DEALING WITH SOCIETAL PRESSURES

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Dealing with societal pressures is what I will be sharing shortly. In the world, there are many kind of pressures and different kind of causes however, it's expedient that one finds a means of overcoming them. It might not be easy but there's always a way to absorb the effect. Societal pressure management is very important of which I would briefly give some insight into it much later.

Societal pressure are influences that makes people or individual anxious about success or failure pending on the case. Everyone has one or two pressure battling with now or experience it before. The societal pressure many are struggling with are marriage, social status, academic prowess, unemployment etc. I will practically share the pressure of marriage and that of unemployment; how I managed them.

When I was growing up, I never wanted anything relationship especially with the opposite sex. Even when I got admission for my first degree, I never experienced great pressure about marriage till when I dropped my last paper as a 400level student, the feeling for relationship and marriage started at about 65% then later shoot up. Most of my friends started flying their invitation cards for wedding. I was like what? Am I gonna be the only single person now amongst my cliques? Ha... those kind of questions could pose a thread if not properly managed. Hmmm I never knew the implication of marriage and other details ooooo. I didn't even ask my self how prepared am I as a fresh graduate? I was just disturbed because of my peers. I rushed and went straight to talk to a lady and she agreed to walk with me in a relationship. I started feeling among...levels changed little did I know I was just trying to gratify the desires of my flesh.

In summary, the way I rushed into such relationship, the same speed I used to retrace myself back. The reality was done on me that isn't time for such relationship. I was carried away by the pressures from friends. Never you act because of others instead understand the time of God over your life. Don't allow peer group mount pressure on you for anything or any reason. I bended to the pressure. At the right and appointed time without any pressure I got married, blessed with beautiful kids today.

One of the societal pressure I would like to share again is the issue of unemployment. Nigeria is a beautiful country blessed with thousands of graduate virtually every year and it's quite disheartening that a good percentage of such graduates aren't employed. It appears as if going to school is a waste of time but every one tends to look at the opportunity ahead when one finishes from school. I have seen people out of desperation to get job spend huge amount of money that would have given them the opportunity to start up a good business. At the end you may not have the job. What a world.

The desire of every graduate is to have a good paying pensionable job and when this isn't met, the pressure becomes so high. There are many that died without securing the job. At some points in my life too, I applied to so many organisations for job opportunity Hmm some called me for interview whereas others proved abortive. Hmmm it will interest you that I was a victim of a promising and lucrative job. I paid heavily for it and after a long time of waiting, the story line changed till finally I realised that the person is a fraudster by investigation, he has collected money from other desperate job seekers.

• How to deal with some societal pressure

*Be patient and never compare yourself with others. God's time is always the best. Don't forget the law of process.

*Try to read and learn from other people's experiences.

*Be focused and prayerful to your creator.

Thanks for reading through my entry for week 98 edition 2.