Ada Aniamam
NYSC done and dusted, irrespective of your batch. And I’ve come to accept that life after the National Youths Service is the real deal.
Get ready for questions like – How much have you saved? What skills have you learnt? Will they retain you at your PPA?
Some will advise you to start up a business because there’s no job in Nigeria. Some will say, ‘You can’t get rich doing a 9-5 job.’ Lest I forget, the marriage talk, especially for ladies, is unavoidable real, just as issues like furthering of education or travelling abroad to hustle will be brought up. Different people will come up with different ideas!
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But these are the real questions you need to answer: What do I want to do? What is my purpose? What am I passionate about? What do I enjoy doing? What is the next step I must take? Should I pursue a career, go into business, get married or further my education? Am I fulfilling my dreams if I do this? Is this the right step to achieving my goals? Etc.
You are in a good position to decide what you want for your life. You ask yourself those questions and you provide the answers yourself. Don’t let pressure, ‘I want to be like my friend’, self-doubt, low-self esteem and negativity push you into doing what you will regret later. Follow your dreams, be passionate, be optimistic, set a time frame, be hardworking and, most importantly, trust God.
Interestingly, if you ask me, I cannot 100 per cent say I have overcome all the questions too. Perhaps you don’t know – I have also just completed my youths service. I rounded off some three months ago. If I must add, within that period, I have tasted to jobs. I mean fill-gap jobs since I must do something before the big deal I desire comes. The first job got me negatively shocked and now I am on the second which, though is not paying heavily, is more promising.
When I thus ran into the subject of ‘Life after NYSC’ in a group chat, I felt that not only do I also have something to say, but I also owe it as a duty to share.
