PIAV: Patience Is A Virtue

My day turned from a pile of human excrement to thought-provokingly exciting in a matter of hours.

At the Sky Garden on Mother’s Day 2017 in London, UK

Everyday, I will attempt to create a professional, articulate, hilarious and modern take on my day of thought or action. Inspired by Casey Neistat who created a vlog everyday for 450 straight days. I will call it: 365MeThoughts

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Yesterday was a standard day off, practiced some golf — achieved very little but a holiday is for relaxing and not for stress. Although university starts next Monday, I tried to jumpstart my year — starting today.

It started off very poor. I became agitated quickly. Why? I can’t bare the thought of not being in employment. I’ve already had a retail job for over 2 years which I gave up shortly before I left for Austin. I want to do something that helps progress my journalism career. PR, a newspaper or any digital agency. Something.

I applied to jobs I wasn’t qualified for, jobs that I didn’t have the time nor resources to be helpful in and I was getting angry at the lack of jobs for me. In the space of the Christmas to New Year week, I applied for 6 jobs and 5 freelance contracts. Time is money as they say and my time I felt was being wasted.

Piccadilly Circus, London, UK

I’m one of those people that attempts to book a week with key meetings and events to structure my week. This week is no different. Today, for the first time in over five months, I took the same old commute that I used to moan about in my weekly blogs. Re-visited the city I call home. It felt very surreal and strange to explore. While I have no job, my sense of purpose is all self-driven and inwardly-motivated.

The first iconic place I visited was Piccadilly Circus, I adore the Waterstones there. The bookstore was a place of serenity during my first year, and as I had some time to kill before my 3pm meeting, I grasped the opportunity with both hands.

Southbound Bakerloo line train from Piccadilly Circus to Waterloo, London, UK

I took a short trip, down the Bakerloo line, one of the only remaining lines with the old seat positioning with mini London Eye’s as the patterning. I really did miss sound public transportation in America. The tube is bliss, it would have been a great help in Austin. My meeting was to be held in Waterloo Railway Station, the Starbucks to be precise.

Waterloo Railway Station, London, UK

I didn’t know quite what to expect from this meeting. The subject matter was the MExU Project and possible collaborations in line with the expansion. The morning applying frustratedly to jobs was seemingly a reverse to the afternoon. The meeting was very productive and successful, both parties were satisfied it was worth the trip. The MExU Project is in for a major London launch, to be hosted at QMUL in collaboration with a society to be announced soon.

I left the meeting feeling uplifted. My Project was finally gaining relevant traction and starting to move in the direction which I wanted. I realised one thing today — I’m the worst person to articulate what the Project is, mainly because I created it. It takes some understanding, it is very complex. Today is a growth day, as a person and for the Project.

View of the Shard from Waterloo East platform heading Southbound, London, UK

As I stood on the platform to go home, I looked up to see the tallest building in Europe. The Shard towers over South London like a sore thumb, it’s so out-of-place but architecturally brilliant. Innovation, science and technology created this masterpiece and innovation, stories and voices will make the MExU Project the same.

I received some rejection emails on the way home, I swiped them away. Content with my successes for the day, negativity became a distant memory.

Days like today could have been completely demotivating. The second day of the year and already frustrated would’ve set the first month in bad motion. I’m happy I left my house when I did, happy I visited that Waterstones and happy I made the trip for an inspiring and progressive meeting.

As they say— patience is a virtue and the best things come to those who wait.

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