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The Simple Life Finds Perth 42 (but who’s counting?) 🤭
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08/09/2026

For years, I treat effort like a performance. If nobody saw it, it didn’t count. So I kept doing more, and more. Because showing effort felt like showing my worth as a SAHM, and I couldn’t stop proving it.

That quote my friend told me, undid all of that…

06/09/2026

I’ve learned most of these the hard way. Some of them I’m still learning… every single day. At 42, these are 10 things I wish I’d understood sooner.

1. Rest before your body forces you to.

A messy house won’t kill you. An exhausted soul might.

2. Stop waiting until you feel ready.

It took me 42 years to learn the courage of trying and failing. If it wasn’t meant to be, move on, but at least you can look back and say you tried. No regrets.

3. Let go of relationships that drain you.

You don’t need 100 friends. You need that handful who truly care, the ones who’d show up at 2am without being asked.

4. Stop measuring your life against someone else’s.

Comparing the inside of your life to the outside of theirs is the fastest way to feel like a failure when you’re not. You’re on your own timeline.

5. You don’t owe everyone an explanation.

The right people won’t ask you to justify yourself. The wrong ones will never accept your reasons anyway.

6. Treat your energy like something valuable.

For years, I was last on my own list. I thought that was being good. It was just being tired. Be careful where, with who, and how you spend your energy.

7. It’s okay to disappoint people sometimes.

I used to think being kind meant saying yes to everything. That’s not kindness. That’s compliance.

8. Ask for help before you’re completely overwhelmed.

It’s okay to let people show up for you too. That’s not weakness, that’s how humans work.

9. Give yourself permission to start again.

At any age. In any areas of your life. I did it at 42. Changing direction isn’t failure… it’s how we grow.

10. Trust your own timing.

Life rarely happens on schedule. Some of the best things come later than you expected.

Save this for when you need a reminder. And tell me, which number hit you in the chest? I’ll tell you mine in the comments 💕

30/08/2026

Solo dining and kintsugi taught me to finally sit with my own cracks.

I’m not a perfect mom, but I’m showing up as I am. The cracks are where I grew… showing up is the gold.

Being alone doesn’t mean lonely… it means you get to just be.

Thank you Hiyori | Japanese Bar & Restaurant | Perth for holding that space for me 🙏🏻

27/08/2026

Growing up in Malaysia meant Mandarin at school, Cantonese and English at home, Malay as the national language so everyone had to learn that…

My kids get once a week mandarin lessons, TVB dramas.. that’s their version 😅

I’m like stuck between the hate I got from pushing them to go for mandarin language classes, and the hate that might be coming for giving up on it.

Or… they marry someone who speaks Chinese. Problem solved 🤣

23/08/2026

I’m not rejecting what I was taught. I’m choosing what to keep, and what ends with me.

If you’re quietly unlearning too… you’re not alone in your journey 🙏🏻

I’m not a doctor. This isn’t medical advice. This is my own personal experience, and a warning that nobody warns you abo...
20/08/2026

I’m not a doctor. This isn’t medical advice. This is my own personal experience, and a warning that nobody warns you about.

What the slides don’t say… the first three of those six years? I didn’t even think to question it. And I’m the type of mom who questions ALOT of things, like food, medicine, education... But the ophthalmologist was the expert, I was just a mom right, so who was I to second guess a specialist?

The hardest part wasn’t the research. It was admitting I took it for granted. That I’d handed over one of the most important things to someone else, and stopped paying attention. The guild of that is its own kind of amblyopia: you stop seeing what’s right in front of you because you’ve trained yourself to look at the same fixed point.

If you’re in the same place, trusting the same treatment because the expert said so, this is your wake up call that mom instincts are important. You’re allowed to ask, even if the answer is “you’re already doing the right thing, that’s the best you can do”, especially then. Because no one is a bigger advocate for your child than you.

This is Chapter 2. Our current journey is with Dr Vincent Lim at PERTH MYOPIA CLINIC 珀斯近视诊所, the person who didn’t just say “you’re already doing the right thing.”, he followed it with, “if it’s not working, let’s try something different until we find a solution that works for her.”

Follow as we navigate through this together 🫶🏼

17/08/2026

I was in the house when I heard something outside.

My kids filmed themselves dancing to 暖暖… no audience, no plans, just something the three of them have been working on for a while. It always warms my heart when I see my kids being silly together ❤️

I thought it was a good reminder that sometimes the simplest joy in life, is to live in the moment.

I hope this brings a little 暖暖 (warmth) to your day today ❤️🫶🏼

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