Hello steemians!
I was speaking with a friend today, she happened to be a secondary school friend(high school for all ye 'mericans). Funny how time flies, we were not in the same class, I studied science, she studied art, but we where all in the same grade.
Well, we recently got talking again and I found out that she just finished from the university.
In a country like nigeria, many people, many youths actually go to uni, and graduate successfully, but the problem is actually finding work to do and earn a living.
So as I was saying, we spoke about the past, how life was in school, and then i threw the big question.
what are you doing now that you've finished from school?
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Needless to say, the answer was not what I expected. Maybe my expectations were too high, or being an individual who had always been "working" right since when I was in school, I had no experience with what she was talking about.
Our conversation goes into her explaining that she wished she had learnt some skills in school then, cause as of right now, she is at home, without money, waiting for a job.
She then goes on to say that she is trying to learn a skill now
Now I am not saying it is a bad thing, infact the mere mention that she is "trying" is better than many people out there who have no jobs and are not willing to look for one.
To get my point, I'll like to go back to when i was in school.
A few years back, when i entered the university to study, I was an average student, like everyone else I had no goals, no plans, just the idea that I was going to study, then after school get a job.
I met friends along the way,all of which are on steemit, and the more I grew with them, the more i understood that time and life waited for no one.
I learnt quickly that acquiring skills, knowledge and connections is something that should be done while still in school, as that could help one's life in the future alot.
I had always been in love with music, and that had kept me going, but it was in school that I started my production business, it was in school I joined several small groups of producers.
So really, i had been acquiring skills and knowledge all through the past years, my books and certificate aside, I was already a full fledge entrepreneur and music businessman by the time I left school.
Today I do not have to wait for the government to pay me any salary at the end of the month.
Infact when i joined steemit, my work schedule was so tight that I literally had to called on phone by a friend who is a steemian also that i should be posting.
What am I saying in all these?
My friend made the mistake or should i say was not enlightened enough to acquire those skills early on in school, as a result, she sits in her parents house being a dependent.
It doesn't have to be a school related venture, if anything at all, the main goal of this post is to try and remind all that skill aquisition, knowledge, connection, all comes from the early age.
An example used in the music scene here is one of a 40 year old man trying to learn the guitar.
No matter how hard he tries he can never;
- gain the same experience as a guitar player who started in his teens
- practice the same number of hours that a teen player has practiced
- attain the height of a player who started as a teen and has been consistent without a major talent and cash backing.
It is my belief that the older one is, the more difficult it is to start something new.
Taking advantage of being under your parents roof to make those decisive choices is key to am easy and smooth transition to adulthood.
The last time I saw my parents was in January, the last time I got money from he was in march, since then, i have been quite on my own, and comfortable, courtesy of the skills I learnt those years back.
Steem trip
All that aside, I am going to be taking a steem powered trip to the southern part of nigeria! I am going to Sapele Delta state nigeria, the place I was born and breed.
It is going to be exciting, as ill get to meet some of the steemians on this platform staying in that town. Steemians such as 
From there i would like to connect to other cities in the south of the country where other steemians reside.
I cant wait!
Don't mind me if the article doesn't correlate all too well. Like i said, its just random thoughts and talks. If just one person can learn from this post, then it is ok by me