I already wrote a review, i just didn’t think it was necessary to write one so i deleted it. My reason being that it was a pretty great year and i don’t think i can stand being reminded of all the good things i once had when things go south, there’s a lot to tell you about but I’d only write what I remember.
For some reason i was under a lot of pressure when the year started. I had not done too well in school the previous year, I was constantly plagued by the fear of what my life’ll be like after school seeing as i was in my final year. I had messed up a lot and it seemed like there was no time anymore. For the first time in my life I was considering taking “the easy way out”, beat God at his own game, throw in the towel.
I went to the last place I ever turn to for support; home, but you see, I like to think when we’re born, we’re like blank white boards and the environment (people around us really) leave impressions on us only this time they use permanent markers and you know how hard it is to get that off a white board. The stains are hard (but not impossible) to remove, but still we move on from it after a while and write somewhere else or buy a new board. It wasn’t encouraging to see my parents look at this damaged white board for mistakes and carefully avoid them with the others,but still we move.
Then it started to get better, i got together with an old friend, and as stressful as it was (or still is) being with me, she made the year easy to live through, all my best memories of the year have her in them, she helped me work through the anger and depression. I remember when I applied to Andela and I took my first test, it was her encouragement that got me through the application process, I almost chickened out on a test that I passed when i wrote. We spent everyday going through my email waiting for a replies and following instructions. I did the interview too and on the day i found out I didn’t get in because they weren’t recruiting undergrads, i felt bad, but hey I got in.
One time, i got a job with a hotel booking portal that i promptly lost after someone broke into the office and stole my computer while we all were asleep at night.
Final year project came and for some reason I wasn’t sure I’d survive that one. My topic was changed twice and there were so many setbacks but God came through for me and I didn’t only finish in time, I got an A. Its pretty much of a big deal for a topic i had 3 weeks to work on.
If there’s anything I learnt in 2015, its that I can do anything I set my mind to, and sometimes the people God puts in your life are all the blessing you need. A friend once told me, he said, “I’m not scared of what your life’ll turn out to be like, I can already see it, just make the right decisions and you’re on your way”, that’s one of the most encouraging things anybody has said to me this year and I hope I’ve laid the foundation for a great year next year.
2016’ll take a lot of courage, with me and starting a new phase of my life and girlfriend braving the odds in her final year.