Friday, 25 April 2014

Na my papa get am?

Dark skies, cold weather, very cold weather, tired  muscles, sleepy eyes....As I struggled to get out of bed this morning, a nagging question was right at the back of my mind,"this job sef, na my papa get am?" Right after this question, I realized a lot of other people are probably asking the same question, some at the same time, some at different other times.

I remember while we were all in undergrad, most people had the dream of graduating and getting a job doing what they love, what they enjoy but unemployment can so sink into the very depths of your being and make you forget all that you love and enjoy up until you start singing along to the popular tune of the unemployed- any job is fine abeg, let me just be leaving this house every morning, i don tire, job na job, shebi na make money just dey enter and so on... then one fateful day, baba God answers the prayers that before seemed never ending, the job comes, you are elated, you are almost even grateful to the company for hiring you and you promise to deliver your best at the job.
Then days pass, months, possibly years, you begin to question yourself...is this really what i want to do with my life? the fatigue, the dissatisfaction, and all of a sudden you forget the previous tune of job na job abeg.

The popular mantra "if the desirable is not available, the available becomes desirable" has a deep meaning that we probably never understand until we come to the full realization that what is available for us is not what is desirable...most times, it doesnt even make our list of top ten desirable things.
So after i asked myself na my papa get am? I took a conscious drive down the memory lane to remind myself that I applied for the job and that the vicious cycle of unemployment is still on-going with a million and one people ready to take my place if I dont get out of bed. That was motivation enough!

So while we all wait, maybe not all, as some people are lucky enough to already be doing what they love, but while some of us wait to get to that point where we do what we love, lets all remember, even
though this isnt where we want to be ..."To be faithful in a few"

6 comments:

  1. not bad.. for a first timer. not bad at all. :)

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  2. Not bad? That's a rather stingy comment. I'd day its a luvly one

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  3. Achievable, desirable, feasible, manageable, doable, agreeable...these are some of the words that creep into the mind of the unemployed. Fulfillment is however not measured by how much we are paid, or what we are what, but the freedom to do what we want.

    The realization however is that we have sold the 'freedom' or 'fulfillment' birth right for a few bucks. A hundred and twenty grand every 30 days seems a fair deal to some. Others even less yet they settle.

    I can't blame them, its not easy having grey ears in your parents house (figurative) and not having anything to show for it. What I advise mentees however is to keep the hopes, dreams aspirations, fire, or whatever word you might want to use in describing that which you love to do, alive/burning.

    That is what stands you out between a regular nine-fiver and someone who thinks a paycheck is all he/she is worth.

    While you work earnestly for a paycheck, reiterate in the confines of your heart that someday, you want to do what you luv.

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  4. *grey hairs

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