I had the thought of writing this prompt yesterday. Still, I was pretty occupied at work to the point that I lost track of time and I know it was so late that I couldn't hold my phone to do anything, it felt like I broke up with my phone for some hours, but right now my holding it in my hands like I never left it.
Talking about the gap year, if I'm being sincere, it isn't a bad thing though. I know how at every point in our lives, we want to achieve certain goals and keep the list going without pausing for a moment because they say "forward ever is the goal" who wants to go back when what lies ahead seems bright and beautiful like the colors in the sky.
Often people run faster than their shadows like my aunty would say without pausing for a while to see if that is actually what they want, I know the world we live doesn't wait for any man, the earth won't stop rotating while others take pause trying to determine their next move, or counting the odds if the life they are living right now is the life they've always wanted to live.
I know it doesn't always happen the way we plan it to be. Recently I was having a conversation with someone who has grown to be a sister, "friendship to sisterhood", we literally talk about everything. So we conversed and she started telling me about a time in her life when she felt like she was doing the wrong thing.
When she graduated from the university, her goal was to have a good-paying job. "I mean that is everyone's goal after university," though she got the job despite the pay not being what she would deem as being good enough, but then it was paying the bills and made her feel comfortable. So she stayed at her workplace. After working for two years, something dawned on her that what she is doing right now isn't what she would do for the rest of her life.
I know goals and aspirations are likely to change as time goes on, so she took some time off to reflect on herself and she called those moments "gap year" that was the time I heard the words and I was quite surprised and I asked "so you are likely to reflect on yourself for a year" then she smiled and replied "it might not be up to a year though" now that is the particular moment I got confused with the year that was being attached to the gap.
Then she said, after some months of taking some time off, she started realizing the new path to take that would lead her to become what would make her great. So she pursued a career in the world of fashion design, and looking at her today, I'm glad she made that decision because right now she owns a shop of her own and she is doing very well for herself.
image is mine
I know often taking a break might seem like putting a pause to everything, but then what would it profit a person to be doing something they don't like than taking a gap year to reminisce on their feelings and what they want in life. I know the life we are living every day, trying to make ends meet, doesn't always throw roses on our beds; rather, we are left with the responsibility of searching for those roses to decorate our beds.
And sometimes we might see the roses, but then what about the bed? Like myself currently, "I have a bed but I don't have the roses to throw on it," maybe someone can borrow me roses.
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