Against all Odds

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It's been a while. Welcome!

Today, I am going to divert from our current theme: Lessons from Life to do something different. This is one of those moments when I wish I had a menu bottom or a tab for 'Style'. But I rarely get stylish so I think it might get end up collecting dust, like an old bookshelf that is hardly visited. Anyway, let's dive straight into it

So this week I had something interesting happen to me. I had an interview at the beginning of the week and just as I prepared my brain for the questions to come and the answers to those questions, I also had another question on my mind.

What was I going to wear??

Like everyone has experienced, appearance at an interview is very important and I was so worried about how I was going to present myself. I was with a friend when I found out that I had been invited for the interview, after the excited screams and congrats my friend reminded me to take note of my appearance.

'You know everything must be on point! like your hair, must be nicely styled and your face must be nicely made up. You've got natural hair but do something to make it look nice and presentable. You know what they say about our hair but just for once, play the game, then when you get the job, you can go into work with your afro for all you care'

I had no problem with the face, the hair and the clothes really got me thinking. Before I thought of revising questions, I was already planning my schedule for the weekend. I didn't have any official plans for my hair yet but it definately had to be wig for that day. I needed to go shopping after church on Sunday for the perfect interview outfit. So on and so forth.

Sunday came and I wore my wig in preparation for the next day (I usually don't enjoy wigs, so I wanted to wear this so my brain got used to it). I didn't enjoy it and before I left church the wig was off. I had the usual reaction to it, an annoying headache which didn't go until the next morning. So this was it, my brain was telling me it wouln't have a wig on top of it, so what was I going to do?

I was really banking on this pre-prepared presentable hairstyle to complete the look.

So I decided that I was going to go with my natural hair. It wasn't going to be an afro, but I could do more with it than a twist-out, curls, a puff and other hairstyles naturalistas are known for. I was going to sleek it back and tie it. Simple.

That sorted, my mind went back to the main agenda of the day, an interview to get a job. I thought of all the possibilities of it and I had a motivation for going. To ace the interview, talk my heart out and not walk out after with my mind giving me better answers to the questions. I didn't care if I didn't get the job, I had waited 10 months for this and I was just glad for the opportunity to be shortlisted. I am happy I had this attitude because life doesn't always give us what we want or work for but we must be glad and always work to give it our very best.

I went prepared enough, but thank God for the person of Mrs Aislinn Hammah, she's great with hair and can work magic with 5 or more bobby pins. She is a proud mother of unisex twins, a fashionista, a businesswoman and a poet. I will link you guys with her when she launches her blog (she's too busy being a mum at the moment). So this ends my post, against all odds, I went with my natural hair, aced the interview(in my opinion) and have gotten on with life regardless of the result.

Check out my hair pics for the interview!

I was trying to be humorous with the Rude gal pose...hahaha...