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WHAT MOTIVATES YOU?

The question came, what motivates you? Upon introspection I realise I did not do the question justice nor did I represent myself fully in my answer.

So what does motivate me?

I am motivated by the need to sponsor my activities and indulge all my desires and fetishes.

I am motivated by my desperate desire to move out of my sister's house, my mother's house to become an independent adult who can support herself and draw up a  budget of how she is going to spend her money come month end

I am motivated by Black girls/ women who I see in various media platforms shining their star having started from nothing or very little, some having started from something but having taken the initiative nonetheless and committing to making a positive change in their lives and the lives of their fellow men and women. Standing up and throwing caution to the wind and surging forward and making noise for what they believe in and staying steadfast in their pursuit of justice, equality and recognition.

I am motivated by the need to do something for my grandmothers before they pass on.

I am motivated by my need to be more and therefore hopefully to get into a platform that will allow me to motivate other young girls to strive to be more to aspire to be more beyond mother of and wife of.

I can't say directly that money motivates me, it does however fuel a lot of what does motivate me. I think money is way too fluid to be a motivating factor. It is so ever expanding that making it a motivating factor may be fatal. Because nothing will ever really measure up.

I am therefore motivated by what I can do with money and what I can achieve and experience with money like furthering my education and travelling and indulging my fetish of shoes, lipsticks, sun glasses.

I guess the reason I am telling you all this is because I realised that staying tuned in to what motivates you will push you when you face your toughest moments and challenges, when your self belief is at it's lowest and when you have no more will to go on. Just hold on to all that motivates you and allow yourself to be motivated!

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