Taking the Jump and being a dreamer

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 Taking the Jump and being a dreamer



This year has been a rollercoaster! This is the time of year when some of us do an introspective of ourselves, our growth, what have we accomplished? Where am I going in the coming year and did I save enough?

I have been asking myself about the importance of being self-reliance and taking the jump into being my own boss.
It is an unpopular decision to take the leap without a back plan and leaving a position at work.

Self-doubt and fear, as I have found are the killer of dreams. If you accept them as a barrier you barely accomplish anything in life. I have been thinking quite a lot but not actually doing much.

Initially I was going to delve into what I termed my ‘turmoil year', but one of my friend was like ‘what turmoil’?



My friend lost two loved ones, a loss of income in this year alone, so what turmoil am I in?
So put you big girl panties on and put some positivity in your life and act.

I do a checklist every New Year about my goals. 

 When asked if I had accomplished most of the things on my list, I answered, yes, most of them. But I wasn't smiling ear to ear with the accomplishments, I felt like an underachiever.

But the more I thought about it, the more I realized I was being unreasonable. I got my first job after my first degree. I went on to graduate with an honours degree in June, got my driver's license and made new connections that led to the unexpected life experiences. 

For some of us success is materialism, it's buying your first car, living in an apartment paid by you or not, and an upgrade on a phone.

A girl needs to look snatched in my new Brazilian weave, latest trends in clothes and hair and make-up, if I am ‘successful’, I need to look like it.  

But honestly who cares?

Materialism has become a standard of our success, if she or he looks good on their status, than life must be treating them well.

Life has a funny way to show you what it really means to be having it good.

It means appreciating what I have, working harder to actually have better life which has given me more than I deserve. 

I'll pat myself on back for a good job well done, but the toughest task's lie ahead, living up to my own expectations and doing what I said I would.

Enough talk, now is time to act.

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