LifeSightsSound

“Square peg in a round hole” is an idiomatic expression which describes the unusual individualist who could not fit into a niche of their society.[1]

The metaphor was originated by Sydney Smith in “On the Conduct of the Understanding”, one of a series of lectures on moral philosophy that he delivered at the Royal Institution in 1804–06:

Today like some days in my life I felt like a square peg in a round hole, not in a bad way though. This morning I thought my phone was not working cos at 3am the sun wasn’t streaming through my blinds, I thought I slept a whole day, imagine my shock when I checked my phone it was 3 minutes shy away from 3am… 

I did my morning routine, my ear piece in the right place listening to Apple Music I walked to the train station, today was cloudy all through but it’s okay…

Square peg, grey in the sea of black, whatever, I remember when I moved to Ekiti for the first time, my colleagues said this Ajebutter will soon learn, they looked at me and called me young, spineless and weak so I showed up at the depot by 7am and waited till everyone of them came in and they looked at me and said it is the initial ginger…

The men that I was supposed to lead had kids, learnt the short cuts and thought I was single, a girl and will fall in line, boy did they get the shock of their lives, for 2 straight years I showed up at the depot 7am on the dot and not flinching till I left, I guess they figured I was a square peg…

I worked in a male dominated field where everyone wanted to take a piece on the company but I chose to be a square peg, I had a line manager that was an example of the kind of sales man I wanted to be, he was another square peg and he didn’t know that  the stand he took to be a straight arrow was what shaped my sales career,I am proud to call him my first liney.

Marketing was another ball game where monies meant to drive brands where going to the pockets of managers, even when my line manager in my marketing called me to advice me to help myself, my friends are taking bribes from suppliers cos heaven helped those who helped themselves I still chose to be a square peg.

Being a square peg can be very lonely, there I was complaining to my friends how I turned down bribes from suppliers while unknown to me, they were collecting their own behind my ingnoramous arse.

I have grown because I chose to be different, a square peg, like I said it is lonely but I get by surrounding myself with square pegs just like myself …

I don’t know who I am writing this for but if you are a square peg, you are not alone.. you will be fine.You are doing the right thing.

Just so you know my first Liney and I have the same life coach…..

Yours Sincerely 

CIA