Life is a Full-Time Job: Eighth book in the series: Any Thoughts?

By Kamau Mahakoe

Life is a Full-Time Job I know, you didn't apply for this job of life. Someone signed you up for it before you even landed here, when you were still too young to even decide if you wanted in on it. But, here you are! A grown adult! Do you think you were given the requisite skills to survive in the labour of life? Were you adequately trained by the family institution, the educational institution, the church and other social institutions? Did even nature equip you with the instinctive survival skills that it knew you would need? I heard a young adult (about twenty-two) complaining the other day, "It's like I was a child and then all of a sudden, I'm an adult!"Do you feel like you could have used at least five to ten more years of childhood, to adequately prepare for the grownup world? Do you think you were forced into child labour, forced to study when you didn't wanna, forced to sit grueling exams, forced to share in household chores when you would have much rather been watching cartoons or reading comic books? After all, you didn't ask to be here. Why should children do chores, go to school and compete for jobs? Why can't the parents cater to the needs of the child forever?My friends, know this: if you do not take control of your own life company, someone else will come in and do it. Somebody has to do it. They will run their life and run yours, as well. They will benefit from the proceeds of your life. You have to be a full-time participant in your life. You have to put in one hundred percent effort, in order to reap the full rewards.ABOUT THE AUTHORKamau Mahakoe is the principal and co-founder of the Kemet-Maasai Academy, a primary-level institution, located in Portmore, Jamaica. An educator for over two decades, Kamau is the 2014 recipient of the UNIA Marcus Garvey Centennial Award (Jamaica Chapter) for contribution to the field of Education. Kamau is a 2014 recipient of the prestigious "Outstanding Educator" award from the University of Chicago. She is a two-time Adult Champion in the Jamaica Library Service National Reading Competition. Kamau has also had over seven years' experience as a journalist and feature writer. She is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Mathematics Education. With over thirty published books, Kamau gives voice to an authentic Caribbean experience while exploring themes that are universal and complex.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1792727380
• ISBN13: 9781792727382
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"