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MEMOIRS FROM THE DARK SIDE


So I and one of my buddies were having this conversation on phone and he was telling me about some things going on in his life and what stuck was when he mentioned ‘Post NYSC Depression’. Advised me to enjoy my service year while it lasts, since I was still a Corper.

But honestly, every single day I think about my life after service and what it is going to be like. I’m sure not everyone goes through this phase of depression but there are others that do and I don’t hope to go through that. I have a plan of where I wanna be in the next 5-10 years but right now I don’t have the resources and the qualifications needed for that attainment yet.

So most of the time I’m faced with the question, how do I go about this? How do I get the money to do this? What should I be doing to gather resources to attain my dreams? For someone like me that isn’t business oriented, I get so fearful and worried. I see a lot of young people making headway with their skills and it feels like I’m lagging behind. So much pressure here and there. 


 

One common characteristic I noticed about this generation is our haste to get and live the luxuries of life very early. We all want to buy that car, build that house, travel abroad, secure important connections forgetting that life is a process.

The new motto of this age is ‘Get Rich or Die Trying’. I for one don’t wanna die in the process of getting rich but I definitely wanna be rich. This brought me to the conclusion to live one day at a time, because I believe with hard-work and diligence my efforts will be rewarded. Efforts in this sense means channeling my energy to things that matter to my goals, dreams and pursuits.

Let your life be defined by your dreams not by societal pressures that tends to compress a man to feelings of nothingness and meaninglessness, leaving him to rot in a shadow of his own existence,

Thanks for reading.

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  1. Daniel Akintayo18 September 2020 at 00:08

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  2. Daniel Akintayo18 September 2020 at 00:14

    Wow! This is so beautiful and quite timely. Armed with this, I can look forward and to that period and work towards my goal with peace of mind. Thanks brother

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  3. Unknown18 September 2020 at 07:56

    Beautiful piece boss. Keep writing.

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  4. Sola Oye20 September 2020 at 09:37

    This is so spot on dear, I so much love this and to me this is a skill as well you can use your write up to influence people positively, let's work on something together like have always said dear, I believe you'll do just fine

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  5. Caleb Oluwasanmi20 September 2020 at 11:31

    This is so on point dear, generally, life is full of ups and downs, good and bad. My take is, a step at a time, ain't in competition, it's mine to determine how I want to live it. And to the writer, please keep it up, trust in yourself, be good and don't forget to live your life.

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  6. Qetsiyah20 September 2020 at 14:00

    This is reassuring

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