Are You Still Hungry?

𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔. 🤔

My first time outside my home country. I was going to a country whose language, culture and weather were completely different to mine.

Sometimes I look back and wonder what exactly was driving me.

Today I realised that I was hungry! Hungry for growth, hungry to see the world, hungry for a new challenge, hungry for more.

I have been questioning whether I still have that hunger that pushed me across continents 8 years ago.

You see, it’s possible to achieve your goals and become comfortable with that level of success.

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭:

𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦.

𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩, 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.

𝘞𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥!

When I read this, I had to ask myself some tough questions like “Am I settling?”.

We need to check our “hunger levels” from time to time because it takes a certain level of hunger to step out and dare the seemingly impossible things.

I hope you are not settling. And if you’re, let this be your cue to wake up and reconnect with your purpose and your big why!

Happy new week ❤️

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