Not always do we get what we expect to. That does not in any way mean that you are incompetent or are bad at what you do; it just wasn’t your time to have it. Mid this week, I wrote today’s article with the the hope of getting somewhere with it, but clearly, that wasn’t God’s plan. In this new week (a week starts on Saturday, otherwise why is it called Jumamosi?) do your VERY BEST at what you get in your hands to do. It will work or it won’t work out. Either way once you are done, you’ll be a better version of yourself.

Read and share your experience with me, maybe?

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Phrases like “This is the New Normal” and “We need to normalize this and that” have become
commonly used statements in 2020. I was sure this year would be the beginning of a New
Normal; not the new normal we are currently adapting to. I’d psychologically, financially and
physically prepared myself kupiga sherehe this whole decade because you know what they said
about 2020 and it being the start of a decade packed with graduations, job promotions, ruracios,
bridal showers, weddings and baby showers for us, millennials. These life achievements are still
taking place, but not with the hype I’d anticipated.
My biggest disappointment was the ban on social gatherings. I’d been looking forward to the
annual Rotary Sunshine Rally, an event I had missed over the years. As a matter of fact, I had
created a countdown to the event. Unfortunately, this ban was declared LESS than 24 hours to
the big day. I was now disappointed and very uncertain of how long the ban would last, just like
everyone else. I kept wondering how life would be without the social gatherings. You know man
is a social being and he therefore needs to constantly interact with others.
The ban came with the indefinite closure of learning institutions and the ‘work from home’
routine being the new norm. At first I was happy at the thought of not going back to school. My
4-month long holiday was about to come to an end and I really don’t like the transition from a
flexible routine at home to a fixed routine at school. A few weeks into it, everyone was either
having a business meeting via a Zoom call or a class on Google Meet or a group discussion on
Microsoft Teams. This was such an amazing experience for me, because I had toyed with the
idea of signing up for online classes before I joined campus.
However, the remote learning program had me confined to my study room for the better part of
the week, either listening to my lecturers or having a discussion with my classmates. At this
point, I realized enrolling for online classes wasn’t a good idea as I had thought. Ideally, while
on campus I’d be ACTIVELY listening to my lecturers while in class, then have lunch with my
classmates and throw banter while at it and eventually hang out with close friends in the evening.
Now with the new norm that was online classes, I couldn’t experience the campus life I had been
accustomed to for the past two years.
With all these sudden changes, I ended up having cabin fever. Spending my days in the same
environment everyday was taking a huge toll on me. Unfortunately I couldn’t change my
environment because then, the ‘stay at home’ campaigns were at their peak. Slowly I found
myself listening to conversations on varied topics, online. Around this time I started to actively
engage my friends in conversations, via wozap and occasionally on zoom calls. I found a safe
haven in listening and having conversations. The conversations were, on several cases, not tied
to the pandemic. It was and still is therapeutic to hear other people’s opinions and listen to
someone talk about an experience I’d been through as well.

~Bible Vibes~

but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 40:31