THE TWISTS AND TURNS

Growing up, we all had one dream or another that made us want to do better academically at every level of our education lives so we can be what we dreamt of becoming but somehow, at some point we diverted from those dreams as a result of different circumstances we faced. Maybe we grew up to a point when we started telling ourselves not to deceive ourselves and just face reality or we just found another dream that we felt was way better than what we thought was better. I was a victim of those who just couldn’t bring their career dreams to reality (I think there is still a chance but I’m thinking of letting it go but I’m ready to take a leap of faith if the opportunity presents itself).

I once lived in a place filled with so many children and I remember that some days we will just gather outside trying to act like either doctors, teachers, farmers and the likes. It was fun. At that point, you could see the passion a lot of us put into acting those roles to the best of our abilities and it was superb. We did so well and I guess that’s because there was no one who was going to judge us for not playing our roles well and because it was all for fun. From those little career plays we had, most of us chose our dream careers based on how well we performed but then, the moment we got to the level of education that requires us to chose that career path, we felt defeated.

Personally, I’m not so good at reading a lot of things. I’m very poor at preparing for examinations and all. My childhood dream was to be a lawyer because I saw a lot of people being oppressed with no one to defend them. I was so determined as a child but I got to the point where I had to face the work of becoming a lawyer and I was totally defeated. I was sad but there was nothing I could do about it. The school system doesn’t give anyone the time to adjust so I thought to myself, Hope it’s time to move on and face reality. Every professional lawyer we see out there is as a result of the so many books they have read and even written. It wasn’t something easy at all.

Yes, most of them cram a lot of things and that’s one of the areas I’m also very poor at. I knew this about myself and I opted for out. Moving on, I loved farming and being a food manufacturer of any sort so I thought to myself, maybe agriculture is the next best thing to study in school. My reason of wanting to be an agriculturist was because I wanted to always be of help to those who don’t have anything to eat. Well, along the line, I saw agriculture as something that I can still do even without going to school to study for it and then I said I should think of a different career path. And that was how I thought about becoming a nurse which also didn’t work out because my brain refused to accept it.

Now, I’m in school studying human physiology which I find really interesting and just the perfect blend of everything I wanted. It’s still a bit hard to study for but I feel more motivated to give studying more time and effort. I have a lot of plans after school to learn different skills and read more books for fun and not academically. I have noticed that I feel lazy once a book is tagged as a school book and it makes me lose so much interest in it. So, hopefully after school, I can start exploring other areas and fields to understand at least the basic things in addition to what I have studied in school.

Thanks for reading through. ❤️