The most difficult age for any man should be between 24 and 29 years,
the pressure to be something, to be someone is so immense. When you
look around you
everyone seems to be doing something for themselves, people seem to be
living a life you only dream of. You have applied for jobs and the
results have been more disappointing than Besigye’s shot at Presidency.
Sadly this is the age when most guys lose it, the age when if not
careful one is consumed by alcohol or drugs,because the disappointments
become too much and you find alternative ways to face reality. Worse is
when a few people you studied with have been lucky enough to land jobs,
soon your circle of
friends gets thinner – mostly they don’t even cut you out but you be real with yourself and cut yourself off.
I mean what you will do when you are in a WhatsApp group of friends
discussing about last week’s trip in Zanzibar and planning another road
trip to Kigali while you are not sure of what your next meal would be?
Most times you follow the conversation silently, all alone like a cross
on the grave. Soon you realize this is no longer your kind of crowd
because the more you keep around the more the pressure to be something
takes a toll on you.
You know when stories about house parties come up and you act deaf
because you don’t know where an extra 5 guys would fit in your house.
Have you ever sat in a group of people discussing the new iPhone on
the market or how British Airways offers shit services and you can feel
your heart whisper to you “ boss this is chest pain hour, can we just go
and find a group that talks about boda boda “. But you sit there as
these people are lost in their lifestyle conversations, you are like a
secretary taking minutes in meeting. You are totally forgotten like one
of a woman’s breasts during foreplay.
Once in a while one of the friends will turn and ask if you need
another drink and you wonder if you should just say No and head home,
but
head home to what? So you grudgingly drop in the “I will have just one
last one “lie. But after a few years of job hunting, you are now ready
to take anything even if is to smell a rich man’s farts as long as it
pays , so you end up as an office messenger in one blue chip company in
town.
To imagine that 3 years of studying and getting a degree is now
reduced to picking and dropping off letters and if you are not doing
that , you are being sent for cheap lunch by the employees when they are
broke and they can’t order with hello food. This is when conversations
about where people schooled start,
you go silent for it’s no longer of any use to say you also reached
University, it doesn’t matter – you have resorted to surviving.
Once in while you will bump into your now well to do classmates they
would offer you lunch, but not even eating the meals at caffesserie will
make you feel better about yourself, because in your mind you wish
instead they would give you the 30k and you sort your meals for the next
5 days. As it is the norm you will have photos taken, and uploaded on
Facebook, but always it’s your face that would look odd one out – not
even the best filters can
hide a face which has borne the city dust and survives on boiled beans.
The worst mistake you can do during this period is to try and date –
there is nothing that a person going through such times can offer in
terms of love. How are you going to do evening romantic walks when you
are tired from walking delivering letters in offices around town? What
are you going to tell your lady when she says she wants to go for Nile
Gold Jazz Safari? That your financial religion doesn’t allow it or what?
This is the age when you sit back and watch as the ladies you would
want to date are dating or getting married to guys 10 years older than
you.
And you can’t blame them – it’s only that your life seems to be
progressing slower than their goals in life. Most of the ladies you meet
during this period, if you are lucky will be patient with you till you
hit 28, and if by then your life is still in disarray like Liverpool’s
performance in the EPL then my friend be prepared for a walk out. But
then this is the age when you learn a lot of about life, if you can hack
through this stage of life the only hard moment in your life would be
when you lose your parents- that’s if you are still lucky enough to have
them.
This stage teaches you a lot about perseverance, about appreciating
the small wins you have each day, it teaches you something about
friendship, love, career growth and personal responsibility .This is
always your rise or fall moment depending on the choices you make. How
you live your life in the 30’s is determined by how you handled your
life in this phaseThe most difficult age for any man should be between 24 and 29 years,
the pressure to be something, to be someone is so immense. When you
look around you
everyone seems to be doing something for themselves, people seem to be
living a life you only dream of. You have applied for jobs and the
results have been more disappointing than Besigye’s shot at Presidency.
Sadly this is the age when most guys lose it, the age when if not
careful one is consumed by alcohol or drugs,because the disappointments
become too much and you find alternative ways to face reality. Worse is
when a few people you studied with have been lucky enough to land jobs,
soon your circle of
friends gets thinner – mostly they don’t even cut you out but you be real with yourself and cut yourself off.
I mean what you will do when you are in a WhatsApp group of friends
discussing about last week’s trip in Zanzibar and planning another road
trip to Kigali while you are not sure of what your next meal would be?
Most times you follow the conversation silently, all alone like a cross
on the grave. Soon you realize this is no longer your kind of crowd
because the more you keep around the more the pressure to be something
takes a toll on you.
You know when stories about house parties come up and you act deaf
because you don’t know where an extra 5 guys would fit in your house.
Have you ever sat in a group of people discussing the new iPhone on
the market or how British Airways offers shit services and you can feel
your heart whisper to you “ boss this is chest pain hour, can we just go
and find a group that talks about boda boda “. But you sit there as
these people are lost in their lifestyle conversations, you are like a
secretary taking minutes in meeting. You are totally forgotten like one
of a woman’s breasts during foreplay.
Once in a while one of the friends will turn and ask if you need
another drink and you wonder if you should just say No and head home,
but
head home to what? So you grudgingly drop in the “I will have just one
last one “lie. But after a few years of job hunting, you are now ready
to take anything even if is to smell a rich man’s farts as long as it
pays , so you end up as an office messenger in one blue chip company in
town.
To imagine that 3 years of studying and getting a degree is now
reduced to picking and dropping off letters and if you are not doing
that , you are being sent for cheap lunch by the employees when they are
broke and they can’t order with hello food. This is when conversations
about where people schooled start,
you go silent for it’s no longer of any use to say you also reached
University, it doesn’t matter – you have resorted to surviving.
Once in while you will bump into your now well to do classmates they
would offer you lunch, but not even eating the meals at caffesserie will
make you feel better about yourself, because in your mind you wish
instead they would give you the 30k and you sort your meals for the next
5 days. As it is the norm you will have photos taken, and uploaded on
Facebook, but always it’s your face that would look odd one out – not
even the best filters can
hide a face which has borne the city dust and survives on boiled beans.
The worst mistake you can do during this period is to try and date –
there is nothing that a person going through such times can offer in
terms of love. How are you going to do evening romantic walks when you
are tired from walking delivering letters in offices around town? What
are you going to tell your lady when she says she wants to go for Nile
Gold Jazz Safari? That your financial religion doesn’t allow it or what?
This is the age when you sit back and watch as the ladies you would
want to date are dating or getting married to guys 10 years older than
you.
And you can’t blame them – it’s only that your life seems to be
progressing slower than their goals in life. Most of the ladies you meet
during this period, if you are lucky will be patient with you till you
hit 28, and if by then your life is still in disarray like Liverpool’s
performance in the EPL then my friend be prepared for a walk out. But
then this is the age when you learn a lot of about life, if you can hack
through this stage of life the only hard moment in your life would be
when you lose your parents- that’s if you are still lucky enough to have
them.
This stage teaches you a lot about perseverance, about appreciating
the small wins you have each day, it teaches you something about
friendship, love, career growth and personal responsibility .This is
always your rise or fall moment depending on the choices you make. How
you live your life in the 30’s is determined by how you handled your
life in this phase
Saturday, 16 April 2016
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The MOST DIFFICULT AGE age for any MAN should be between 24 and 29 years, HERE is WHY
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