
which aspect of your life has more “No”s -- that’s probably the aspect you feel stuck most.

The Good News

The good news is that you’ve only had to find your TRUE PURPOSE to get unstuck. And this is what
Lifehack will help you with our emails.

When you’ve found your meaning of living, you will be able to turn the “No” into “Yes”. You will also
experience joy and fulfilment in life!

Plus, you probably have some “Yes” already to keep you moving!

Once your have direction, you’ll see opportunity everywhere.