Why not? That’s the question that turned the life of Sunbury’s Nik Giouzelis upside down.
The former businessman, 44, set about changing his life after realising he was deeply unhappy with the person he had become.
Having been a youth worker before climbing the corporate ladder, he asked himself why he shouldn’t throw it all away to dedicate his life to doing something he loved.
‘‘I felt like there was no purpose in life,’’ he said. ‘‘I just went to work every day … I felt like I was going to have a heart attack on a Monday morning. I did some personal development stuff and realised the person I was really wasn’t aligned with the values I had.’’
After months of consideration, Mr Giouzelis quit his job and sold many of his possessions to pursue a more fulfilling lifestyle.
‘‘It’s about purpose, a different kind of wealth,’’ he said.
Having recently finished work with a community fitness club, Mr Giouzelis is preparing to spend five weeks in Africa, where he will volunteer at the Great Mountain Gorilla Project and the Potter’s Village child crisis centre, both in Kisoro, Uganda.
He will also teach sports development programs in Cape Town, South Africa.
Having reached his luggage capacity for donated goods, Mr Giouzelis is accepting donations to benefit the projects he will be working with when he flies out later this month.
Click here for details.
