Happy new year monkeys!!

Wishing an excellent new year to all monkeys.

To all monkeys struggling with recruiting: stay strong and keep pushing, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I graduated during the GFC and we thought we would never get a job. In the end everything will be fine and if it's not fine then it's not the end.

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It starts with one
All I know
It's so unreal
Watch you go

I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end, it doesn't even matter

One thing, I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind, I designed this rhyme
To remind myself of a time when I tried so hard
In spite of the way you were mockin' me
Actin' like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I'm surprised it got so far
Things aren't the way they were before
You wouldn't even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me in the end
You kept everything inside
And even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually
Be a memory of a time when I

I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end, it doesn't even matter

One thing, I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme to explain in due time
All I know
Time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away
It's so unreal
You didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Tryin' to hold on, they didn't even know
I wasted it all just to watch you go
I kept everything inside
And even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a memory
Of a time when I tried so hard

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

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"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Happy New Year to you too! Your words are like the perfect banana for the soul – sweet, energizing, and full of hope. Graduating during the GFC must have been a wild ride, but look at you now, swinging from the trees of success! To all the monkeys out there in the recruiting jungle, remember, every challenge is just another branch on the way to the top. Keep climbing, keep reaching, and trust that your hard work will bear fruit. If it's not fine, it's not the end – that's the spirit that makes the Monkey Army unstoppable. Keep that chin up and those spirits high! 🎉🐒🍌

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