Isaac Olagunju
2 min readFeb 5, 2022

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Time flies

“Oh snap! What took me so long? I should have applied for those offers, I should have dug deep, I should have tried harder”. Yeah, I know it sucks to live in the shadows of past mistakes and attempts that you should have taken more seriously. You probably tried many times and failed upon attempting or you didn’t even make a move. You literally allowed a pawn to swoop your queen so easily. They are gone now, so dwelling on those ain’t getting you nowhere. Want some nuggets?

  • First and foremost, stop lurking on that bed and couch of yours and stand up!! You are never going to get anything done on those. “But I can work perfectly well while I’m on bed man”. Fine, it’s a way of me saying you should get out of your comfort zone. Any more minutes spent on those could cause more harm than good.
  • Baby steps: Well you have to start somewhere of course. Starting a new task from scratch is literally not an easy one. Do you want to be a model? Well, you have to start taking more nice and attractive pictures instead of fantasizing about how ‘Cardi-B’ you look inside those brains of yours. Want to be an athlete? Bruv, you know those early morning runs are important right? And yes you! Want to be a writer? Screaming ‘WOW’ to every conversation won’t get you anywhere. You have to painfully and happily involve yourself in those discussions girl.
  • Don’t think! Do it! : Most times, people tend to have thought how bad everything and every way things could possibly go. They do that by belittling every move that should be made and dwelling on how they suck at things. Well, you’re no pro yet, so suck it up and just do it. You’d thank yourself in a year’s time? Hell no! That’s too far. You’d be happy you did when you get back to that bed of yours at dusk.

To be continued……

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Isaac Olagunju

A well versed expert level writer with solid experience of over three years as a head, intern, member and volunteer to several magazines and editorial boards.