Daily Musings — 23rd February 2017
I didn’t want to hurt the feelings of the girl at the till.
So, when she gave me a doughnut instead of a Diet Coke, I just accepted the doughnut and moved on.
I was reminded of the incident, which happened a couple of years ago, today. A friend showed me an article in his news feed. This article was published in June, it tells the story of a student who spent three months on the wrong university course without realising. I’m pretty certain that this is satire. After all, I do nickname the friend who showed me the story “Fake News”. But it’s not marked as such. It sounds rather surreal but it’s a bigger problem than most realise — people are reading satire and thinking it’s real. Whenever I share satirical posts, I always try to make clear that it’s satire and let’s be honest there’s no fun in that. Still that story was pretty funny.
I was trying to make it a whole day without mentioning football. But it’s just not possible. Claudio Ranieri has been sacked as Leicester City manager. Now, I feel a club can never progress if they sack their manager whenever something goes wrong. It isn’t a sustainable model. Look at Swansea City. Michael Laudrup did a good job, was sacked. Same with Garry Monk and Francesco Guidolin. Bob Bradley wasn’t even given the chance to sign the players he needed, being appointed and sacked in between two transfer windows. It’s no surprise they’ve gone from mid table to relegation fighters. But if a manager loses the dressing room as has been suggested in some quarters, something has to change. Because if that happens, the team just won’t function properly and the atmosphere can get toxic. But perhaps it’s the players’ fault not the managers’? Either way, Ranieri will be remembered as a legend in Leicester and rightly so. If Slav won us the league last year, I wouldn’t even be mad if we got relegated 10 seasons in a row, I’d still want him in charge.
Lastly, today I came into university for two things. Firstly to write on my review of John Wick: Chapter 2 which has been submitted and sent of for publication. Also to a talk about breaking into broadcasting, which was useful as I learnt some important tips. The most important thing I took from it — keep working. I write daily blogs to improve my writing skills. I’ve seen from my 19 years on this planet that hard work pays off eventually. Everyday I write, I learn new things. People give me feedback and people I’ve spoken to say they enjoy reading it. The reading count is low but with time, they’ll increase and I’ll keep on learning and improving. If you’re passionate at something, work on it everyday and with slow steps, you’ll improve and be the best you can possibly be. Employers love people like that.