Not you articulating why i feel depressed 🙂🙂. Literally everywhere I turn people are getting accepted into vacation schemes and receiving scholarships, and i barely know what I want to do with my life. And also you see other people achieve the things that you want to achieve and it feels demotivating when you’ve been grinding for longer. Honestly life is just feeling so long rn and it feels so depressing because i can’t see a single solution in sight. People saying “give it time” but time isn’t giving me anything??🤡. So thank you Ehis coz now i know that I’m not alone ✌🏾
Hey, question, how old are you? I'm turning 25; there's always so much pressure to be achieving like everyone else. Just go with the process, grow as a person and enjoy life. Life is too short to be worrying babes 🙌🏾
Can definitely relate to the world not being a nice place. People aren’t kind hearted. It’s so difficult when you aren’t like that, but for survival, feel like you have to become like that.
In Swahili slang we have a saying "dunia isimame nishuke" to mean "let the world stop moving I get off" which can't be anymore accurate because the state of things is just yuckyy. I relate about the comfort of uniformity because for me it unravelled around first degree and it has been rouughh. So no, you are not alone in this, but there really isn't a wrong way to do things
You articulated how I feel so well. I think it's called disphoria, I used to have such a romantic view of life. Now I'm very pragmatic and I too think it's because of life experiences. Relocating for jobs especially, can make you pessimistic about the prospect of roles. Uprooting yourself isn't easy and can have a negative effect if you don't become comfortable with where you are.
Let me tell you my secret to happiness: you forget the pain. You can’t save this world. We’re living in a world where hurt people hurt people. So to survive and be happy and socially conscious you focus on what you want to change in the world- it has to be realistic ie, capitalism is too big. mine is a toss between women’s mental health support in Africa and child protection laws in Africa. 1 thing that you might be able to change before you die. 1 thing you believe in and forget the rest. I don’t really listen to other issues or I listen say that’s sad and forget bc. I wouldn’t have hope if I took every problem on. Then, you live like you want to, loud and proud, joyously like you’re the main character in a romance or coming of age etc... you have wild ambitions and make them happen with hard work. And always work to advocate for that 1 thing you want to change in the world. And I can’t lie, I’m loving life doing this
This video hit every fibre of my beinggg thank you Ehis 🥺🥺 it’s like I’m not sad that I’m not at the level my friends are at, I’m just bored. No one tells you that postgrad life is just boring and uneventful unless you make it the opposite. Seeing your friends is another wahala and a lot of the time (especially if you work) you’re surrounded by people that you don’t necessarily want to be around. It’s all a bit draining. Waiting for the weekend/your day off is just not a way I want to live anymore. I wish someone told me the importance of being intentional and just making choices for myself because although we chose our subjects or universities those were guided by our teachers, parents, friends - heck, even our grades chose them for us. I think we’re not often given the chance to vent about these issues without someone (with the best intentions) wanting to solve the issue (im guilty of this too lolll). Anyway thank you for your transparency cos dang, errybody wanna be busy but no one wants to admit to boredom 🙃🙃
Thanks Ehis! I totally relate to some of this… I’m considering a post-grad & want to go back to KCL at 29. Somehow, academia never escapes my mind but yet everyone is getting married #midlifecrisis
I related to this so much. December is such a rubbish month especially the weather 😖 butttt pls what’s ur skincare routine , ur skin is too damn clear😵💫.
