Its Monday, March 14th and I have taken the day off to "update my goals". I sincerely think everyone needs to do this from time to time, especially if you someone like me who always seems to be confident about plans, rather than being confident in actions. I'd explain what I mean by that in a second.
I have an older brother and father, who always ensure they remind me that I have goals to achieve, under a specific time period. Many people do not have this advantage of a caring family. I have come to accept a flaw of mine, which is that I am always confident things would work my way without me even trying it. Trust me, its wrong. I really appreciate this fatherly figures in my life and start acting like them or atleast ensuring that Im acting on the message they trying to entrench in me.
So I have been doing research for Grad School and decided not to just focus all my energy in one place. With this in mind, I have narrowed down some schools in the UK. Ofcourse, I cant really share on here my exact plans(stalkers and non well wishers,aplenty). I really have to be moving fast.
I remember years ago, jus after secondary school, when I had planned that by now, I would be done all things school, be well entrenched in my career. Well today, that is not the case. I clearly have been side tracked by the way. Luckily, I have people have not given up on me and want me to succeed.
In all these realization though, I have been getting frustrated recently. I do not know if my frustation is brought on by my challenges or by the fact that I feel so unaccomplished. I do not at this time in my life want to be dependent on my father for anything, but his prayers, blessing and advice. What is a man to do at this point? I really should get my act together and drop my pride( actually, I have none), ask for help and strive to achieve what I want.
On a lighter note, I have been contacted to write for Nexus Africa, a site that is about all things Africa.At Nexus Africa, we strive to highlight the great facets of Africa; from culture, history, entertainment and tourism to politics, business and economics.
We also strive to bring Africans together as well as to connect with non-Africans through upbeat exchange, engaging dialogue, informative articles and presentations all centered around enjoyable topics and themes. "Seun's World" is the name of my column and I hope you become followers and readers. Here's my first post: http://www.nexusafrica.ca/fight-corruption-joke/
