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Chasing goals the Jesus- way

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photo; unsplash.com A friend once told me, "We go to the university to get a degree but what makes the journey amazing or not, might not necessarily be the lectures and the exams, but the friends we make, the experiences and the memories we build through that journey." It is very important to set goals; goals with their action plans are the step-by-step ladder to achieving most of the things we dream of or are called to do or be. So I started setting my goals, from the big to the small, the weekly ones and then the daily ones. Oh, the great feeling of accomplishment at the end of a day that I had ticked everything off my to-do list. I mean I was good at this: set a goal and hit it! I would not achieve all the daily goals every other time, of course, but generally I was doing well. Did Jesus set goals? As I set the next day's to-do list, I wondered if the most perfect example for Christian living: Jesus Christ, ever set goals. "Did he s...

Overworked yet Underpaid, Solution.

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Photo credit; Campus Move 101 Yes I agree with you, I might not be the perfect person to offer the solution, for the sorrow of being overworked but underpaid However you can still hear me out, please do. Since the percentage of graduates who are able to get jobs every year is very low, about 20%, many employees are in this sad situation of being overworked and underpaid since they are even lucky to have a job.  However even with some of the best paying jobs, we are still underpaid especially in Uganda. Most people work for at least 8 hours a weekday, and spend about 2 hours commuting, making it 10 hours, then sleep for also 10 hours per night making it 20 hours each day then we are left with only 4 hours of our lives and a weekend to live; to have quality family time, spiritual growth, give back to community, read, go back to school, relax, exercise, keep up with work assignments and follow up the side hustle. If you spend more than 8hours at work, tha...