The title of this blog is an acronym for my personal quote and philosophy in life. Before I say what the acronym stands for, let me tell a short story of how I started writing quotes.

Starting varsity in Cape Town in 2009, I made a commitment to start reading books more often than I did in matric (last year in high school). So upon arriving in Western Cape, I took time and went to the local library to open a library card. Once I had received the card, I was very excited and took books out immediately. Through reading many books, both fiction and non-fiction, I started to think of how I can get more value from the books I read, and that’s when I came up with an idea of writing quotes.

The above acronym OICLIMY (Oy-kli-me) stands for “Only I Can LImit MYself”. And in essence, it means that I am the only person that can set limits in my mind as to what I can achieve in life, both academic and personal. To remember this every day, I have put up the quote on the wall of my room.