Transforming my life has been the absolute hardest and absolute best thing I've ever done.

It wasn't so long ago I woke up most mornings with a hangover.

I'd rush to get ready for work, scrutinise my appearance in the mirror,

and grab coffee and toast on my way to the office.

Dinner came out of a box, the microwave, or in the form of a canopy.

I had absolutely no idea how to take care of myself.

But I didn't really think that was to important until my body gave me an ultimatum.

At 22 years old, Jess Ainskow's life had proceeded exactly according to plan.

Fresh out of university, she landed her dream job in Sydney, Australia as an online editor for Dolly Magazine.

Jess would work all day and party all night.

She was a self-described, champagne-guzzling, drug-popping, sleep deprived, perpetually hungover party girl,

which was nothing atypical for an attractive and popular young woman shrouded in the invincibility of youth.

Jess Ainskow would later reflect on those wild days in an article for the magazine she worked for, writing quote,

I was living an ideal life for someone in their early twenties burning the candle at both ends,

paying no attention to how my actions could affect my health, but having a whole lot of fun while I was at it.

It was so taxing on me and my health because I would have to leave home at 7 in the morning.

I would get home till 7 at night.

There were super long hours, it was evening lunch at your desk, eating breakfast at your desk, eating dinner, either at a party in my case,

or heating up something out of the freezer when I got home or ordering and take away.

I counted down to the weekend just so that I could have some downtime.

And even then I was exhausted from the week because I'd been out partying or weak.

And my weekends were used to kind of recuperate, but then at the same time it was a weekend so I had to make the most of it so I'd go out again.

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