South Sudan: New Year’s Resolution for 2020
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A young South Sudanese girl poses with the flag of South Sudan
By Majok Arol Dhieu, Juba, South Sudan
Tuesday, 31 December 2019 (PW) — I loosely belted my bath-rope when a thought of writing my new year’s resolutions crossed my mind while still in the bathroom. As New Year is slowly nearing despite the fact that my smartphone under my belt is running out of power, I rushed into my thatched cottage before my phone run out of power completely to think and write what I look should be my new year’s resolution. After an hour, I came up with the following resolutions for 2020 and beyond.
- Not to participate in politics
In politics, nobody does something for nothing; there’s always a quid pro quo involved. In such case, I shouldn’t license myself a liar or an opportunist when I still have other chances at my disposal. This resolution will not end by the fall of 2020; it’ll last when I turn forty-five years old.
- To stop associating myself with easy-going kooks who switch their allegiance in exchange for monetary gain
Being in company with bunch of kooks can only make a person produce at the end, the most bizarre stories which have never been heard. In our current situation, I’ve witnessed that friends and people with unswerving devotion are bought. This’s ridiculously unreasonable and unsound. I swear, I’ve not and I’ll never enter into such deals. I know how to hold my tongue; it’s something I learned at my mother’s knee. Those who are bought to do such deals are just gamblers, if they’re not criminal persecutors and those who buy people to execute such deals are boobies, if they’re not plotters.
In my far east of Bahr El Ghazal Region, we’ve a local proverb which says, “A company of many helpless members is worse than poverty”. Such people upon being identified should be kept in isolation regardless of the upmost branches of close bonds since brotherhood, loyalty and friendship is not merely a monetary issue.
- Learn new most lucrative skills
Just for an important reminder on the journey of one’s life, it’s so awful to travel through time with no greater ambition than to find the next lovely meal. Yes, I know getting money is difficult and everyone needs it, but it’s hard to get and keep it in steady enough flow to meet someone needs throughout. A new skill to learn puts someone in line for new income streams.
In 2020, I’ll enrol for project management course because I want to learn the methodology and the project life cycle in order to manage my CBO (Community Based Organization) with ease if funded.
I’ll also learn personal finance because this task causes most people unwanted stress. It’ll play an important role if I see that my funds for non-essentials are dwindling faster than the days left in the month, then I may cut back where I can and let the savings accrue.
In addition, I’ll enrol for an advanced driving course to gain a license than a shortcut. By the time I’ll complete the course, it’ll challenge me to think differently about road users, their behaviour and understand their underlying driving psychology for my own safety and that of passengers.
- To complete my memoir within or by the fall of 2020
In 2020, I’ll reduce my activeness on social media in order to concentrate on my memoir to complete it. I want my readers to walk away knowing me, and my experience, on a much deeper level. I’ll not cut out interesting tidbits about how I handled the situation even if the stories slap some people faces.
- To face my fear and insecurities
In 2020, I must to use a survival mechanism to ensure I don’t get eaten by predators or get shivers to move away before being run down in traffic though nature programmed my body to react at a faster speed when I’m exposed to danger.
I must make sure not to succumb to fear by keeping my balance and remove, ‘’I don’t fit in scenario’’. I’ll manage this by sticking to my plans and take appropriate actions per a day than doing nothing. I’ve to know in mind that if I stop fighting my way and often do things unwillingly; the chance of letting the wind take me whichever direction it so pleases is very high.
Yes, it’s easier said than done but, the good news is that I’ve technology in my pocket that can help me follow through on my resolutions in the form of reminder apps such as to-do-list and task management.
Wishing you all a happy, productive, healthy prosperous New Year 2020!
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