In My Thoughts 1: Lamarck Was On to Something With 'The Law of Use and Disuse'

I graduated with a Bachelor's in Engineering in 2024, and it’s been a year now outside university. For the past year, I have been feeling the gap created by not applying what I have learnt in university and at school. I reckon this is how someone who took a gap year after matric feels. I feel like the skills and knowledge I worked hard to acquire are fading due to lack of use.

Nevertheless, as an optimistic person, this is how I supplement and enhance my skills:

• Short courses: Enrolled in Data Science with ALX

• Network: Started a blog, active on LinkedIn

• Knowing your points of improvement: As an introvert, I have joined Toastmasters to build communication for impact

• Projects: I have signed in for Kaggle and plan on doing projects that correspond with my values, and then post

• Licenses: Passed learner's license, now busy with driver's license

• Applications: Consistently applying for technical roles

This is my journey, and I am taking charge.

“One day, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.”~Sigmund Freud