1. I wish I knew that the batteries of most Chinese phones lasted longer than most campus relationships. You kill yourself over someone’s daughter for four [bad] years only for them to even forget your contact number when the reality of national service hardship sets in! Chai

2. As a woman, I wish I had paid more attention to my books than playing the role of a premature wife! Time spent in washing his clothes could have been used in learning a skill or two. A girlfriend is not a wife.????

3. I wish I spent my vacation doing more voluntary work than just staying home idle watching soaps and ‘omo’. Volunteerism is skill development!

4. As a woman, I wish I invested more in my skills than my skin. A bright skin doesn’t necessarily mean a bright future.

5. I wish I had read more books and not just their covers or titles. I wish I had read more newspapers and not just their headlines. The best travel experience is to read.

6. I wish I developed my mind power… not just manpower. I wish I invested more into my mind than stomach. Indeed, mind power will always rule over manpower!

7. I wish I knew how to write and update my CV/résumé better. CV writing is not rocket science. A graduate who can’t write a CV? Did you graduate from a university in Pluto!?

8. I wish I found my passion and pursued it with all my heart. Passion is about following your heart… not stomach.

9. I wish I knew that my roommates then were going to be the “big shots” of today. I should not have quarrelled with them over gari. We shouldn’t have been at loggerheads because of kenkey. I could have treated them better! ????

10. And… I wish I knew that I may never apply whatever I was being taught in the lecture hall in real life. Thus, I had to pay more attention to how I could pass life’s exams… than school’s exams!

By: Kobina Ansah

The writer is a playwright, entrepreneur and columnist with The Mirror. His upcoming play is #MyWifeInLaw