Araali Anthony 🦉
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I turn 37 on Sunday
Here's 23 random things I wish I'd known back when I was 27 👇🏾
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2. Setting boundaries feels a lot like being selfish. It isn't.
Your first responsibility is to yourself. To making sure you are refilling the cup from which you fill the cups of others.
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1. Time doesn't feel the same.
They'll tell you we all have the same 24 hours, but the days can get longer and the years shorter.
You really don't have as much time as you think.
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3. You will pay a hefty price for not living life as society demands
But remember that society and community are not the same. Society is a large, transactional force ; community is association.
You can withstand societal pressure by building and nurturing a community.
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11. You're going to hurt people that you care about.
A few of them won't forgive you and you will lose them.
You will be an ass, selfish, petty, narcissistic, and short-sighted. Sometimes you will realize this. More likely others will.
Those that call you out;Keep them around.
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8. The more you read and learn, the more you realize just how difficult it is to have an original thought.
So much that we think we have pulled from thin air is actually distilled from ideas expressed before we set foot on earth
That's okay. Originality can come from reuse.
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14. If your parents are with you, watch them closely. They hold signs of your future.
As we grow older we become more like them than we choose to admit. If you can find it in you to love them despite their failings, it will be easier for you to love and forgive yourself someday
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4. You cannot have it all.
The tragedy of life is that we want multiple things but often they run counter to each other.
The choices you have to make will demand sacrifices - career takes time away from family, great art comes at the cost of security.
Our options aren't free.
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16. Don't spend more than two weeks without speaking to a toddler and to an elderly person.
These are the bookends of your life at best. Reminding you of the things that mattered at the start and that remain important in the end.
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6. The way you word your goals matters
" I want to be married by 32" and " I want to have a partnership that allows us both to flourish " seem to be the same goal.
But its possible to achieve the first without it serving the need expressed in the second.
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9. The same way you suddenly become aware of your phone as a machine when it stops working well, we often only appreciate our bodies and our health when there's something wrong.
Happiness is 9/10th a factor of health but we seem to only notice when it's failing.
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13. Write.
Write often and write about what you care about.
This isn't just to put your thoughts into the world, but to allow you to think clearly.
Vague notions in your head may make sense and give you a false sense of knowledge.
Write so that you know how to think.
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5. Hedonism isn't bad in itself.
However, it can be a sign that you have so little faith in a good future that you'd rather enjoy the laughs of today to carry you through tomorrow's tears.
Moderation isn't boring. It's an understanding that you exist beyond the present moment.
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23. These words from Epictetus should be ever before you whenever you think yourself a loser for lacking in surplus or style.
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7. You are more than your ego.
More than the narrative you carry around of yourself. You have a shadow caused by emotions and thoughts towards things within you that you can not bear to confront.
If you don't confront it, it will control your life and you will think it's fate.
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20. Don't get lost in the infinite.
You've planned, talked and dreamed about what you want to do. Good.
But now you must take the leap. There is no limit to the things you won't know.
The best time to act was yesterday. The next best time is now.
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10. We all desire to be desired.
These social media platforms have gamified that. So we feed our need with the needs of others. Their cheers and adoration.
There is no satisfaction here.
If you remember that, you'll be more forgiving and take yourself less seriously.
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19. Compound interest is amazing.
It works for money, but it also works for skills and habits.
The cliches are true. Every time you do something beneficial, it becomes a little easier to do it the next time.
Every action is like a vote for the kind of person you want to be.
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18. If you are especially clever, you can rationalize your feelings. And fall into the trap of thinking being rational and feeling emotion are antithetical.
What a sad victory indeed to think you have conquered the world by becoming unable to feel it.
Don't stunt yourself.
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15. No one really knows why we are here. We aren't even sure if asking " Why" even makes sense
However, it's pretty evident that " to be happy" isn't the answer.
Happiness is but one measure, but not the only one.
A meaningful life and a happy one aren't always the same.
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22. Freedom is terrifying
So much so, that people chain themselves to ideas, institutions, ways of being once given a taste of it
Freedom is hope when we feel trapped but a burden when granted. Ask yourself always, what you want to do with it. Especially early in life.
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12. You will often judge yourself and the causes you agree with by your intentions. You meant to do good.
You'll then judge others and their ideologies by their actions and affect on others.
When you realize that the world is doing the same to you, you will be more objective.
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If you’re looking to help people impacted by the floods in Libya, check out these organizations providing relief:
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17. Good and evil are useful categories but the real world has very few if any examples of pure cases of either.
No. Instead you will do well to confront the evil you are capable of doing. And as you wrestle with those demons, maybe you will be measured in your judgments.
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21. Do not get lost in the finite.
Becoming a cypher in the crowd, just acting out the paths laid out for you by society. If you take the beaten path, by all means own it.
You needn't be a rebel just to be different. But reflect on your life and then commit. Whicher way you go
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When you know you nailed it!!
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The Olympics test for accuracy and not frequency of shootings 😩
The US came dead last in shooting and I’ve genuinely never been so embarrassed to be an American in my life.
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Running into your boss at Nyege Nyege when you both said you'd be working from home
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A public holiday on a Tuesday is like that one day off during exams between chemistry paper 2 and physics paper 1 . 🤔
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The French would have already set up guillotines outside government offices.
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We had so many plans. So much to do for the business, for causes we care about & for each other.
They say grief doesn't shrink, life just grows around it.I hope so 'cause it's hard to care about anything else ATM.
For now, we the people you loved will console each other.
Bye J
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Spoiler alert.
She's talking about the same person.🤧
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Tipsy Thread 🧵🍷
I'm grateful that -as a planned kid- my parents NEVER let me take it for granted that I was lucky.
I'm neurotypical, tall, male, from Western Uganda at a time when that's an advantage; I understand the social norms of the middle class that have given me access.
The thing about wealth is... After a while you need a narrative to justify your good fortune. I mean after all you worked hard, you sacrificed, why can't others do it?!
You hang around other wealthy people and start to see your own family as a burden and yourself as "self made ".
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My new favorite picture.
Pinky and the Brain reboot loading
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I thought this was a joke to smear Phaneroo but no, it's real. Adults are free to do as they please and we can also mock the silly things they do-point 1. So more power to them
This "church" along with Mbonye's set up is really just Kakande Ministries for the corporate class.
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I hope they show episodes of Date My Family UG on Air Uganda. People need to know Ugandans are the funniest people on earth.
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This CANNOT be the same brain that used to do integration by parts
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God bless my employers at the time for never saying a word about this look :-)
Ps: That tie was wider than Entebbe Expressway😵💫
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A taxi driver when he doesn't form a third lane in traffic
“I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.”
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In that pothole in Industrial area.
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"You've turned my father's house into a marketplace. "
Nayeeeee banangeeeeeeeeee…. oba ani alibasonyiwaaaa
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XXXVII Today.
One step closer to those NSSF Funds 😌
Also...I made a Sunday Reads about it 👇🏾
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When I filled out my A-level forms and asked my dad if I should do sciences or arts...I was good at literature, economics & History, but I also loved biology and physics.
The old man looked at me and said
"It's your life. Go for what you want. I did."
The freedom was terrifying
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- I'd rather sit in a septic tank than sit next to a speaker at a social function.
-" I want to go home" counts as a valid reason to leave a party.
- "Why does everything have so much sugar!? "
- Planning meet ups with friends 3 weeks in advance. No calendar ,no chance.
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There are only two moods you can have as a Ugandan.
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A 4-day work week just makes more sense.
April has shown this.
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There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.
Lenin
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Hundreds of people stuck on the road for hours trying to get to a building to open up the laptops they carried with them from home. Because their employers say they need to be in the office to be productive.
More like to be seen to be productive.
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#Publicserviceannouncement
Send this to your fellowship leaders, cell leaders, pastors, prophets...The silence of the church is damning
Atte don't talk about my nose hair 🧐
The thing about
#UgandaHealthExhibition
that's refreshing is how we are all laying the rot out in the open. And defenders of the status quo just look silly.
The interesting thing is how the Church has been silent. I guess they lost their voices crying about homosexuality 😮💨
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I've never seen a better depiction of being the firstborn.
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The thing about wealth is... After a while you need a narrative to justify your good fortune. I mean after all you worked hard, you sacrificed, why can't others do it?!
You hang around other wealthy people and start to see your own family as a burden and yourself as "self made ".
They raised us to think this should be normal. It is not.
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When I worked as a graduate economist in MOFPED, I submitted a report on trade outflows a few days ahead of schedule, hoping to take Friday off to go see my girl
My supervisor laughed & said"You man, why are you creating problems for yourself? You don't hand in gov't work early"
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Eh. I've yapped.
But perhaps this will resonate with someone feeling the burden of duty. I know it's hard.
Find peers to help you cope, But please, don't flatten people's complex experiences with "They're just lazy or low IQ".
Don't lose your soul by gaining the world.
Bye
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The law should allow us to do this to people that form second lanes on our narrow roads.
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Year 39!!
I needed to add this idea from Dostoyevsky on love
24. Learning to love is hard.
For we must not only love for a moment but forever. Anyone can love , occasionally. This includes being able to love yourself, and thus learning that you too are worthy of receiving love.
I turn 37 on Sunday
Here's 23 random things I wish I'd known back when I was 27 👇🏾
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But are they looking for oil on John Babiiha ( Acacia) Avenue or something? Surely since lockdown 😒
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Men post things like this genuinely thinking it's helpful.
As if women aren't aware of the danger men pose to them.
Instead of changing the norms, it's "Men won't change "🤷♂️
It's dehumanizing not only of women but of men.
We're not animals.
We have to get it together, guys.
Dear Female Musicians,
Before you amalgamate yourself with this music industry, please be cognizant of these things wamanga 👇👇👇👇
1 • This industry is not kind at all, especially if you are broke.. coz just like other businesses, unfortunately your private parts will suffer
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Marry someone who is still using Zuku internet. They are faithful to a fault.
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He said " Alriiiiight, thank you " and changed the subject 😄. Small steps
#MerryChristmas
folks.
Preparing to tell my father, once again, to his face that I love him. I'm going to use the words " I love you ".
#Africanparents
jokes are great but wah...it has to become normal to say it not just show it.
This is a hill I'm willing for both of us to die on!! 😤
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Lol.
Mrs Lugujjo of GreenHill Academy once told us that the kind of things people talk to you about are a sign of their estimation of your intelligence.
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Is it at all possible for us to destroy the blueprints for this bathroom set up and banish them from the face of the earth?!!
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Boss : Did you post a meme about running into your boss at Nyege Nyege?
Me :
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The thing about depression is that many of us think of it as being synonymous with being sad. When in fact, it is a lack of feeling. A growing emptiness that hollows you out. Sadness might even be a welcome relief from this.
The scariest thing though is how someone could be ..
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Me: See you. I'm off to the strategy retreat
Mzee (Pulling down his glasses): You corporate people are funny. Now Retreat from what? The frontline at Normandy? These military metaphors yet you're taking your laptops to go look at PowerPoint
Me: Banger tweet, dad
Mzee: What?
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My aunties deciding which one of them gets to set me up with "a nice girl they know".
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Gen Z are not putting up with " this is the way it's always been done" and it's great.
What's even more interesting is my age mates, the older millennials, are now enforcing things we once thought antiquated.
Growing old may bring wisdom but it can also bring rigidity.
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1. My WhatsApp status updates are 🔥
2. I ALWAYS have gum to share.
3. When people are interrupted as they speak I make sure to say "Sorry, what were you saying? Please go ahead."
4. I let people merge in traffic when they do that "May I join?" look.
5. Twitter Question threads
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When the email you're reading sounds legit but then you notice the word
" delve".
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"See when you do 7% one day and 5% another..put those numbers together and...."
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How every parent ever looks when they're telling you how they did their homework on time and still milked the cows and fought colonialism
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Judas after seeing the bill from the last supper 😩
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Me reading this from inside a crater in Industrial area in Kampala.
Below are 10 African countries with the WORST road infrastructure
1. 🇷🇼 Rwanda
2. 🇬🇳 Guinea
3. 🇧🇮 Burundi
4. 🇲🇬 Madagascar
5. 🇬🇲 Gambia
6. 🇳🇬 Nigeria
7. 🇬🇭 Ghana
8. 🇨🇲 Cameroon
9. 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10. 🇰🇪 Kenya
Source: IMF
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When you've reached the " Our board " section on the website of an NGO in Africa.
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Thank you all for the birthday wishes yesterday. My cup runneth over.
Just 6 more years to midterm access. 🥳
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The thing about
#UgandaHealthExhibition
that's refreshing is how we are all laying the rot out in the open. And defenders of the status quo just look silly.
The interesting thing is how the Church has been silent. I guess they lost their voices crying about homosexuality 😮💨
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The one tiny silver lining in all this turmoil has been the near extinction of wedding meetings.
May scientific weddings prevail!!!
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Small small unsolicited advice:
If you can live your life without an audience, especially one online, do it.
If you want to have a sensitive, loaded conversation, best not to do it on a platform optimized to commodify attention & strong emotions.
The algorithm always wins.
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Please always count your cash. Count two or three times even. From the counter, agent, or ATM.
Live by the maxim "Trust but verify"
Take it from someone who's worked in financial services for years.
Do it. And also save the statements issued in the event there's an error.
I have never understood people who count money they just collected from the ATM!!!
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Anyone else waiting on Dr Kasenene to say water must only be consumed at 23.5 degrees celcius while facing mecca?
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Can we just add Yaka installations on the expressway so motorists can top up units because what in the drive through the Valley of the Shadow of Death was that!?
Did they give the NAM guests the street lighting to take home as a souvenir!?
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When my December salary sees all the things it's expected to do for the next 6 weeks
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Don't let the " Tumbiza Sound" ban distract you from the fact that the Speaker of Parliament tweeted that a " spray, which instantly kills the Coronavirus, has been discovered & is to be co-produced in Uganda"
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By and large, people are NOT stupid.
They may be misinformed, under-educated, or ill-advised- but that's ALL of us on several matters until we learn. Humbly moreover.
Don't be tempted to write off humanity because you think YOU are smarter than average.
That would be Stupid.
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A peculiar thing happens as you grow older, you start to switch roles with your ageing parents. They look to you for advice and support.
It's easy to revert to a parent-child dynamic at times, yes, but there's a great joy in being relied on by the people you once relied on.
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Before Rolex, this was the legend of the streets.
Elite!!
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