The perfect mindset does not exi...

A mindset is "a series of self-perceptions or beliefs people hold about themselves. These determine behaviour, outlook and mental attitude."

When I started travelling, I really believed that the key to life was being content. Being so pleased with your life in so many scenarios. My mindset was to just be content. & trust me, that served me well for a couple of years. But recently, that just hasn't been enough.

When most people talk about mindsets they often think about the growth mindset and state that as being the only mindset you need to have.

A growth mindset is when "people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point."

& f*ck me this is an essential mindset to have. You have to know that you can grow, change and achieve anything you can't do right now. Taking messy action is key to learning.

But there is so much more to the perfect mindset.

I have been loving my travel life. It's looked very much like this: chatting Spanish, exploring, feeling the sun on my skin, long daylight hours. Networking, meeting some incredible people, getting the gym routine in & just feeling genuinely content with life.

Then it stopped… The reality was, we were staying with my in-laws (who have been absolute angels!), but we didn’t have our own space. I was walking 30 mins each way to get to a co-working space, which closes at 5.30pm and I am definitely more of a slow morning, late evening worker…

& do you know what I was feeling? I was feeling frustrated. I was feeling out of control. I wasn’t feeling a sense of freedom.

& I started to question myself..

The life that I am living right now is everything that I ever wanted 3 years ago.

Winters abroad, living wherever I want, a business that I love to run, an incredible relationship.

So why can’t I just accept my lot as it is, be grateful for where we are and just be happy with it?

Because we are always be hungry for more. & there is nothing wrong with that. Being hungry for more is human. It is what keeps us going. It is what moves us on to the next incredible thing.

When I was living on my own during covid, unable to leave the house and not knowing if we could ever travel again, I would have been over the moon to be here right now. & I am. I am so f*cking grateful for this every single day.

That doesn’t mean that I don’t want more. That I don’t picture an even better life for myself that I have the passion, drive and desire to make happen.

I want to grow my business to the next level, that I want to be able to have more of a base abroad, that I want to keep doing incredible things.

I described this exact sentiment to a wise young lad a few weeks ago, and he summarised it better than I could have ever done myself.

He said - I love your outlook, it's like you're ‘Content, but hungry for more’.

& that's how I think we should all be & practise.

Be content, be grateful.

But enjoy being hungry for what is next & making that f*cking happen!