 I think as a teacher and then also just as a general citizen of South Africa I think it's so important to equip our kids, you know, with these skills And so when I look back at, you know, my high school career, I wish I took these things more seriously But at the same time, I guess that is where we also see the gap in our education system Where we are not empowering our kids to, you know, make purchases on homes and things like that Good evening and welcome back to The First Time Homebuyer Show. I'm your host, Estee Klaas I have exciting news for you, but before I get to that, as you know, Private Property brings you amazing content Every night this week, we have a Zaman Tungua Kumala with the Private Property podcast That's Monday to Friday at 7 p.m. Amazing guests coming to you, talking technicalities, what it is that you need to apply for a home loan All the questions you have, we'll answer them right there And exciting news, Chad Vavyrus with the Home Shopper Show every Monday And Friday night at 8 p.m. Chad Vavyrus has just been around Cape Town I'm talking Paul, Franch Hook, Cams Bay, Clifton, everything you need to see right there on the Home Shopper Show And last but not least, the farming podcast, everything you need to know about agriculture Do you have those green fingers while Mbali comes to you every Tuesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. And tonight, I'm sitting with the absolutely amazing Sherith Whaley, correct? Absolutely, absolutely correct. I got it right this time Sherith Whaley all the way from Cape Town, we're sitting on this amazing wine farm Saxenburg, on your way to Stelenbosch, du Papinier, absolutely amazing The food is great, the wine is great And tonight we're talking about how Sherith went on her journey to buy her first home Everything, the mistake she made, the lesson she learned Everything she went through, the ups and the downs All the information you need right here Good evening, Sherith, how are you? Good evening, everybody. Thank you so much for having me I'm doing well, how are you? I can't complain, thank you so much for coming on the show I mean, as you know, you've watched all of our shows, that private property show I mean, from farming you spoke about to the home shopper, to the normal podcast And this is a question I've never asked But I feel like I need to ask you this question because I feel like we're in a very similar boat What is Sherith passionate about? Good question, I think there's so many variables to that answer But I think what really is the foundation of that is I'm very passionate about people And I consider myself to be a people's person So I enjoy interacting with people, I enjoy engaging with people And that is why I'm actually a teacher Because I get to interact with people on a daily basis I enjoy being involved in youth groups and meeting new people So yeah, I think my life is just revolved around individuals And helping people, you know And especially when it comes to the youth And I'm so passionate about helping the youth as well And we were talking a lot before the show about you a business owner You forgot that part, Sherith Let's tell them about that Well, it's quite a journey So yes, I started a small company or small business rather Called Pink Cinnamon And that actually happened to start in lockdown So that happened to be I think July When we just about entered into the lockdown And I thought well, why not just start up something So I started going onto Facebook, I started up a page And I kind of love anything to do with assesities I love style, I love fashion Particularly my field or in my life at the moment My schedule is quite hectic So I'm always looking for things that would work for me style-wise You know, working with a busy schedule So I found little things that would help Things like scrunchies and slides and ribbons and those types of things So that would why not start up something like that And how was that journey for you like just to start Because as you know, we took to a lot of young people on the show And I'm sure all of them, you know, want to take that leap of faith You're a full-time teacher You started a company, you bought a home I mean, Sherith, what did you not do? What did you not do? So yeah, Sherith, what was that like for you, you know Starting a business, especially during a pandemic Well, I think, I mean, you asked me earlier You know, there's a lot of young people Who would like to, you know, start up a business and so on I don't think my journey was any different Or the feelings behind it was any different compared to someone else I mean, there's always that fear of having to put yourself out there You know, not knowing if people are going to support Not knowing if what you're going to sell is actually going to sell Because the point of it is actually to make money I've had that same insecurities, I've had that same fears But I think one of the things that I've learned very early on As a young person is to literally just take the shot in the dark No one can kind of pin you, you know, against the wall for not trying And that's what I did It's still definitely a slow progress But slow progress is still progress, nonetheless 100% So it's a good journey, I've received a lot of support What I can say is also that I've discovered That sometimes, you know, family and friends won't always support what you're going after And I think that has been one of the most Interesting things that I've actually come to learn about that I mean, I think that's something that young people are constantly bringing To the forefront in conversations We talk about how family and friends are not supporting one another when it comes to You know, it's funny because you'll find support from people who don't know you That's definitely something that I've kind of picked up on From strangers So, yeah, that's really true And, you know, what's so important about the show And what's been kind of like a repetitive topic of discussion When I talk to property investors, property moguls, first time home buyers They often talk about having a very good support structure And I'm sure when you have bought your first home Not just your business But taking that, again, it's another leap of faith Buying your first home Again, you needed that support structure But just before we talk about, you know, investing Your property investing journey You are still a student You're doing your honors And you're working Yes And you bought a home Yes Like the list, it just goes on And I wanted to talk about that Because you spoke about having a really good support structure You spoke about progress Slow progress is progress How do you juggle all of these things? I don't Oh, okay I just take the leap of faith And I take it as it comes Yeah There's really no other answer I can give you There are times when I feel very, very overwhelmed There are times when I get home And I just feel so drained and exhausted I even think that as I'm sitting here right now My body even feels ran down Right But like I said, you take it as it comes And you do your best When we spoke in depth about taking that leap of faith But like I'd like you to continue about like Like I said, you have a busy schedule We've heard about the load you're carrying And working with kids is not easy Oh, definitely not Let me tell you that Yeah Well, I think what really works in my favor Is that I'm always scheduling things So, you know, I obviously sit with a daily planner And I schedule, okay You know, on this day I've got X, Y and Z For this week this is deal My kids are acting exams at the moment So I've got to be able to make sure that my exam papers are set up Next week I've got a business appointment This week I've got to be with you So what really helps me is time management skills But obviously with time management skills You know, things, you know Life happens Life happens Yeah So some things are unplanned And sometimes you just got to roll with the punches And that's basically my philosophy Just to roll with the punches, to be honest with you I just want to say something I haven't had a female on the show So, thank you so much That's amazing Yeah And on that note, like let's talk about, you know Like women in property Firstly, let me give you some stats, you know I think about last year They spoke about how young single women of color Are taking over the property market And here you are, a young colored woman in Cape Town And you're just, you know, you're taking over And I feel like, tell me what that felt like for you When you signed that OTP When you held the keys in your hand Well, I think being able to kind of just, you know Sign in the dotted line And say that this is now officially my home It held such importance for so many reasons As one of them being, you know As an only daughter I was actually able to buy a house that would, you know House my parents as well So it's the three of us in the home at the moment And so for me to be able to do that Being the first grandchild Being the first child in my family To be able to buy a house on their own You know, that speaks so much volume into, you know The situation itself But then also the capacity that the women in my family Actually have And so I hope that when I have a daughter one day You know, that she would be able to do the same thing So it becomes a generational thing And on that note, I also want to speak about Generational curses As young people that we are facing at the moment And so we are dealing with that Where we deal with the issue of black tax And we are dealing with, you know Having to break those generational curses So as I sit here I sit as a testimony of our broken net generational curse One hundred percent So when I have my own kids They can only do one thing But to follow in those two perspectives Right And then also I think as a woman I mean, come on, I'm 24 I bought this house on the verge of being 24 I officially became a house just as I, you know Just entered into my birthday And so I think that is just as a young person As a woman, I feel so empowered I feel like nothing can stop me, you know So I feel like if I can buy a house at this young age What can I do when I'm, you know, 40 When you're my age You know When she's my age Because I mean, hello I mean that's amazing Right That's absolutely, and I love that You know, you just dropped the bomb And said that you're 24 But I love that, you know You're young, you're right You're still studying You're still And this is something that you It's something you can also, when you're gone Leave For your parents, you know Or something and you're right You're breaking a generational curse You're breaking your daughter Your son even You know, I know we were on the topic of woman Empower and stuff But, you know, the men as well You're leaving You're leaving this legacy And that's very important It's the legacy So I know we're talking about property But you just, you brought all these questions Into what legacy does Sherith want to leave Good question Integrity, we kind of define as, you know Doing the right thing When no one's looking And I think what's really important Is that I want to be able to leave a legacy Where my children understand that Whatever they do, you know, they do the right thing And I think as a young person I'm also learning to kind of on that journey Always, you know, to kind of do the right thing And sometimes doing the right thing Isn't always the easiest thing 100% I think one of the other things In terms of legacy I would love to leave Is the importance of financial stability And on that, when I grew up You know, people have this perception You know, that either easy, you know, childhood That everything was kind of handed over to me And especially when people hear that I'm the only daughter, the only child People think to have the certain perception That I was kind of spoiled And that couldn't be further from the truth Right You know, there was a time When I slept on boxes when I was younger There was a time When myself and my parents shared one room together There was a time where we had no food at home And so one of the ways in which I am trying to break that As a generational curse Is by now really starting financial stability So that is why that is so important to me as well And it doesn't come from a place of, you know Never wanting to face the fact That sometimes life just happens to people And that is so true But at the same time It's also about them taking responsibility Of their finances Which includes their property Which includes, you know Are they in face money school? Exactly Yeah And I think that's part of the legacy I think also kindness That is something that's very important to me Being mindful of other people Being considerate Those things are really important to me Listen, you are speaking my language Mindfulness is so important And wow I'm going to get vulnerable again Every week I must cry on the show It's not okay So, you know, I want to go back to like Our parents, you know, back in the day And how our parents It's not that they didn't teach us how to save But I feel like there wasn't enough room or enough Education even from their parents' parents That led us And that we could be educated on financial literacy at home The only education we had about financial literacy was at school And that also is not enough So let's talk about this You talk about financial stability and breaking these curses And you speak so passionately about this Because to me it sounds like To break these curses The most important thing is to be financially stable And literate And you know, I was reading an article I mentioned this in one of my shows Is that yes, coronavirus is pandemic But financial illiteracy is another pandemic The youth are illiterate When it comes to financial stability We don't know how We're not getting enough education And that is why we have platforms like this Because there are people, young adults Like the two of us Who are currently sitting in this The state of how do we save So let's talk about you, Sherith How did you plan on saving up for your first home? Okay, when it comes to the saving Specifically when it comes to the house There was no plan There really was no plan When I decided to actually purchase the home What had happened was I was lending before And the price that I was renting at the I won't give figures But it was basically more than 10 kai And I couldn't see how I could spend all this money On paying this rent When I could literally buy a home And the bond was lowered in the rent So it came to a point where I just felt Like I could not spend this money any further This is money that could go towards something else And so I began just thinking about it And thinking about it And then I started just starting my journey With wanting to purchase a home And so what I did was I put a bit of money away And then I just basically used the deposit That I put down for the rental And I used that towards the ransom fees So that was kind of part of my savings plan But there was no set time when I said Okay, I aim to buy a house within the next year I'm going to put money forward I think in my journey That was a mistake that I actually made And that is something that when I reflect on my journey I wish I had done that Yeah, so as you were saying You were speaking about financial literacy And how important it is to actually empower our kids With these skills I think as a teacher And also just as a general citizen of South Africa I think it's so important to equip our kids With these skills And so when I look back at my high school career I wish I took these things more seriously But at the same time I guess that is where we also see the gap In our education system Where we are not empowering our kids To make purchases on homes and things like that I want to talk I'm going to put you on the spot a little bit here now, right? You're a teacher You're an educator You're a facilitator You're guiding the youth I want to ask you a question But you talk about how you wish you had taken Financial literacy a little bit more seriously One piece of advice To matriculants, grade 11s, high school students Just before They take that leap of faith And decide what they want to study in life One piece of advice for them I think one of the things that I would say Is not to be so odd in yourself We are not going to have all the answers immediately One of the things about my personality is that I'm quite the perfectionist I don't like change So as soon as something does not align with my plans I immediately get very uncomfortable But one thing that I've had to learn Is that sometimes life just happens And you cannot control everything And I'm someone who likes to be in control I like to be secured I like to know what's happening I like to know what to expect And sometimes life doesn't give us that But I think one of the main pieces of advice That I would say is not to be so odd in yourself And literally just take life as it goes As it's saying that says Go with the flow Yes And a friend of mine brought this up to me In one conversation And I challenged her and I said Yeah, but dead fish go with the flow And I'm not a dead fish So I'm someone who likes to be in charge I like to take authority I like to be in the moment I like to assert myself But I've had to take advice and actually go with the flow Because I've seen that's what works better You know, if you've ever tried to control something Sometimes you'll see it just gets worse So I think that's really important And then also take every opportunity that comes by I think sometimes we just If you were to again the idea of taking a leap of faith There's a lot of things that I'm even going through At the moment of decisions I've taken We have had to literally take a leap of faith Of having no security at all With not knowing what's coming around the corner But I would never know the blissful experience I could have if I didn't take Exactly You know what I'm saying And if it comes to a place where I've maybe made a wrong decision It's a lesson that I've learned And I always have this saying Where I always tell myself I don't have any regrets I only have lessons learned Nice So that's kind of my philosophy as a young person So I would say to every young person in Matric You know, in a university Don't take life too seriously But take the opportunities that come And also don't have any regrets, man It's just lessons learned That's all there is And I have three questions here now And I'm going to try and ask them Firstly, I don't know if it was you that posted this But you talk about going with the flow And you talk about how fish, whatever Right But someone posted the other day that Dead fish still rise to the top Wow Was it you? No, it wasn't me Someone posted and they were just like Yeah, cool You know dead fish float Right Right So at the end of the day, yeah Go with the flow But dead fish still rise to the top So That's amazing Live a life where that when you leave Your legacy leaves you at the top Right Amazing, I love that Something to quote me Girl, I'll see you I want to talk about You said you're a perfectionist I am And that you plan everything strategically Right Was your home journey Your home buying journey, was it like that? Were you able to Was everything like pen and book Everything you wrote, it happened that way? Absolutely not Anything but The process itself took about six months Just to get through Wow All of that After finding a perfect home? Of no, the process of finding a home Oh, okay You know affordability and so on And then also kind of what I was specifically looking for And we kind of wanted something that suited Where we were first at in terms of You know our previous home And so that was kind of a And since I am a perfectionist And since it's my money that I'm investing I think I have a way to kind of be picky Yeah 100% And a lot of pre went into it You know a lot of talking to God about it And finally I found a home that I You know that we kind of all agreed on And something that I was quite happy with But that process itself took about Five to six months in terms of just the entire process We actually just got finished about I would say a month ago Okay Both the transference and everything So that was officially on my name And so on and so forth Nice So that process itself took quite a long time But in that process I'm telling you there was a lot of It was an uphill battle Yeah It really isn't It's not something that just comes like that You know obviously if you have the cash And if you kind of know someone Who knows someone Who knows someone Sometimes it's just easier that way But in my experience I had an amazing real estate agent Okay She went above and beyond what she should have There were quite a lot of uncertainty Especially from a financial point of view For me at one point Where it kind of looked You know it was kind of like It was a deer in the headlight So I was like oh I don't know what's going on I don't know what's happening I'm not gonna make this one Okay God what are you gonna do now But you know what Again leap of faith I just there was You know when you stress And you just like over stress And you're just like I'm just gonna chill I'm just gonna see what God does I feel like your home buying journey Was one of the biggest things that made you Realize you need to go with the flow Oh I'm That couldn't be like more than the truth Yeah It really was I think that process itself Actually grew me as a person You know But yeah It was definitely an uphill battle It was not easy But it's so worth it at the end Honestly so worth it Right And you know You talk about how you did this for your parents And you know leaving the legacy What was your biggest reason For actually like investing in property Was it was it for your parents Or like was there more reasons behind Investing in property I think there's so many answers to that I don't think I can give you a straightforward answer We have time I mean I think what influenced it a lot was Because I have such a go get the attitude And be wanting to kind of just make Not make a name of myself But yeah make a name for myself Yeah For myself Yeah I wanted to be a young person You know that brought her home That is what we talk about on social media That is what I see on my news feeds every day Just the other day I saw a quote that says We are grinding to buy property not designer Yes And so that's something that really speaks to me It makes an impact on me Because I want to be able to do things That set me up for the future And because I'm someone that thinks very long term I'm not someone that thinks for just now I'm always someone who thinks You know what is this going to be in the next 10 years What is this going to be like in the next five years And that's how I kind of plan You know that's how I make all my decisions And so I knew that even though financially Buying this home would probably be the biggest You know one of the best decisions I could ever make But also one of the most challenging decisions I could ever make I always keep in mind that this is the best decision for the long term Right So I know that one day you know when I'm settled And all of those things I don't have to worry about that I can spend my money now and design the things If I want to do Because I've got the property Exactly Now you can't Right And so now when I got to work and My colleagues you know kind of knew now that I bought the property So I made this remark to a colleague of mine I said first we own the house then we own the block So that's kind of where I'm moving forward to at the moment I don't want to name drop But there are these two famous celebrities I don't know if you heard the story Where she was looking to So they got divorced Right And then you'll probably get who it is I just can't name drop on the show And then they got they were married They now divorced with like five kids And then he moved out And he was like But he bought the house Right Right And he was like I want my house And she was like The land is mine Shoo Shoo Oh I love it I love it And I feel like these are the goals that we need to have in life Right You're so right I feel like investing in property Because you think long term And that's something that I feel a lot of young people Should kind of invest in Is to think about their long term goals Not only with property But with their life What they decide to study In the spirit of By the time this airs It's probably July But in the spirit of youth month That's something that I think should be Generated These thoughts should be Spoken amongst youth And you're 24 And you're talking about like These quotes And you're dropping these quotes And you're talking about the conversations you have With your friends Who I assume are also your age Right And 24 for me is very young Although we're like three years apart But still I just feel like If I had these chats At this age or even before That a lot of things could shift And like you said The only thing now is to go forward You're 24 But actually let me ask you this question You bought your first home I did What does your property portfolio What does your property journey Look like going forward Is this Do you want to become like a property investor I would love to I would absolutely love to At the moment It's not something that I'm Seriously considering at the moment But mentally I'm actually Looking at buying my own apartments I would love a penthouse apartment And I would love to invest in property To kind of open up another avenue of income as well That's why I speak about financial stability And the way to kind of open that up is You know to create different avenues of income So definitely my property journey Hasn't ended yet I think it's just a start Yeah Definitely But I think I'm off to a good start though 100% You have a home 100% Now that you brought up youth monthly Yeah I think especially as a woman You know women always talk about How we've got to have our own We've got to have our own back And we've got to look after ourselves And this idea of self love And you know And you know man go and tell me Yeah We always have this mindset and so What I really want to also bring across Is it's not just about Putting a Facebook post out there It's also about taking the action towards that And so I can literally say No I have my own Yeah No no As she fixes a jacket A designer jacket I have my own Yeah So I think that's really important Is that as women we really do look after ourselves You know there's also this idea of Taxi queens and you know Always wanting that a guy to kind of Take care of you and doing those things enough I think what's really important to me Is that I have my own independence And I think if you are going to put Any expectation on someone else There should be something that you're being to the table 100% So if I'm expecting My partner to have this amazing mansion I should also be able to Say I have my Yeah Come on Like there should be that equality Exactly And so buying that was actually meant quite a bit You know that idea of Kind of you know looking after myself Being independent You know just the idea of general relationships And looking after family And you know being able to be an example I know that to a lot of friends This is quite a big deal to them as well Because one of them has now made it kind of Untopped to them Okay So I'm really happy that I'm able to inspire them That way and to motivate them that way Exactly I've actually received quite a bit of Other young people in my age bracket Who are now asking me advice On what I did and how I did it And all these amazing things So I can definitely see that buying this house Was not just about me Yeah Again that idea of mindfulness Lot of other people that were affected by this Exactly And so that's what I love the most about it So this will definitely I definitely will buy at the property But this will always be a special one 100 Because it taught you so much And we just spoke about this actually A few weeks ago the ecosystem It's this thing that continues You did it for yourself But you taught so many other people around you And they're gonna go do the same for other people And that's how I feel that We should be not only in our friend circles In our family circles In I mean you have your own business And you said some Some of the bulk of the support came from people Strangers you didn't know Those strangers today can still come to you And be like What was it like buying your first home They can watch the show And be educated by the knowledge That you had to It's You know I truly love by the saying That real loved experiences Teach us the most And you've loved that journey Of course you had an agent A friend or advice from the internet These things help us But you still had to go through the process To actually know what that was like So just before we wrap up the show I want to ask you about Was there one thing you wish you had known Maybe not one thing Is there something you wish you knew before You bought your home I think maybe just the process The duration of the process I think in particular the transfer fees That was something that I genuinely was not prepared for So obviously the transfer fees is now in the house Officially becomes mine in terms of name And so you have to pay for that And so one of the things that I learnt Was that the transfer fees Depend on how expensive the house is Yes We learned a star the hard way Sherith we really do I really did I learned that the hard way And so I think that's something I would have wanted to really Know about beforehand Kind of getting the process And by the time I was That was kind of brought to my attention It was kind of too late So again like I said I was like a dear in headlights I didn't know what to do But you know what Again life just says a habit of being buttersweet And somehow things just kind of Right time right space right people And really I can honestly say That I could not have bought this house on my own There's no way There was definitely divine intervention That I give absolute ownership when it comes to that And so yeah that's basically my experience Sorry I'm just I'm a dear in headlights right now Because that's so powerful for me You know and I feel like there's a lot of things Yes you have support on this realm On this level but there is There's more support you know Whoever you believe in whatever the case may be But I do want to ask you so So do you have any regrets Sherith No None whatsoever None whatsoever I am so over the moon I could literally get home And then like turn the key to my own house And that is so incredible to me And you know what it's such a humbling experience There's not one part of me that feels arrogant about it Isn't even like some sort of ego response That it's literally such a humble experience Because I realize that it's as quick as it was given to me It can also be taken away 100% And so right now in the space that I'm in Now that I have the house I believe it's my responsibility to now protect what I have Because there was divine intervention And so it's not something that I take lightly But it's a responsibility that I now have on my shoulders And yes challenging but I gladly take it on my shoulders 100% Because I believe it was given to me Because I can handle it And you've been given the strength to handle it right now Right You know So there's no regrets And I love that I think that this is a humbling experience for everyone Anyone who has bought their first home And just before we close up You said no regrets And you said that you need the strength to You know carry this Achievement But what would you say keeps you motivated every day Oh See you always ask the questions that have multiple answers We have time now Look I think there's so many things I always believe that I live a life of complete purpose So when I get up in the morning I have purpose There's a reason why I get up And it's not limited to the fact that I'm a teacher You know it's bigger than that It's the fact that I like I said earlier to you I owe everything to divine intervention So I know that there is a plan for my life And that I've been set apart for something completely different So I know that there is purpose to what I'm doing And why I get up in the morning That's my first motivation My second motivation is that I have about 500 kids Who are under my wing So every morning I get up literally because of them Can't drop the ball You know what I believe very strongly Is that a leadership cannot be taught Leadership has to be caught And one of the things To be caught? Yes And one of the things that I'll explain why A leader is not defined by Oh I can manage this really well Or I've got this on my CV I did this Oh I can delicate it really well A leader is defined by influence And we all have influence As we are sitting here right now Every person has influence And so as a teacher As a leader in my classroom As a colleague, as a friend As a role model I have influence So anytime you have influence You are able to impact people with the decisions That you make So every time I go to my class I know that I'm influencing these kids And one thing that I've learnt about the kids Is that you need to earn their respect And one of the things that I've learnt Is that you have to have credibility In order for them to respect you Right And I'm gonna land this play now With what I'm getting to Is that teachers I have the tendency To always want to give advice And you mustn't do this And you mustn't do that And you've got to live a life like this But we don't show those kids how to do it So if I'm preaching to my kids About financial stability I need to give an example Of in my own life Of my financial stability So they know that Ms. Whaley Has bought a home But what is that influence thing to do Now they know Ms. Whaley is financially stable I need to do the same thing Because I can also buy a house Exactly And so that is the way in which I create credibility with them To the point where they actually want to listen To what I have to say And what teachers tend to do Is we tend to kind of say things that we know That we think the kids want to listen to But I just have a different kind of way That I deal with the learners And that's definitely one of the things That motivate me Is the fact that I know that I've influenced over them And I want to be able to use that for good That the goal is always to see them Better than me Of course You know So if I can create little minimies But better than me I'd be so happy And it's not only about breaking the generational curses Within your own family tree It's about helping those Exactly And again It goes back to real loved experiences You need to love it in order to teach it I never call myself a teacher I call myself a facilitator Because I believe that people come to the space With their own level of education I facilitate your thinking I facilitate I guide Right Meet them where they are And then take it from there And I think just before we wrap up now I wanted to ask you You've already you know Shared with us how you would Teach financial literacy To the kids that you teach on the daily basis But I want you to leave us with something You know just like words of inspiration You're a really good speaker And I love that about you Because you come with all these quotes And I like that So I want you to leave the youth And let's take it Because I want to reiterate the fact That you are juggling so much You are still doing your honors You sit in class Doing your own personal assignments While the kids are Am I allowed to say this on camera? No, of course you can That's why While the kids you know They're busy with the exams right now We're in that phase And you know Sherith is sitting in class Juggling her own assignments While they busy doing their assessments And I mean You're always posting about your property goals You're always posting about dream The other day you post like An entire thread of your dream homes One of them is $27 million by the way There you go Let's just wait for Sherith to get that $27 million house I mean hello We can do the interview in that house We can We're definitely going to do our next interview there You know because that's That's about manifesting It's about having these goals And this vision And so yes I'd like you to leave us with something Extremely like leave us with a few words of So what does Sherith do To get out of that That space of just You're just feeling overwhelmed And you just want to move on Let me start off by saying that Being busy and being a perfectionist Is too Like you don't want to be a perfectionist And busy at the same time So At moment in my life Sometimes Because I am a perfectionist But I'm so busy at the same time Like I've said to you Life just kind of throws things at you That you cannot control And so that creates a lot of frustration for me There are moments where I feel very demotivated Where I feel like I can't carry on in Where I just feel so drained Emotionally, mentally, physically You must remember that Not only am I studying You know, I'm working I've got the business Started my own foundation I'm also a friend I'm also a colleague I play all these different roles And all of these roles have different expectations 100% So as a human being We deal with so many expectations And sometimes it's hard to come by It's hard for you to be able to Love up to those expectations But as I said earlier It's so important that you don't take life too seriously We don't all have the answers at all times And so currently in my life And I don't know what life holds Nothing is guaranteed in life, I believe But what I do know is this And currently in my life Is that it's so important To give yourself a break There are times when I genuinely Generally feel so drained when I get home I genuinely just want to jump out the car Yeah And just get into bed And there are days where I literally just get down When I get into bed I have an example I have a paper to you I have marking to you I have reports to you I've got to do something at home I maybe have an extramural activity I've got to do this I've got to go to that meeting I've got to fulfill that responsibility Oh yes, I promised a learner I was going to help So there's so many things And when I get into this moment I just need to have some time to myself So what I do is actually Funny enough I start listening to white noise I know that white noise is actually Used for babies Yeah But I actually listen to it And it literally calms me down Or like raindrops It literally calms me down so much So usually what I do is when I get home I take two hours for myself Oh wow No, I don't talk to anybody I kind of just need to speak and chill That's literally what I do Yeah Snacks is also my best friend I love doing that But it literally relaxes my mind I also try to work Kind of in the evenings And the reason why I do that Is because no one's awake Right And no one has expectations of me So I can focus that way a lot easier But that's just kind of like practical What you do Yeah But I would say Just take a break when you need to You know, don't Mental health is a serious element That we kind of deal with And reaching the point of like Breaking down and like is so real We reach those points very quickly And if we don't take those moments You know, we can just fail And we don't want the system to fail Of course We want to continue And I really, firstly I want to thank you Actually, firstly I want to say congratulations This is a recent This is a recent thing You know, just before your birthday You got it, you know This is, it's absolutely amazing Congratulations Thank you so much I appreciate it You know, and I just You know, I wish you the best With your property journey going forth I honestly do and What was the 26 million? The dream house The dream house, 26 million That's my vision board at the moment So that's where we'll see you Exactly We need to put a time frame on that one Can we come? But yeah, let's I feel like in my life Things just happen like this Come on So I can't put a time number to it But let me tell you, it will be soon It's going to be soon And we're going to see you in Let me tell you something Mark this day Today is the 24th By the time I am 35 I will be done paying off that house Amen Absolutely That is, again manifesting Stating these things Putting it out into the universe That's what we need That's the energy we need going forward And that's to everyone at home as well Thank you so much, Sherith again Thank you so much Really appreciate you taking out the time As I said, we are at Sachsenburg Wine Farm We've had amazing food Had a great time at this wine farm So do if you're coming to Cape Town Head on over here The food is great Everything is great To Sherith Whaley Thank you so much Teacher, educator, facilitator Manifesting greatness in life She's also doing our honors Everything The plate is full But she's juggling it And we're eating good Because she is Plate is full but we're eating So thank you so much to everyone who's tuned in This evening I've been a stay class And then this is the first time I'm home by a show Go well, take care and stay warm