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Recently I had the privilege of graduating after five years in campus. To crown my many years in school (about 20) I decided to celebrate with few friends and relatives who shared with me several ways of how one can succeed in life especially in one’s career. I collected all those good points and added a few others that I have been practicing to create this blog post. I hope they motivate us more towards our goals in life. Prioritize your lane ; there are very many things that we can do at a go but it is good to identify the most important task of them all and put more focus on it. We cannot serve two masters equally at the same time, there will always be some bias therefore know your lane and stick to it. A good example is balancing between doing businesses and studying while in school. Too much of one of them may be a negative influence on the other therefore as much as we can do both there is a line we should draw to be able to achieve our main goal for going to school. Don’t ...

Sometimes I think of how unpredictable life is and it scares me. Today we are here, tomorrow we are not and that is life. It has a way of making us happy today and sad another day, it makes me wonder why we do so many things the way we do. sometimes we laugh, other times we cry, sometimes we succeed and other times we fail terribly. Along the way in life we make so many changes and yet life goes on. All these things happen to make us stronger and give us a reason to believe in God for a better life on earth and after here. Many instances happen to remind us the kind of people we should be. We ought to be people full of love for each other, we ought to learn to do good to others the same way we expect good from them. The fact that life is unpredictable should make us realise that we are not always going to have each other and for that reason we ought to make peace with everyone around us. we should forgive each other the same way God forgives us. Its unfortunate that not all people a...

Unpredictable life. Gone too soon. Till we meet again. Life lost at a young age is so sad to come in terms with. We walk, talk, eat, laugh, cry and do all that we do because we have life. We may lack some of life's necessities but we do have life, the richest necessity ever. I mourn, we mourn our very own comrade, a life lost too soon, too sudden.  Rest in peace Sinbad Ongeri. Five years of being classmates went too quick and truth be told none of us, at least not me imagined we could loose any of us anytime soon. We have felt the pain of loosing a comrade before, RIP Nimrod but death came back and took yet another comrade. Travel well brother, we will miss the moments shared all these years, good and bad, funny and not funny, that is what life brought to us. Some of these memories still fresh, the final year dinner, fifth year project presentation, sports day, survey camp to name but a few. I now realize how fragile life can be because tomorrow is not a guarantee however pai...

Once upon a time, I was a little girl in primary school with big dreams. I wanted to become someone important in future and this dream woke me up every single day. From Lukhokwe primary school to Lugulu boarding primary school to The Kenya High school all the way to University of Nairobi there has always been a silent sometimes spoken dream in me. The urge to make it in life, to be the change I want to be, make my parents proud, to stand out and to be a leader in my own way has never left my side. I feel like I am on the right track especially after landing my first attachment after campus with CCRP (Collaborative Crop Research Program). This is the perfect first time job for me, all other factors aside; it takes me back to where my dreams started (primary school) and how I grew up (with farmers). It is exciting to wake up each morning knowing I am going to meet new pupils and new farmers somewhere along the day. The constant reminder of how far I have come and how much I ne...