DIRECTIONLESS- PROGRAMMING HELPED ME GET THROUGH.

Directionless: Mindless scrolling, growing frustration, dwindling hope.

We were just about to start our first semester final year exams, when the rumours of ASUU's strike started flying around. In all honesty, I really wished the strike would actually take place, because I was genuinely far behind in my academics. The pains of your project being rejected time and time again, began to creep in and at that point, I felt I needed a break. And this two weeks ASUU strike was the exact break I thought I needed.

Later, when the news about the Corona virus was announced, along with the fact that we should stay at home, I was very ecstatic, I legit leaped from my bed and started dancing. I remember iconically closing my books and going straight to the parlour to turn on the TV.

Days turned to weeks and I started feeling guilty as to how much I neglected my books, so I started doing some light reading. However when the whole Corona virus statistics became progressively serious, and we were faced with another lockdown, I realized then that I might as well do what I've always had in mind to do, "programming"! I decided to give it a shot.

However, before I started the online course on AI, I was very much still filled with hopes that for sure school would reopen by latest, July; After a few weeks in fact, I started trolling the internet, just looking for any news regarding when schools would resume. With no end in sight, I gradually started feeling frustrated at home. So I figured that starting and following up with this course on programming would hopefully help me take my mind off things.

It's amusing that we were so certain that schools would reopen that my mom made an extra rent payment for my house thinking I could just stay there until school resumes. Well I can boldly say, my rent will soon run out and ASUU is emphatically telling us to "have fun"!

I can't say my stay at home is a complete waste, because I can certainly say that my spiritual life has exponentially grown. I do a lot of life introspection, and when the thought of depression comes (basically with the whole schooling system), I'm always quick to assure myself that; this programming knowledge I am acquiring is not and will not be  in vain.

This is my short piece, I do hope you too can relate! 

Contributor: Jesam (Unical)

Published and Edited by Directionless