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T. R. Okuna

9 Mar, 9 tweets, 2 min read

Gents, ease your burden in campus:

1) Learn to walk alone. Groups are expensive. Since none is producing, you leech on each other. Ego tussles will also have you spending more to reinforce superiority, & reinforce loyalty, yet you all receive cash from mummy. Walk alone!

2) Say little, be scarce. Scarcity breeds mystery. Since money is limited, many will seek recognition through noise. Rendering it commonplace. Be scarce. Men respect mystery, women seek to unravel it. Men will give you a wide berth, women will give you free sex. Mystery is king!

3) Sell something. T-shirts. Shoes. A rock. Ice cubes. Oxygen - just sell. Among men it speaks enterprise, among women it speaks potential. You will earn money, influence, & admiration of hypergamous women - who litter campuses. Focus on the money! The rest comes second.

4) Campuses are starved of ingenuity & opportunities. Everybody is copying the other. Try to live outside as soon as you can - shun village heroics. It need not be an expensive house, but it will trigger proactivity. It also introduces you to the real world. Start thinking big!

5) DO. NOT. MOVE. IN. WITH. YOUR. GIRLFRIEND. And no, you are not doing it to save on costs, that is the lie you tell yourself. You are simply infatuated. There were many before you. You are not new. Resist the temptation. Live alone. Start small. Stop wasting time!

6) Join an outdoor sporting activity. Women, alcohol & weed are not sports. Play soccer, play basketball, play rugby. You forge networks that will last a lifetime. The best bonds are forged in adversity. Sports offer that competition. They give you something to look forward to.

7) Be courteous. Respect the old woman who sells you mboga & beans, she will save you from starvation on your worst days. Don't disrespect the landlord & other tenants with loud noises & delinquency, you will live an easy life. Say thank you to your father after receiving cash.

8) Know your background & own it. Cool is not a place, cool is an identity. Create your cool & brand it. My cool was my vocabulary & mystery. I sold people sophistication. When I could not afford meat, I said I was vegan. Soon they were copying me. Not knowing I was just broke.

9) I, too, smoked weed. Behind the loos. You don't need it. Any state of consciousness which can be achieved using drugs, can be achieved through meditation. Learn to introspect. Watch movies. read general books. Nip boredom in the bud!

Good luck!

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