Being me...

I came across this interesting article that lists forty important milestones, besides getting married... It was interesting going through them and seeing which ones I can cross off as having accomplished! Why don't you take a look and see how many you can cross off your own list! Here is the list! 1. Signing a Lease for an apartment that's completely yours - Check! 2. Doing something that's terrified you your entire life - Nope! 3.Going through a painful breakup and refusing to let it drown you - Check! 4. Asking for a raise when you know you deserve it - Sadly no 5.Giving money that you don't have enough of to people or causes you believe in - I don't think so 6.Taking your parents on a vacation or out to dinner 7.Reconnecting with an old friend that you have always regretted loosing touch with 8.Giving a heartfelt well written speech at a friends' wedding 9.Accepting a job or promotion that pulls you out of your comfort zone - I haave!! I diiiii...

Have you ever felt unsatisfied with what you are doing? Have you ever reached a point in your life where waking up and simply driving to work was a huge task that left you drained? I have. And trust me, it is an experience you never want to have. I graduated from University in 2010 and since then I have only ever worked in Law Firms. The kinds of tasks I have done vary greatly, but once you have been in the same industry for six years, it starts to feel like majority of what you do is just repetition. Yes the cases are different, different Clients, different facts, but at the end of the day, we apply mostly the very same set of legal principles over and over and over again. So yes, after a while it gets old, boring, and just mundane. Given the fact that majority of the employed population in Tanzania keep 8am to 5pm jobs, five times a week, it is a fact that we spend most of our time in work compared to anywhere else. Now imagine not being passionate about what you do for 45 h...