Step up

Can you believe it's May already? I've been back 6 months now and haven't achieved half the things i wanted to. Have to say, getting back into the London grind has been more testing than one anticiapted, but it's all good and challenging in the hood.

In Dobuy I had a lovely fully furnished flat with all my things in their rightful place. A cute likkle car to run around in which helped the social life, my regular little hangouts; shisha cafe's, place to eat cod n mash, brunching venue's, sittin on a wall to watch the sunset kinda places, regular night type venue to go shake foot a little, and more importantly; a handful of good friends I could go chill with and solve the world's problems.

So all of that has gone and I've decided to take decisive action, step up a few notches in my gears (oh, still haven't purchased a car), taking aim and gonna get a move on. What am i waiting for? Yalla habibi init?!

Somethings however remain the same. I still seem to get caught up between rock and hard places at work. Gaining trust from colleagues is great and flattering, but not when everyone wants to go out for a ciggie with you to bitch about others. I have to remain neutral, tight lipped and laugh in all the right places.

Today i was asked out for coffee by the office outcast. She is misunderstood. She spent the first 15 minutes bitchin about our colleague - she tends to spend most of her time doing this. I had to stop her as she was incredibly frustrated and working herself up into a little tiz. I just highlighted that she'd just completely wasted 15 minutes of her life, which she will never see again, complaining about this guy. I asked her a few questions and got her to talk about herself, then all of a sudden, her body language changed and she was quite joyful.

Life is too short, don't sweat the small stuff as that is all your life will become.