How many times have we wished we could have been taught particular things in life that would have come in handy in life? Today I have made a compilation of my wish list far all that I wish I had been taught, but wasn’t, or other stuff that would have made a difference to my life.
1. Financial Management
I wish I was taught how to manage money, how to have discipline while spending that money, know where it comes from, how it is earned and maybe that would have let me appreciate it and know how to control it. Isn’t that what spending is about? Controlling where your money goes?
2. Career Development
I wish I had learnt career development, what different options were out there, how to build slowly to achieve particular career goals.
I wish I had a mentor, to give me a helping hand in my career development. To give me a model of what is needed to achieve my goal.
I wish that I could have someone actually look at my road map (not just file it) and discuss it with me. I wish we had a review together once in a while and check on my progress, or lack of.
3. School
I wish that I would have learnt good studying habits early.
I wish that study time was more than time to get together and socialize, or sit around table and play pranks on each other.
I wish that someone would have take notice of what I was actually studying in school instead of waiting for graduation day to know, or even bounce on my supposed graduation because I did not qualify to graduate.
I wish teachers could be more specific than “could do better”. Never made any sense to me, and never me gave any idea of what they wanted out of me.
I wish we also had a library membership so that I could read more books like my friends, and not have to read them during class time because they have to be taken back.
(Got into trouble with my teacher for that once)
4. Society
I wish I had learnt how to be myself and not part of the group. I wish I could have found a way of eliminating the feeling of ‘loneliness in a crowd’ earlier.
I wish someone could see me as an individual and not one of many.
I wonder what would have been different had my wish list been seen by someone who could have done something about it.
Today’s challenge
Pick any item on the wish list and change a child’s life today.
1. Financial Management
I wish I was taught how to manage money, how to have discipline while spending that money, know where it comes from, how it is earned and maybe that would have let me appreciate it and know how to control it. Isn’t that what spending is about? Controlling where your money goes?
2. Career Development
I wish I had learnt career development, what different options were out there, how to build slowly to achieve particular career goals.
I wish I had a mentor, to give me a helping hand in my career development. To give me a model of what is needed to achieve my goal.
I wish that I could have someone actually look at my road map (not just file it) and discuss it with me. I wish we had a review together once in a while and check on my progress, or lack of.
3. School
I wish that I would have learnt good studying habits early.
I wish that study time was more than time to get together and socialize, or sit around table and play pranks on each other.
I wish that someone would have take notice of what I was actually studying in school instead of waiting for graduation day to know, or even bounce on my supposed graduation because I did not qualify to graduate.
I wish teachers could be more specific than “could do better”. Never made any sense to me, and never me gave any idea of what they wanted out of me.
I wish we also had a library membership so that I could read more books like my friends, and not have to read them during class time because they have to be taken back.
(Got into trouble with my teacher for that once)
4. Society
I wish I had learnt how to be myself and not part of the group. I wish I could have found a way of eliminating the feeling of ‘loneliness in a crowd’ earlier.
I wish someone could see me as an individual and not one of many.
I wonder what would have been different had my wish list been seen by someone who could have done something about it.
Today’s challenge
Pick any item on the wish list and change a child’s life today.
