When Dreams Become Warnings, How My Sleep Showed Me Success While Real Life Fell Apart

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but dreams don’t lie and mine were trying to save me. For years, I would sleep and see myself living in mansions, driving big cars, giving motivational talks, and signing million-shilling deals. I’d wake up smiling. The dreams felt so real I’d even get angry when I realized I was still stuck in my single room in Kayole, eating dry ugali with salt.

But in real life, everything was falling apart.

I had a diploma in IT, I was job hunting like crazy, but rejection was my portion. I applied everywhere banks, tech companies, even supermarkets nothing. It’s like I was invisible. Friends I went to college with were progressing. One had started a successful business. Another got a job at a major NGO. Me? I was sinking. Rent arrears, family pressure, and that constant question: “Bro, kwani ulirogwa?” READ MORE…