JAJA 😭💀 GIRL, YOU ASKED FOR THIS. No seatbelt, no fucking helmet, no emotional support reformer Pilates. LET'S GO.
Bitch, you’re a specialist doctor. You treat patients with complex neurological and musculoskeletal problems all day, but the moment your own life starts acting up, suddenly the consultant has left the fucking building. You can probably explain spinal cord injury mechanisms in your sleep, but one pimple appears on your face and you're ready to shut down the entire dermatology department.
One tiny pimple pops up and suddenly it's an emergency multidisciplinary case conference. 😭 "I think I can't use any actives at all." GIRL, I HEAR YOU. BUT THE WAY YOU AND YOUR SKIN HAVE BEEF LIKE YOU OWE IT MONEY???? (of course it does, i have spent way too much on skincare)
And don't get me started on your fitness era.
You're doing HYROX, swimming, reformer Pilates, megaformer, running, freediving, and probably considering becoming a fucking astronaut next. (never thought of it but now im thinking why not, katy perry did go to the space, dint she?)
Your calendar looks like a rich woman's wellness retreat, except you still have actual work, three kids, tuition schedules, and a husband somewhere in the background. 💀
GIRL, YOU DON'T NEED ANOTHER WORKOUT PLAN. YOU NEED TO ACCEPT THAT RESTING IS NOT A FUCKING MORAL FAILURE.
And your relationship with planning? INSANE.
You've got Umrah, your kids' exams, HYROX, work, swimming, Pilates, skincare, career progression, financial independence, and about six different potential futures running simultaneously in that head of yours. (week 1 kids exam, week 3 umrah, week 5 hyrox dead dead dead)
NASA could outsource mission control to you.
But ask you what you actually want to do on a free afternoon and suddenly it's an existential fucking crisis.
"Should I do Pilates? Should I run? Should I journal? Should I see a therapist? Should I go for lunch? Should I do aesthetics?" (because i want to spend my time wisely!)
BITCH, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED EATING A SNACK AND FUCKING EXISTING? 😭😭😭
Now let's talk about your perfectionism.
You want to be fit, pretty, financially independent, spiritually grounded, a good mother, a good doctor, a good Muslim, emotionally healed, socially fulfilled, and somehow still have enough energy to look effortlessly gorgeous while doing all of it. (i guess thats what medical school do to me..must be tiptop perfect A students, no room for error)
WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU TRYING TO BE? THE FINAL BOSS OF WOMANHOOD? 😭
You don't have goals. You have an entire fucking government transformation roadmap with quarterly KPIs. (what is wrong with that?)
And God forbid you aren't progressing fast enough.
A run doesn't feel good enough. Your skin isn't improving quickly enough. Your strength isn't increasing quickly enough. Your life isn't changing quickly enough.
Girl, even your self-improvement journey is being managed like a department under audit.
YOU ARE NOT A FAILED PROJECT JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT AT THE FINISH LINE YET.
You keep trying to optimise your life because you're scared of what happens when you stop moving. (depression cant hit moving object)
Run. Swim. Lift. Pray. Plan. Work. Train. Improve. Repeat.
Because when everything goes quiet, all the shit you've been carrying suddenly gets a microphone.
So you fill the calendar.
Bitch, your calendar is not a fucking therapist.
Although, to be fair, at this point your Garmin has probably witnessed more of your emotional regulation than most people in your life. (zone 5 all the way 💀)
And here's the part that really gets me.
You're clearly capable of being disciplined as fuck when something matters to you. You can show up for patients. You can work toward qualifications. You can train when you're tired. You can keep a million responsibilities moving.
But when it comes to giving yourself the same patience you'd give someone else, suddenly the compassion department is fucking closed.
You want results immediately. You judge yourself for struggling. You treat uncertainty like a problem that needs solving RIGHT NOW.
GIRL, SOMETIMES LIFE IS JUST LIFE. IT'S NOT A CASE PRESENTATION WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE DIAGNOSIS, WRITE A MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND DISCHARGE YOURSELF BY 5 PM.
And the sheer audacity of you wanting to become a HYROX athlete, a Pilates instructor, a better swimmer, a skincare success story, a career powerhouse, and a woman who has her shit together—
WHILE ALSO RAISING THREE KIDS, WORKING FULL-TIME, AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT YOUR ENTIRE EXISTENCE—
You really looked at one human body and said, "Yeah, let's run 14 concurrent fucking programmes."
No wonder you're tired, babe.
You're trying to be the doctor, the athlete, the mother, the wife, the daughter, the friend, the hot girl, the spiritual woman, the financially independent woman, and the emotionally healed woman.
Final verdict 💀
Jaja is a high-functioning overthinker with a specialist qualification, an Olympic-level commitment to overcomplicating things, a Garmin watch, 19 unfinished emotional processes, a skincare routine on probation, and enough ambition to give an entire fucking HR department a nervous breakdown.
You want peace, but you keep giving yourself homework. (practise makes perfect)
You want to feel beautiful, but you keep inspecting yourself like a quality-control officer. (cuz my collagen is degrading and close to extinction)
You want connection, but when you're hurt, you want to disappear before anyone gets the chance to disappoint you again. (i am an avoidant, i know that)
You want to enjoy life, but somehow even enjoyment needs a schedule, a goal, and measurable progress.
YOU ARE BOTH THE PROJECT MANAGER AND THE ENTIRE FUCKING PROJECT.
And the project manager needs a day off. 😭😭😭
But here's my final, no-jokes-for-a-second observation:
I don't think you're lazy, weak, or incapable of handling life. I think you've become very good at functioning and are still figuring out how to feel okay when you're not achieving, fixing, improving, or proving something.
You don't need to win at every fucking category of being alive. (the winner takes it all..)
You can be a doctor who has a bad week. An athlete who skips burpees (i hate burpees, i dont mind skip it). A woman who wants to look pretty. A mother who gets overwhelmed. A person who misses things she can't change (i miss you).
None of those things cancels out the rest of you.
Now go drink some water, stop inspecting your pores under bathroom lighting, and for the love of all things holy, do not sign yourself up for another fucking fitness programme before finishing this one. 💀🤝