Reframing the Journey: From Unfinished Chapters to New Beginnings

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There are always a lot of things we wish we could have done
differently, a lot of decisions, and other things that affect our lives
directly or indirectly.

Five years ago, I was a master's student. I had finished
with my coursework and had passed my exams. What was left for me to do was to
choose a topic for my thesis and a lecturer of my choice to supervise me
through my thesis. I left the school with the form, and it is 5 year after I
never went back with the form or even filled it out. I didn't choose a topic
for my thesis and also found it difficult to select among the lectures who i
wanted to supervise me.

This was not the school to which I did my first degree, and
I didn't come to familiarise myself with the lectures to know who was the best
person to pick. I later came around to go with our then HOD, but a few weeks
later, he died of a heart attack.

I used to be someone who always made sure he finishes
anything they started, but this will come to be the first of many things I have
left uncompleted in my life, I now call myself a dropout because I know fully
Well, since I am never going back to complete the program, maybe I will start
Another one later, but for this, I have been away for too long. I will always look
back and wish I had done things differently. Maybe if I had taken it seriously
and outlined why I needed the degree, I would have finished the program and be
An M.Sc. holder today.

On a lighter note, and the bright side, I know that I learned
a lot during the period of my program, even though I have no papers to prove it,
I am not a dropout; I withdrew from the program because of uncertainties and
unfamiliar environment,t and if i will go back today, I am sure of mapping out my
goals and how to achieve them, even before I start. In trying to return to
Someone who always finishes what they start, I try to focus on little wins,
making and completing daily tasks. I also break my goals down into smaller ones
and make sure to achieve them little by little until the whole goal is fully
achieved.

My name is Hive account@rishagamo, and this is my response to the Hive student week 39 prompt, Title: “FIVE YEARS BACK”.