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So What Now!?

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By Patrick Kariuki | Jul 20, 2017

So what now?
I am done with school and it felt so good. I'm sitting in my bedsitter thinking of where to look for a job. Mind you, I don't have a CV leave alone a formal degree. But due to the mindset that unemployment level is high in my country I won't go look for work.

I have had some thoughts on what to do with my life; Start a kamsall business with the money I have in my M-Shwari account or deposit that money to my Sportpesa account and bet on the jackpot maybe I'll be the next millionaire, or maybe I should go back home but then, my parents expect me to have a job now that I am done with school. What about the M-Akiba government bond? I have been getting random messages about it. It seems interesting but I have no idea on what it is so I won't invest my three thousand bob in it.

You see my life had order for the last 4 years. Home school and vice versa. Oh...and the random road trips in my friend's Subaru or the white Noah. How could I forget the house parties and raves. Fine ladies and liquor in plenty...
BTW where did everybody go after that night-out at B-Club? That night was lit. I can only recall being woken to open my door...

Back to my situation, even if I go look for a job, I can't and won't start as an intern or a freelancer. I can't be working for "free". Why then did I go to school? I won't go look for a job at that unknown company. For crying out loud I'm a university degree graduate. Not some guy from that college in CBD with a diploma certificate. Do these people know how much I've spend on my education? If I should be employed it should be in the major companies. Have a desk with a computer and a swinging chair. Earn a salary not less than 50K. Move from this bedsitter to a one bedroom that has WiFi, upgrade my android phone to an iOS phone, start using Uber, sell this woofer at OLX and buy a digital TV from Jumia, once in awhile grace these outdoor festivals, start talking brewed coffee...I'm getting carried away...
In the meantime, I'll sit and wait for the caretaker to come collect his master's due.