When I was little I had my life all planned out, and not just my life, also the life of my siblings.

I saw my life as this, I would graduate from secondary school at the age of seventeen, enter University at the age of that same seventeen, graduate at the age of twenty-two with a first class, find a man and get married.

Looking back now, I am laughing at myself. Mathematics and anything related to calculations pushed me and my dream of being a medical doctor away from science, Post-Jamb stopped me from entering University at the age of seventeen and corona is trying to ruin my chances of entering this year. As for marriage, I had always thought everyone will get married a year after their graduation from college, till I started seeing people still single in their forties, little Chidimma didn't think of that then, but I am thinking of it now.

When we were little, we had always expected life to go smoothly for us. Most of us wanted to be doctors, lawyers, engineers, pilots and bankers. But the situation Nigerian is in will push a man who studied Mechanical engineering and graduated with a first-class to teach physics in a private school.

Where do we actually see ourselves in years to come, I know this thought has crossed everyone minds. Our country Nigeria holds no promises for us, and our proof are the amount of citizens roaming the street in search of a job. We see a lot of programs opening up everyday, ask them what it for and they tell you it's to create more job opportunities, but will they ever be enough?

Lying down on my bed writing this, I have a vision in my head, but it isn't just about having a vision, it's also about working towards it and having a plan B. Don't keep your mind set on only Plan A, if one path doesn't work, create another. Rich boys may turn out to be poor men in the future, and Poor boys may be Rich men in the future, it all depends on the path we work towards in life.

Believe it or not, there is only one that can help you, and I don't want to turn to a preacher here, but there is God. He is stronger than the leaders of this country, and if you turn to him, he will answer. Don't look at this and laugh, because you will just be decent yourself, this is reality.

Work hard towards what you want to achieve, and always put God in this and in the next twenty years, you won't find yourself begging on the street.