This was so encouraging!! As a lost 22 year old I had to navigate a similar experience and one thing I’m proud about myself is that I’m always positive about everything and always try to put myself out there and I NEVER give up . One thing we need to know is that if something doesn’t work out it’s sometimes means it’s not yet your time or it’s not your calling. Try something else there’s something out there for everybody. People need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. I new i found you on TikTok for a reason ,let’s continue pushing together regardless on how loss we feel 🫶🏾
I am grateful for this video. I am just 21. I have tried being a makeup artist, a lash tech even tried to be a tiktoker. Now i also am struggling to find a job ! But… ima just like you my mum is very supportive, she just gave me capital to start a business for my self while i take a deep dive into the knowing more about the career path i have chosen to pursue. In all the things you said i will hold unto the part where you said we should be optimistic enough to think all things will work out for our good. This month as well i plan on posting my first reel and picture on ig after 3 years of not posting. This year is really giving from “comfort to courage” and i am here for it. Love you and i enjoy your content so muchhhh
i’ll be turning 24 this year. and honestly, i decided to even start this NYSC bc after school (last year), i have been feeling lost and was so depressed. which is really difficult as a first born daughter. So i guess i’ll see where this all goes. i’m trying to gain more experience for myself and i think that’ll even lessen that depression and will make me feel fulfilling in a way, idk.
Oh Ima, I love this video. I relate so much to what you said. I’m 26, still figuring out what I really want to do in my life. I have dreams but I don’t know the steps to achieve them but I do know I have to wake up and try everyday. It’s okay to feel lost, it means you’re going somewhere 😅. Being the oldest really put a pressure on our shoulders, but I think it’s about time we take our freedom from our African parents🙏🏾. Keep doing what you’re doing Ima, you’re so good at that! If you had a podcast I would be your biggest listener! Bisous bestie ❤️
Videos like this is all we need some realness in the craze of Naija! I’m turning 20 this year and I feel this way. My dad wanted me to be a Doctor but unfortunately he passed away before I made my decision, fortunately for me I was able to pursue my degree in Software Engineering cause I knew I didn’t wanna work in the workforce and I’m currently in 300 level. I just know that there is more to life and I wanna feel more fulfilled but this video made me more conscious and confident to be serious with my social media, I was for a while but some self sabotage came to me and all of a sudden I was soooo afraid to put myself out there, I literally hide from posting but I’m coming out of my shell. Love this video Ima. The first time I saw you was on TikTok when you were complaining about Makeup artist and I was an upcoming makeup artist and I agreed with what you said. Amazing. I love youuuu❤
Love this video… Just finished the Nigerian Law School this year, I’m 23, and honestly also quite lost as to what to do next. 😅 So yeah, thank you for this.
I can't even begin to explain how similar we are, down to being the first child, being creative, liking psychology, and being indecisive lol. I almost did law school in Nigeria but I'm doing it here in the U.S., halfway done now. Also find it kind of boring and thought about IP and entertainment law at least. Thank you for sharing this 💗
I’ve never watched a yt video so relatable that I had to get out a book and pen and take notes, I’m a first daughter too and mehn life is hard. Thank you for this gem💕
Thank you Ima. This was so comforting to watch. The pressure on you when your parent pays so much for you to study abroad cannot be over emphasised. I appreciate it but I cannot keep living according to the standards they set
Exactly:: Even though the road down is LONG, surely there ist always ONE/SOME -thing that's POSITIV&MOTIVATING down the path. I'm glad you had the courage to start your TH-cam🌞
I feel you big sis ima . I’m 21 years old , just graduated from medical Physiology and I’m about going for another degree In med/surg. I’m also a first born daughter who always give in to her parent decision because I have younger Ones who are looking up to me. I won’t lie at this point of my life I’m really lost. In my own Case I want to take the Other degree, but I still want to pursue my fashion brand which I really have interest in. You see why I love you because we kind of share a common thing. I had this passion for Fashion for a long time now and trust me, My Nigeria parents don’t want to hear anything about it and it annoying because that is the only thing I’m really drawn to . But I think I’m figuring it out I guess. All I need is support financially and mentally . God bless you for this Ima
ima, being an agreeable daughter!! i can relate and then you reach a point where you start questioning everything and think does everything make sense? that feeling of emptiness, i can relate so much!
My God. I'm at your situation 3 months ago. I'm actually 25 now. And thankfully I recently just got hired. And it feels like it's a new beginning... Everything is back to zero
I felt this way this year and after 10 years in architecture, I'm setting out to leap out of it next year. I'm still early in the video and I resonate with that psychology affinity. I silenced a lot of creative passion earlier in life and I regret it. I am currently building towards manifesting in the direction of my dead passions. It's a meaningful endeavor, and I encourage you to snatch the boldness and move with all discipline and earnestness in the direction you desire if you will it. We might be better protected and more fortunate than we might think.
& this is my first time watching you Ima! I will keep watching you! You’re not stuck! Change your wordings. Reframe your wordings. You’re learning about you. You’re understanding about you. It takes time. Maybe your time just happens to be very skewed. Trust the process Ima love! ❤
Awww my baby 🥹🥹 our story is eerily similar. I had to learn to break the mold, but it came back stronger. Rn I’m just trying to make the right decisions.
I'm so glad to have found your TikTok years ago. I love your content because even though we don't know you personally, I can tell that you are such a genuine person with a happy spirit and you keep it real all the time. 💯💕
I feel so seen with this video, every word spoken resonates deeply with me. 6yrs into this law thing and I have never felt more lost and unhappy. Trying to navigate my way around my passions and trying to build a life I’ll actually love outside what my family wants for me and not even knowing how or where to start lol. This video really spoke to me.
I’m blown I can’t believe you’re 25!!!!! I can relate so much with some of the things you said My own case is so different in some way I was always allowed to do whatever I wanted But yet I’ve been so very confused Still confused right now but I’m 11:31 slightly stable cos I have a job in my industry I wanted to be out there and gain real time experience instead of starting my own business But ..: it stopped being fulfilling working there, it’s so hard. And quite toxic And right now I’m trying to get in the japa wave and leave Naija, I honestly don’t care about my passion and talents anymore. I just want to leave or whatever Everything is just so hard abeg
Thank you so much for this. I’m a 21 year old law student and I relate completely to this. I can’t shake that feeling that I’m wasting my life. I really needed to hear this Ima. thank you🙏🏽
This is exactly how I feel working in the banking industry! It’s definitely not something I enjoy, but I have to do it. I also feel lost most of the time, I definitely don’t enjoy my job but I also don’t know what to do
I love this video so much and how well you express yourself 😍 Thank you for putting it out. Love you big bestie 😊 and I look forward to watching the videos you mentioned are coming soon, especially the starting TH-cam in 2024 one
Yo I loveddd watching this. I got into the uni at 12 years old & spent so long there & yet I felt so empty. You’re so spot on! I took matters into my own hand, studied what I loved, completely self-exalted. It was really hard starting from scratch myself with ZERO support from any family but guess what? Now my clienteleship spreads as far as HOLLYWOOD! the moral lesson is to be your self, follow your instincts. Your parents are projecting!
This is what we go through when your parents have it all figured out … that’s why you see an average man’s kid doing great at 20 because they were prepared to start early. Don’t worry girl , I’m glad you’re aware this is happening because that’s the problem, most people aren’t aware until it’s too late
This is my story I’m turning 23 next month I studied a course I didn’t like cause I failed jamb and my dad said I wouldn’t stay home when I already had an admission In my second year I wrote jamb again and he didn’t allow me use it so I continued the course finished a year late cause of covid so I graduated in 2021, with a 2:2, did my nysc, and finished in October 2022, now the only thing that makes me look forward to life is my business, yes I don’t get orders everyday but my business has done a lot for me over the years and I’m grateful But in the past few months I’ve felt soo lost, and people just say you are still young you have time to figure it out, yes maybe that’s true but just also just want some sense of direction Imagine after studying a course I don’t like for 5 years and then my father says now that you have done what I want you can go and start the course you like Hmmm I hope I find clarity soon and I pray everyone trying to navigate life gets through it❤❤❤
I am 21 and I will be graduating this week. I stay off campus in uniport, but as a student I work as an event hostess, waitress, brand activation although the pay is not big but I saved up my rent to retain where I stay. My sister wants me to come back Lagos, staying with her is good but waking up by 5am to prepare the kids for school and clean the apartment is really frustrating. I want to wake up and set my day. So I’m really confused should I stay back or come back home. How is life as a graduate like?
This was so encouraging!! As a lost 22 year old I had to navigate a similar experience and one thing I’m proud about myself is that I’m always positive about everything and always try to put myself out there and I NEVER give up . One thing we need to know is that if something doesn’t work out it’s sometimes means it’s not yet your time or it’s not your calling. Try something else there’s something out there for everybody. People need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. I new i found you on TikTok for a reason ,let’s continue pushing together regardless on how loss we feel 🫶🏾
I’m glad it helped ❤
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I am grateful for this video.
I am just 21. I have tried being a makeup artist, a lash tech even tried to be a tiktoker. Now i also am struggling to find a job ! But… ima just like you my mum is very supportive, she just gave me capital to start a business for my self while i take a deep dive into the knowing more about the career path i have chosen to pursue. In all the things you said i will hold unto the part where you said we should be optimistic enough to think all things will work out for our good. This month as well i plan on posting my first reel and picture on ig after 3 years of not posting. This year is really giving from “comfort to courage” and i am here for it. Love you and i enjoy your content so muchhhh
i’ll be turning 24 this year. and honestly, i decided to even start this NYSC bc after school (last year), i have been feeling lost and was so depressed. which is really difficult as a first born daughter. So i guess i’ll see where this all goes. i’m trying to gain more experience for myself and i think that’ll even lessen that depression and will make me feel fulfilling in a way, idk.
Take it easy with your self, the best years of your life are yet to come 💓
Oh Ima, I love this video. I relate so much to what you said. I’m 26, still figuring out what I really want to do in my life. I have dreams but I don’t know the steps to achieve them but I do know I have to wake up and try everyday. It’s okay to feel lost, it means you’re going somewhere 😅. Being the oldest really put a pressure on our shoulders, but I think it’s about time we take our freedom from our African parents🙏🏾. Keep doing what you’re doing Ima, you’re so good at that! If you had a podcast I would be your biggest listener! Bisous bestie ❤️
Thank you bestie ❤ I wish you all the best and someday we’d get it right !
Videos like this is all we need some realness in the craze of Naija! I’m turning 20 this year and I feel this way. My dad wanted me to be a Doctor but unfortunately he passed away before I made my decision, fortunately for me I was able to pursue my degree in Software Engineering cause I knew I didn’t wanna work in the workforce and I’m currently in 300 level. I just know that there is more to life and I wanna feel more fulfilled but this video made me more conscious and confident to be serious with my social media, I was for a while but some self sabotage came to me and all of a sudden I was soooo afraid to put myself out there, I literally hide from posting but I’m coming out of my shell. Love this video Ima. The first time I saw you was on TikTok when you were complaining about Makeup artist and I was an upcoming makeup artist and I agreed with what you said. Amazing. I love youuuu❤
Thank you so much ❤ I’m glad it helped. Wish you all the best
Thank God this video was NOT clickbait. Thank you.
Love this video…
Just finished the Nigerian Law School this year, I’m 23, and honestly also quite lost as to what to do next. 😅
So yeah, thank you for this.
You’re welcome ❤
I needed this so much thank you
I just quit my job and feel lost
You’re welcome ! I wish you best of luck and hopefully one day this life thing will make sense ❤
I can't even begin to explain how similar we are, down to being the first child, being creative, liking psychology, and being indecisive lol. I almost did law school in Nigeria but I'm doing it here in the U.S., halfway done now. Also find it kind of boring and thought about IP and entertainment law at least. Thank you for sharing this 💗
You’re welcome girl ❤
I’ve never watched a yt video so relatable that I had to get out a book and pen and take notes, I’m a first daughter too and mehn life is hard. Thank you for this gem💕
Thank you for this. 24 years and in my final year in school and it's as if I am behind schedule.
You’re on your own race and timeline only, take it easy on yourself 💓
Thank you Ima. This was so comforting to watch. The pressure on you when your parent pays so much for you to study abroad cannot be over emphasised. I appreciate it but I cannot keep living according to the standards they set
You're so welcome!💓
Exactly:: Even though the road down is LONG, surely there ist always ONE/SOME -thing that's POSITIV&MOTIVATING down the path. I'm glad you had the courage to start your TH-cam🌞
Started watching you from TikTok. you have no idea how encouraging this video is.
I’m so glad ❤
I feel you big sis ima . I’m 21 years old , just graduated from medical Physiology and I’m about going for another degree In med/surg. I’m also a first born daughter who always give in to her parent decision because I have younger Ones who are looking up to me. I won’t lie at this point of my life I’m really lost. In my own Case I want to take the Other degree, but I still want to pursue my fashion brand which I really have interest in. You see why I love you because we kind of share a common thing. I had this passion for Fashion for a long time now and trust me, My Nigeria parents don’t want to hear anything about it and it annoying because that is the only thing I’m really drawn to . But I think I’m figuring it out I guess. All I need is support financially and mentally . God bless you for this Ima
ima, being an agreeable daughter!! i can relate and then you reach a point where you start questioning everything and think does everything make sense? that feeling of emptiness, i can relate so much!
sending you loveeeeee
Wishing you all the best 🫶🏽
I turned 25 last month, thank you for this video.
You’re welcome ❤️
Ima sure has her way with wordsss. She made me remember why I love her so muchhhhh😭💕💕💕
Ly bestie ❤😊
My God. I'm at your situation 3 months ago.
I'm actually 25 now. And thankfully I recently just got hired. And it feels like it's a new beginning... Everything is back to zero
I felt this way this year and after 10 years in architecture, I'm setting out to leap out of it next year. I'm still early in the video and I resonate with that psychology affinity.
I silenced a lot of creative passion earlier in life and I regret it. I am currently building towards manifesting in the direction of my dead passions.
It's a meaningful endeavor, and I encourage you to snatch the boldness and move with all discipline and earnestness in the direction you desire if you will it. We might be better protected and more fortunate than we might think.
Thanks for your advice ! And I wish you luck in your own endeavors ❤
@@Itsmissimaaa Thank you, and I wish you the same.
I always come back to watch this video. It’s like a glimpse of encouragement from my fellow woman. 🥹❤️❤️
Happy to hear it helped ❤️
My dear sister Ima you're not lost.
Live the best of your life, leave the rest to God.
You're a blessed
Enjoy where you are in Life.Give yourself grace. You are still soo young
I'm at this point in life too. I feel like there's more in life for me than medicine.
And that’s understandable, explore your passions ❤
& this is my first time watching you Ima! I will keep watching you! You’re not stuck! Change your wordings. Reframe your wordings. You’re learning about you. You’re understanding about you. It takes time. Maybe your time just happens to be very skewed. Trust the process Ima love! ❤
Thank you so much 💓
I'll be 25 next month. As guy, everything you said thus far in this video, I relate with.
Hope it helps to know many of us are in the same boat 🫶🏽
No because I needed this! Currently suffering from functions depression and I just need to get up and do it
Awww my baby 🥹🥹 our story is eerily similar. I had to learn to break the mold, but it came back stronger.
Rn I’m just trying to make the right decisions.
Bestie 💓 we’d be fine in the end and I wish you best of luck
I'm so glad to have found your TikTok years ago. I love your content because even though we don't know you personally, I can tell that you are such a genuine person with a happy spirit and you keep it real all the time. 💯💕
Thank you so much!!💓
I feel so seen with this video, every word spoken resonates deeply with me. 6yrs into this law thing and I have never felt more lost and unhappy. Trying to navigate my way around my passions and trying to build a life I’ll actually love outside what my family wants for me and not even knowing how or where to start lol. This video really spoke to me.
I’m glad it did ! I wish you best of luck ❤
Your mom is a wise lady, her advice is so comforting
Thank you ❤
I’m blown I can’t believe you’re 25!!!!!
I can relate so much with some of the things you said
My own case is so different in some way
I was always allowed to do whatever I wanted
But yet I’ve been so very confused
Still confused right now but I’m 11:31 slightly stable cos I have a job in my industry I wanted to be out there and gain real time experience instead of starting my own business
But ..: it stopped being fulfilling working there, it’s so hard. And quite toxic
And right now I’m trying to get in the japa wave and leave Naija, I honestly don’t care about my passion and talents anymore. I just want to leave or whatever
Everything is just so hard abeg
It’s really hard ! But I wish you best of luck in whatever you decide ❤
@@Itsmissimaaa thank you Ima!😌
Girllll this hit home😭😭😭
So relatable and your advice? Brilliant!
Love this for you🥹❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much ❤
This realisation is the foundation for you to truly blossom.
Thank you 💓
You’re so real for this 😭
Watching this video was really comforting. Thank you so much Ima, I needed this💜
You’re welcome bestie ❤
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I'm a 21 year old with no direction and only a dream
Thank you so much Ima ❤… I can relate I’m still figuring where my life is heading too.. you’re not alone girl. You got this !!💪
You are so welcome, you got this ! 💓
YOU ARE HILARIUOS! and also a younging through mid life crises..wild
Such an amazing videoo...i feel lost sometimes but m learning to START ..to put put myself out there cause i know and envision great thing out there
You can do it! 💓
Thank you so much for this. I’m a 21 year old law student and I relate completely to this. I can’t shake that feeling that I’m wasting my life. I really needed to hear this Ima. thank you🙏🏽
You’re not wasting your life ! Everything will make sense in the end ❤
Go Ima! You inspire me! I love you for just being you❤️❤️
Thanks bestie ❤
was so excited for this. thank you and needed this ❤️
You’re welcome ❤
Dear Ima, thank you love❤
I needed it🙏
Such an inspiring video, loved every minute of itttt. Thank you for sharingggg
Thank you ❤ and you’re most welcome !
This is exactly how I feel working in the banking industry! It’s definitely not something I enjoy, but I have to do it. I also feel lost most of the time, I definitely don’t enjoy my job but I also don’t know what to do
Maybe try exploring some of your passions on the side ❤
@@Itsmissimaaa that’s the goal! Thank you Ima
this was so insightful ima. thank you bestie
You’re welcome bestie ❤
Such an amazing video
Thank you so much Ima❤
Few minutes in and I can already relate so bad. I just finished law school and I’m so lost on what I actually want to do
Take it easy on yourself ❤
Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
I'm 18 and i feel this way now lol, I just got confused to how like people know what they like and I'm like why's my case so different
Thank you so much Ima😍 I started crying towards the end of the video because i can relate to everything you said.
You are so welcome ! Hopefully it all makes sense for all of us in the end 💓
Thank you Ima 💖💖💖
Go ima go ima go 🥰loved every bit of it❤
Thanks bestie ❤
I’m getting married to Mike. I will be soooo happy with all of my birkins. Good luck!
Love this babe ❤
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Much needed conversation and relatable too❤❤❤
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Thanks Ima really really needed this pep talk ❤
You’re welcome 💓
Sending you love💕💕💕 great advice, you are doing great!!
Thank you so much!!💓
Thank you sooo much. Every advise you stated was needed
You are so welcome 💓
I needed this 😭😭😭 thank you ❤❤
This was soo good💗 Goodluck in all you do Ima💗
Thanks bestie ❤
thank you for this. I needed to hear this❤
You are so welcome❤️
I turn 25 this year and I relate with you so bad 😢...
I wish you luck ❤
I love this video so much and how well you express yourself 😍 Thank you for putting it out. Love you big bestie 😊 and I look forward to watching the videos you mentioned are coming soon, especially the starting TH-cam in 2024 one
Thank you so much!! I’m glad you liked it. More in 2024 ! 💓
Yo I loveddd watching this. I got into the uni at 12 years old & spent so long there & yet I felt so empty. You’re so spot on! I took matters into my own hand, studied what I loved, completely self-exalted. It was really hard starting from scratch myself with ZERO support from any family but guess what? Now my clienteleship spreads as far as HOLLYWOOD! the moral lesson is to be your self, follow your instincts. Your parents are projecting!
Wow! Uni at 12? At what age did you graduate from secondary school
Wow so glad to hear that ! It’s definitely encouraging ❤
Loved watching this! 👏🏽👏🏽
Thank you sm ima❤
I feel the same way. I really felt it was just me
We are all going through it 💓
This is what we go through when your parents have it all figured out … that’s why you see an average man’s kid doing great at 20 because they were prepared to start early. Don’t worry girl , I’m glad you’re aware this is happening because that’s the problem, most people aren’t aware until it’s too late
I told them !!! At my age you weren’t this sheltered ! Let us experience real life. Even if we make mistakes it’s normal and now is the time to
1st African daughter 😭😭😭girl I’m relating
Hmmm… you need to get comfortable with feeling lost! That got me.
Yes ! Because half the time we won’t know what we are doing or what life will throw
What! U look so matured. Taught u were up to 30
That’s a rude thing to say and ima looks her age or younger
This is my story
I’m turning 23 next month
I studied a course I didn’t like cause I failed jamb and my dad said I wouldn’t stay home when I already had an admission
In my second year I wrote jamb again and he didn’t allow me use it so I continued the course finished a year late cause of covid so I graduated in 2021, with a 2:2, did my nysc, and finished in October 2022, now the only thing that makes me look forward to life is my business, yes I don’t get orders everyday but my business has done a lot for me over the years and I’m grateful
But in the past few months I’ve felt soo lost, and people just say you are still young you have time to figure it out, yes maybe that’s true but just also just want some sense of direction
Imagine after studying a course I don’t like for 5 years and then my father says now that you have done what I want you can go and start the course you like
Hmmm I hope I find clarity soon and I pray everyone trying to navigate life gets through it❤❤❤
I adore you Ima. I feel like we are the same person 😩😂❤️
Twinssiesss ❤
Omg i was also pushed into the legal field and i am a first daughter lolll i also feel lost glad i am not alone
We areeeee a lot 😭😂
I really needed this!!!!!
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I am 21 and I will be graduating this week. I stay off campus in uniport, but as a student I work as an event hostess, waitress, brand activation although the pay is not big but I saved up my rent to retain where I stay. My sister wants me to come back Lagos, staying with her is good but waking up by 5am to prepare the kids for school and clean the apartment is really frustrating. I want to wake up and set my day. So I’m really confused should I stay back or come back home. How is life as a graduate like?
I think I’d make a video because it’s a lot ❤️
Thank you Ima. I will appreciate that
Where are you now , because me am Uganda.
❤️❤️❤️thank you
You’re welcome 💓
Me in the exact same boat. Same situation lol
We’d be fine in the end !
I realized in October that I have a choice
Yay 💓💓
Hey bestie !
Hey bestie ❤
Honestly, the COVID set of law school really went through it!!
We did 😭😭
Well maybe i am not alone
You are definitely not alone ❤
Hey bestie 🤗
Hey bestie ❤
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My bby girl
25??? Girl there’s a lot of time
Are u sure , I'm so confused .
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I wish I could have lunch with you honestly
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damn
Where are you based tho. Let's be friends
Thank you so much!
Glad it helped!