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How Loneliness Helped Me Achieve My Dreams

And how I received clarity to make the right decisions

Ifeanyi Omoike
3 min readDec 23, 2017
Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash

Loneliness is a dreaded word. We do all we can to not be alone.

But I’ve learned in the past few years that loneliness is worth it.

Loneliness has helped me achieve my goals. I came from a place of always being dependent on my friends. What they said mattered more to me than what anyone else said. It meant more to me than what my mother or my father said.

I didn’t realize the effect it had on me and how I could not achieve much because I was hung up on the approval of others, addicted even.

I fell ill a few years ago and this affected my ability to move around. The number of friends I had reduced, people I used to do things for.

I was used to having people around me and didn’t think I could survive on my own.

But surprisingly, I learned over time how to be alone.

How I Got Clarity to Reset My Priorities

I resigned from my previous job in February 2016. I returned to full time employment in January 2017. But resigning from my job was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

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Ifeanyi Omoike
Ifeanyi Omoike

Written by Ifeanyi Omoike

Words from a girl who was too scared to dream but is living her dream anyway.

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