One thing that I haven't been able to come up with for the year 2024 are new-year resolutions. I crossed over into this year with my family and loved ones, and all I had was just gratitude to God, considering the past experiences that have brought me to the point I am at in my life. But does that mean that I have no plans for the new year? Not at all. In fact, I have so much planned for myself that I'm not sure that this year could accommodate it all.
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I have decided that this year I will improve myself, physically and otherwise. I am looking forward to starting and ending with a postgraduate diploma in ultrasound and working with it. I think that is one of the things I look forward to the most.
I have spent almost five years working without adding up any extra certificates. Most organisations, if they interviewed me, would wonder why I stayed that long without improving myself. It isn't because I don't want to, and it isn't because I exactly lacked the funds to do so, but because I didn't make myself a priority. A trait that I have been constantly working to change since the second quarter of last year. The journey has been difficult, as I still find myself in a state of financial lack because of those I needed to help.
The past year, I saw everyone moving—my sisters, friends, even my mother—all doing something to become better in their respective fields. It made me feel tired and lost. I felt like I was supposed to do something about it but couldn't find the strength to start, despite my frustration.
I have applied for the programme, and a part of me is really worried because a lot of people apply for this particular diploma with limited slots available, and graduates like us, who aren't exactly medical doctors or nurses, are considered at the bottom of the list despite being graduates of the medical sciences.
I can only hope, though, that I am offered that admission because if I don't get it, it'll set my plans back another year.
Apart from improving myself career-wise, I would also get to travel to different states for classes during the duration of the course, and I would get to visit new places, meet new people, and network. I seem to have gotten to the age where I now know that just hard work alone can't get you where you want to go; you need people too—good people, the right people, and a bit of luck.
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I have also decided to change my apartment this year, as the one I currently live in is small and the walls are beginning to shed their cement. The funniest thing is that running water hasn't been available here for about two months now because the pumping machine stopped working, despite all attempts to fix it, and the landlord of the rented apartments refused to do anything about it. There is no gate as well, and even though we've never been robbed since I moved in, I still get worried every time I head out to work. The landlord also refused to get it fixed. I can't wait to leave, although my finances wouldn't let me do that immediately, but I'm sure I'll work it out.
I do hope it works out for me, and I am already excited for all the good things and amazing experiences that the year will bring.
I wish you all a great and amazing new year!
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