The pandemic is an opportunity to reflect on our lives and make positive changes, even if it means leaving a career that isn't fulfilling. We should focus on seeing the situation as a growth opportunity, rather than something that's happening to us.
The speaker reflects on a time in their life where they were caught up in external validation and trying to achieve the best grades, best school and best job, and how they hit a point where they needed a different intervention for a redirect in life.