Growing up as a child until my teenage age , I never knew that life is one hectic thing with challenges, because at that stage in life, my parents were the ones catering for my needs. From school fees to all the books buying, feeding allowance and all sorts of other expenses.
Adulthood is one age that comes with personal pressures because at this time in our lives, we are already aware of what awaits us. At this point in our life, we begin to have dreams, we set goals we want to achieve and have expectations that we put in efforts on.
Adulthood brings a clear understanding and create more awareness of how life works and at this time, personal pressures are beginning to mount on us especially if we are the type that wants to succeed in life due to how we see others succeeding. From this point of reasoning, we begin to set priorities and by all means will wants to achieve them.
During my higher education years , I had some friends that were close to me. And most of them I came to find out with time were from well connected families. And any time we sat together to talk of what life will be after the campus, all they say is how their parents has started to talk to other family friends for their jobs connection. That once they are out of school, jobs will already be waiting for them, so they do not need to go about searching for jobs
Those days were one hell of days I felt so bad with because of I started to have so much tension on who knows how long it will take one to get a job. And not just getting a job, but the right job for the right pay 馃挵. And my mind will continue to go to my senior sister who was not able to secure a better job after she graduated until few years later. We don鈥檛Then the pressure started to mount on me because I don鈥檛 want wast any time after my service.
But what we don鈥檛 know is tomorrow. It does not matter what our goals are, expectations, aspirations and desires because these are what brings personal pressures that make us to over work ourselves. Because even before the end of my service after I graduated, I already had two different interviews to attend. In fact, one of the interviews was through where I served. I could not believe it that after the interviews , the two job came through that I have to make my choice. This is what we don鈥檛 know about life because we don鈥檛 know tomorrow.
Now as mother with family, personal pressures I deal with is especially the ones about my children as teenagers that I have to support my spouse financially in catering for them as they go through their stages of studies. Bringing up children in this era is not an easy one due to how inflation has affected the economy so badly. Its a big worry when it comes where and where you want to place your children environmentally to get a better education for a better tomorrow.
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Am also dealing with how the economy of my country has affected every businesses. Both selling of goods and services. Things are not the way it use to be. As a service provider, clients are complaining on how their is no fund to go for new apartments, buy land or even relocate for upgrade. These are sources of personal pressures as they are ways to help generate income. Once I think of this inflation issue and were it has placed things, am not always in the best of my mood , but always hopeful that God will always do His best for His children.
In all , I have come to understand that the pressure we face in life are what we cause ourselves most times because there are some certain things we can鈥檛 do on our own which is why we should believe in miracle and not over stress ourselves for our mental health. This is one resolution I have made of recent in life to have my peace of mind . I just live life with everyday being a grace and hoping for something new to happen because no one can change what has being destined.
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