Chloe Shih

Yeah, I remember.

That was really hard.

I think that what was the worst... I ended up breaking down in the CEO's office.

I had a meeting with him set up to tell him I wanted to take mental health leave.

And then...

He we went in and I just completely broke down and he was like supportive in that moment.

And then I took my mental health leave and I had to do I had to rebuild my confidence again, because remember, like my entire identity is on my career and that's shattered into pieces.

And now I have to go find who I am outside of that.

Because I have lost this person, this like success path, this image of what I wanted.

So I went to Taiwan and I try to get like do the hundred rejections thing to regain confidence.

Like kind of get rejected a hundred times so that you feel more confident about yourself.

Like just ask for random things from strangers.

That's actually really hard because I'm such a doormat of a person.

I'm just like, damn, I'm a people pleaser.

Like what?

Uh, and then it came back and then did that help?

I think to an extent, but I honestly think that it's a, it's a, it's an exercise.

Like it's a tool that you can go to when you don't have something better.

But I think what ultimately helps in my confidence and self-worth was like more introspection instead of trying to do crazy things and realizing the consequences aren't that crazy.

Yeah.