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| "if you can't find a Job, create one!" |
So it has been a while I posted something on my blog. Checking
out my last post, I realized say one year
don waka sharparly –just like that! Well,
e no kuku be my fault. Na NYSC cause am.
Yes, I have been away serving my country Nigeria, under the rain and in the
sun, somewhere in a land called Osun. There
was a lot of experience to share and write about but somehow, I just didn’t find
the urge to lift my pen or strike my keyboard. I am back now, back to Lagos,
the center of excellence and my story is a different one.
I never really thought I would find myself in this shape. I always
thought I had it figured out. After graduation, get a job (of course I did, before
NYSC came calling), go for National service, get a job again, start a second
degree, and the dream goes on. The problem now is; it seems the dream has taken
a pause and all my effort to press play for the past one month isn’t responding.
With the two digit percent unemployment rate in Nigeria, I fear
I don’t get caught up in the unemployment storm. The hustle to get gainfully
employed in this country is maddening. What else can a fresh graduate with honors
from a reputable institution do to get a job? CV has been carefully drafted and
distributed to potential employers yet, no word from them. Honestly, sending
out resumes bores me.
Five weeks without any constructive thing to do except
patiently waiting for God’s favor to locate you no be easy something o. You are wondering why I am mentioning God
here, right? Every average Nigerian is a believer of some sort. Right now, I pray
my Oga at the Top favors me, lol.
Although I pray my adventure in the job market is
short-lived, I think it is time to start looking beyond paid employment. What if
my job search tarries, will I be staying at home doing nothing? Of course not!
I recently fell in love with Graphics design and photography,
so I guess that is what I will be using to fill in. I might even start posting
some of my works, so watch out. As I write
this, a little voice in my head is saying “if
you can’t find jobs, why not create one?”
Perhaps you
are reading this and you are in my shoes, I guess it is time you search
yourself for possible things you can do or enjoy doing without necessarily
wasting time on job hustling. After all, great businesses today were started by
people who had no jobs. If the job comes, fine; if it doesn’t, the better. Like the movie #3idiots, I conclude by
saying “All iz well”. [To be continued next week]
