Do not settle for less.

My name is Luna, Vietnamese, 22 going to 23. This month will be my last month working full-time before I take a new adventure, a social project in Europe plus backpacking around this beautiful continent (tee hee, of course).

I am career-oriented, progress-oriented, development-oriented and have high awareness about my needs, my capacity and my supposed-to-be-like future. But I decide to take a break, reflect and create new life chapter. Some people ask me why I leave big firms in my country, the answer is : I do not settle for less and I am transforming myself into who I am, authentically. What will happen when I’m jobless ? Will I ever get a job that as good as I am having now ? Future is unclear, but I know I am going to make it better, because striving for your dream is the sign of bright, change is the sign of progress.

I am an Internationalist, according to Universum career test, it means “ big-picture individuals who focus primarily on the future instead of day-to-day or historical situations. They usually (but not always) know relatively early on their lives that they want to have international career and are usually interested in building international connectiond. Companies that have offices and/or operations in multiple parts of the world, will be most appealing to Internationalists. They are curious, open-minded and they value social interaction.”

I have pin International Career and See the world to top of my bucket list. Sometimes when I fail, I think “ okay, so, maybe settle down and try”, but my gut always calls me and pull me back to who I truly am. Why giving up on the future where you can be yourself, explore and learn so much from diversity and globalization ? Why standing still when you can travel the world and complete your soul?

I guess in next few days I will write about my lovely friends around the world and how they inspire me to be better version of myself. I will tell you about my backpack memories that raised me up, brought me down but eventually became something richer than my wallet or bank account.

For this lovely and sudden entry, I just want to shout out: Do not settle for less. Follow what you want when you still have time and energy.