Overcoming the desire to give up.

Sometimes you just get tired and feel like giving up, and feeling like that is normal. Some journeys are so rough that at some point in your life you will think nothing is working fine in your life. Frustration is one of the things that can make you feel like giving up. I could remember sometimes how I almost gave up on everything, especially when I finished my National Youth Service Corps. I was home thinking if anything will ever work for me because it doesn't seem so.

But when my uncle told me about how he had gotten a job for me, I was happy. And since he said I'm living in the country too, that makes me even happier. I was like, At least I will not be staying home for nothing. Because, obviously, after my NYSC, I was just home sleeping and waking up.I was planning to travel until, after some months, my uncle said the travel was later fake. And I will not be going anywhere again. I was down; all my hope was in that traveling he told me about. I was like, at least I have a reason to smile now. Not until he told me it's not working out again.

I was totally down, thinking about how I'm going to start over again; the fact is I don't even know where to start from. So my point is some journeys will make you think you will not make it, but then as time goes on in my life , I just have to develop a strategy for myself to always keep moving and not give up. Why I need to make it: this is a big reason for me to always keep moving forward in my life anytime I'm down or I'm even tired of trying or I want to give up. Then I will remember why I started in the first place.

One thing I hate in my life is regret, so I better keep trying than give up. The hunger of making it in life keeps hitting me most of the time. Meanwhile, anytime I remember my family and the sacrifice all of them have been doing for me just to make it in this life, anytime I want to give up, I just summon the courage and am like, I'm not going to let these people down.

Friends with visions: another thing that keeps me going is that I try to have friends that have dreams just like I do, so when I'm down, I will see someone to remind me why I need to make it. Sometimes having a good peer group is necessary, because they will also determine your success in life. Some friends are a blessing, and they will not even allow you to give up. Not just friends alone though, having someone who supports you emotionally is also good, someone that will lift you up when you are down. This can be a family member, friends, or anyone you care to talk to.

Lastly, celebration of your little wins keeps me going, anytime I look back and realized in one way or the other I've accomplished some dreams, I used that as a motivation and keep going. In summary, these are just ways at which I've been helping myself to keep moving and it's working for me.

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