Imane 'Pokimane' Anys

And I think there were a lot of times where I just put like my health and my mental on the back burner because I was so fixated on like, I need financial stability.

And just like with anything else, it just becomes a habit, almost like addicting.

It's like, okay, I need to focus on this.

And I just, I lost sight of, again, like, what do I want?

What actually makes me happy?

There was such a scarcity sentiment.

Yeah.

I mean, even with content creators, it's like, you don't know where your career is going to be in a year or two.

Yeah.

I'm not going to say that there were like crazy downsides aside from like things that I had to figure out myself, right?

Like how to really manage my life and my business structure.

But I do feel like sometimes to my peers, maybe they like viewed me differently.

I think depending on the person, it might be something that they judge you off of.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I think for some people it can be inspirational, but for some people it's like, oh, you're over there and I'm here kind of thing, which I understand, right?

Everybody makes assumptions based off of what they might know about someone.

But I also think the lifestyle that I was leading when I wanted to save up as much as I could, take care of my parents, do this, do that, that lifestyle was also isolating.

Oh, yeah, for sure.

It's just work, work, work all the time.