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Choices

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Shoo! - shoo! Away you go. Away from my produce you filthy chicken. Ruthless, never minding the hard work I put in to grow these tiny crops. Two weeks ago I was struck by inspiration, woke up early one morning to grow some crops. And that was managu . There was one ageing managu which had given up so many fruits (which had seeds) and I thought rather than letting them rot,  let me practice some agriculture. Crazy enough I planted a whole fruit like a single seed (A single fruit has like a hundred seeds) now the seedlings are clustered like a bunch of miraa . I try to water them every morning and shoo away the chicken because they like scratching especially on freshly turned soil. That's my morning atleast everyday. The same routine. It's like clock work. Days don't seem to be moving fast enough. Nights seem to be shorter, I need more sleep. That's what I seem to be doing alot nowadays. Enough about me. Lets talk about humanity. Its fascinating how kn...

Not Now. . .

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Procrastination is the greatest inhibitor of progress. But when did it become a problem? I trace it back to-not so far just after I had transited from my teenage years. I used to be the type of guy who does things a day before or an hour before. Then became the guy who always comes late. But is it a problem I have Or it's just a Kenyan syndrome? Well there is normal time and there is Kenyan time. In Kenya you don't go to a party until it's close to midnight lest you'll be an early bird. I learnt that the hard way. As I grew up I got so many disappointments with people showing up late to meet-ups or never showing up at all. This caused me to grow a thick skin and slowly evolve into the system. Also it just happens that cool people are the ones who show up late in meetings. So I became cooler, I guess. Then came the alarms. From simply snoozing the alarms, to dismissing them before they ring. Waking up 15minutes to time.  But you know us men. We can get ready...