posted 19th April 2024
The desire to live an authentic life has been a desire of mine for a long time, decades perhaps. I have learnt the hard lesson that leading an inauthentic life, not true to my own beliefs and values can have a devastating effect causing chronic mental and physical illness.
I can never again underestimate the importance of following my hopes and dreams, my needs, wants and desires.
In the first half of my life the pressures and the pull of modern life has defined what success means to me. Now I define what success looks like to me.
This at times has been difficult, There are moments when I have compared myself to others using measures of success that I have not defined and this has only caused me anxiety and fear for the future.
The journey continues to define and follow my IKIGAI* ... my reason for being.
