In 2019 two days after I graduated with my undergraduate bachelor, a cousin of mine called me to congratulate me. He went ahead and told me, "Hussein I know your so happy and you have a lot of plans in life. Now that you have graduated, you want to get a well-paying job, then buy a car, marry a beautiful woman and live in Nairobi." I was fascinated by his comment and unable to hide my happiness I told him, "Yeah exactly." But wait, damn, how did he know all that? I was shocked. He chuckled at my reply and said, "do you know we also have that plans and expectations when we graduated but look at our life now." He was a graduate of USIU Africa and graduated back in 2015 when I began my degree. Up to the time we were having this discussion, he was jobless.
He advised me to lower my expectations and expect less from life and if by any chance, life favours me I should take advantage of it and capitalize on it. "Expect as many blows as you can from life because it's inevitable." He said and hang up then immediately sent me 2000 shillings to my account so that I should continue spoiling myself because I was a fresh graduate in town and I deserved it.
Looking back, seeing my life today and the little progress I made since that time, I always shake my head in disbelief. All his prophecy has come to pass. The good thing is that I am not shocked and moved even an inch because I was prepared for it.
I think it's only healthy to prepare our students and all the graduates for the shitty life awaiting them outside here. They shouldn't be caught off-guard such that they start suffering depression and other mental health illnesses when their life takes a turn for the worse tomorrow.
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