Thread by @uzezzi_, Anyone who knows me knows I always said I was never going [...]

Anyone who knows me knows I always said I was never going to practise law. I just wanted to be a business woman in peace.

Thread.

I intend to make this a short thread but if it ends up being long, it& #39;s still worth the read.

I promise you, there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING you cannot do if you put your mind to it.

First off, I knew I wanted to be a lawyer. I always told my dad "I& #39;m not going to school if I won& #39;t practise law." I was head strong and I knew what I wanted.

Graduated and proceeded to law school but law school was different. There was a point where I was certain I wasn& #39;t going to make it. I didn& #39;t feel smart enough.

As God would have it, I passed Law School and before I could take it all in and adjust to my new reality, my father started.

"When will you get a job"
"Is it buying and selling you will be doing"
"So, you want to be a petty trader"

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He is a seasoned lawyer btw.

I met the man who is now my boss during my chamber attachment. He gave us his card and said that was his way of saying "pass law school and come work with me." Because I was uninterested, I flung that card in the bin lol

Now, I& #39;m under pressure to get a job and I don& #39;t even have the card and I couldn& #39;t remember his name to Google it or something. I only knew a few letters in the name and what it probably sounded like.

So let& #39;s assume his name was Shedrach. I remembered there was an & #39;s& #39;, & #39;d& #39; and ch.& #39; So my Google search would include things like "sached", "sodech", "desoch legal practitioners", etc. I even googled with the colour blue which was the colour of the logo.

I tried nothing less than 100 variations of the name, and guess what? I found him! Facebook, linked in, website. Everything.

At this point, I didn& #39;t care that I didn& #39;t want to practise, I was trying to prove a point to myself lol. I added him on linked in almost immediately and sent him a message, I wanted to schedule an interview for myself

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He didn& #39;t respond to that so I went to Facebook. I bombarded this man on everywhere bombardable but he didn& #39;t respond. So, I asked my dad to get me his phone number lmao. He made one phonecall and that was it, I had his number.

Even my father thought I was mad. I sent him a text and he didn& #39;t respond. I called after some hours too

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Of course, I was there at 10am and we spoke. He didn& #39;t look at any of my certificates. Till date, he doesn& #39;t know if I made a first class or a third class. He just spoke to me and judged me by what was before him and I& #39;ve never seen or heard anything like that in this country.

Next thing he said was "resume tomorrow." Ah, just like that? Wow. He said something that stayed with me. He said "I couldn& #39;t possibly say no to you, you bombarded me and you weren& #39;t going to take no for an answer obviously."

In my head I& #39;m like "better for you o"

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Started working and I won& #39;t lie, I struggled. I was failing at everything. Law in practice and law in theory are not the same. I didn& #39;t understand the simplest thing and I would bawl my eyes out on a daily. I knew I wasn& #39;t doing well but my boss had the patience of our mothers.

This man would never make me feel bad even when my work was total ass lol. He would kindly correct me or give me useful guidance. I felt so horrible. I& #39;m a very tough girl and you can hardly break me but this one broke me. I broke and I broke welllll!! I was useless.

I would cry everyday. I didn& #39;t tell my family at first sha because they would have given me pep talks and all that. I was looking for someone to ginger me to quit. Lol

You can imagine how I felt. I chased this man everywhere for the job and now I& #39;m not performing. Everything confuses me and I can& #39;t even deliver on any task. My self-esteem went to shit. I& #39;ll talk to myself and say "so, you& #39;ve joined the fine girls with empty head. Wowl"

*wow

I was only about 5/6 months in when I so desperately wanted to quit and everyone I spoke to just kept telling me how things are hard and I& #39;d need a job. I& #39;m like, I& #39;ll just take my father& #39;s money na. Shuuuu!

This was a conversation with my colleague in August, I felt bad every single day. I just wasn& #39;t good enough.

One day, I had to talk to myself. And I pulled my own ears:

"Uzezzi, is this really you."
"You& #39;re a brilliant babe and you& #39;re disappointing me."
"Everyone calls you the law, they believe in you."
"You know this shit, you just have impostor syndrome, you got the job so easily"

I told myself I wasn& #39;t going to quit without proving that I knew what I was doing. I told myself that my boss MUST tell me by himself that I& #39;m doing amazing. I put in the extra effort when I didn& #39;t understand. I consulted lawyer friends and my father& #39;s lawyer too.

I began to feel better and do better. Just before we closed to work from home, my boss told me he was impressed with the way I delivered my work and that he was happy with my progress. He gave us criminal case files to work on from home.

Today, we had to make presentations on zoom, on the case files we worked on and this is what my colleague sent to me. The same person I would always cry to and tell how useless I was:

Our secretary also had this to say:

I know how much sweat and tears I paid to get here. Now, I call myself a smart woman and I believe it. I& #39;m not the best lawyer around but for my level of experience, I body the hell out of this profession and I KNOW IT. It& #39;s not even pride.

April 9th will be my workversary and I& #39;m over the moon lol.

I& #39;m telling you, there is nothing you cannot do if you put your whole mind and soul to it. Absolutely nothing.

Thanks for reading

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