Interlude
The title of this article should have been “Freedom”, but I changed my mind because I remain a mostly willing slave to capitalism. So I guess it’s safe to say I’m just switching prison cells.
Welcome to my first Medium piece post-law school. This is not the one where I speak in detail of my experience at the Nigerian Law School (and to be honest, I strongly doubt such a write-up will ever exist). Consider this a brief life update, as I have been singing like a canary about the completion of my Nigerian legal education. It’s been a long, hard year, and I am just thankful to have finally completed all the stringent requirements for qualification to practise as a lawyer in Nigeria. You can call me “THE LAW, THE BAR, THE BENCH”, and if you’re like my friend Nky who’s asked what the Call to Bar Asoebi colour is, the answer is onion purple! Sometime in January or so soon thereafter, BE THERE!
I have been seriously warned by my loved ones to take time off and rest before resuming work, strategising, and planning for the rest of my life. It is not a warning I take lightly, but I have found that it’s extremely hard to get my brain to almost entirely shut down. There’s always some planning to be done, and even when I try to unwind, I get restless. But I am spending this time so far getting a lot of well-deserved sleep after running on 4 hours of sleep daily while preparing for my Bar Finals and taking only a 3-week study leave from work the entire year. I also really like cheesy Christmas romance shows, so I’m currently watching tons of them on Netflix. My personal favourite at the moment is “Meet Me Next Christmas”. Loved watching Pentatonix on my screen.
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This is an interlude, but it’s also a prologue to the exciting new life I am building for myself. For 2025, I would like an exciting new challenge. While I will continue working in and remain open to opportunities that cut across the intersection of law, privacy/data protection, cybersecurity, fintech, and the French language, I would like to do some meaningful work in a totally unrelated field. I am keeping my fingers crossed for this.
For anyone who’s currently powering through a difficult phase in their lives, I will tell you what I told myself for most of my time in NLS. YOU CAN DO HARD THINGS!
I leave you with this French motivational wall sticker I purchased off Aliexpress for my law school room. It is translated in English to mean “one day, you will say ‘this wasn’t easy, but I succeeded’ ”.
Et voilà! C’est tout pour l’instant. À bientôt!
