‘I was looking for new inspiration and courage to change my life’
BETINA’S PROBLEM
TWOT YEARS AGO, I WAS AT A TURNING POINT.POINT I ENJOYED MY JOB, BUT FELT THERE WAS SOMETHING MISSING IN MY LIFE.
I’D RECENTLY COME OUT OF A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP, SO THE PLANS I ONCE HAD WERE GONE AND I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO CHANGE THEM TO. I WAS THINKING: WHAT IS THE LIFE I REALLY WANT? WHAT WILL MAKE ME HAPPY? CAROLE ANN’S ADVICE BETINA NEEDED TO BE CONFIDENT THAT ALL THE ANSWERS WERE WITHIN HER. I ASKED HER TO REFLECT ON HER LIFE AND VALUES. WHAT ARE HER STRENGTHS AND PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENTS? I ENCOURAGED
HER TO CREATE A VISION BOARD OF THE LIFE SHE’D LOVE, AND TO FOLLOW HER HEART. BETINA’S VERDICT CREATING MY VISION BOARD, TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE DOMINATED. I’D BEEN TO AFRICA BEFORE, BUT WANTED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND ENDED UP SPENDING MY SAVINGS ON A SIX-MONTH TRIP. I VOLUNTEERED IN TANZANIA AND UGANDA, JOINED SAFARIS AND REACHED THE TOP OF MOUNT KILIMANJARO. I ALSO VISITED RWANDA, NAMIBIA AND MALAWI, ALL ON MY OWN. I MET LOVELY LOCAL PEOPLE AND TRAVELLERS. MORE THAN ANYTHING, I FELT AT PEACE WITH MYSELF AND FREE. IT HAS GIVEN ME A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE. I KNOW THAT MY LIFE HAS CHANGED AND WILL BE INFINITELY MORE MEANINGFUL BECAUSE OF THIS EXPERIENCE. >>