Review And "Love In Every Line"

It's day 89 of documenting 2025.

Happy Sunday, my friend 🎀
Happy New Month in advance.
We have officially passed through the first half of this amazing year.
Praise God 🙌🏼

Challenges were faced.
Obstacles were overcome.
Lessons were learned.
I'm sure that one or all of the occurrences above took place in your life.
For me, it was all of them.
But I believe God is in control 😌

One more thing....
This week, I'll be addressing a crowd...in person.
Well, it's more like a talent show holding at the tutorial center.
And I'll be speaking....twice!
I jumped at the opportunity to try out speaking in public.
I haven't done that in....forever!
But I'm willing to do it and learn from the experience.

Okay, let's do highlights.
It's from the usual read....as usual.
To be honest, I didn't even take a peek at the other books...
But this one is a must-read for me.
None other than.....

365 Days With Self-discipline
📌 Day 89: On Not Making Excuses

"You have to deliver results when making excuses is an option."
Quote by Dan Waldschmidt

I can relate to this.
I could have done another AI series for this very post, like yesterday's post.
I could have given an excuse that I was tired....because I really was tired yesterday.
But I chose to tell the story today.

"Self-discipline comes down to choosing between instant and delayed gratification.
Instant gratification feels good today but compromises your long-term goals, while delayed gratification usually doesn’t deliver much in the way of instant pleasure, but it can lead to bigger rewards in the future."

A choice we make most of the time.
The choice between instant and delayed gratification.
Some days, I just feel tired and eventually go for the "instant" solution.
But not always.

"If you decide to keep going instead of defaulting to the easy choice of using (partly valid) excuses, you’ll immensely strengthen your resolve. It takes even more discipline — and consequently offers a greater opportunity to exercise your self-control muscle — to stick to something when you have a good justification to not do it.".

Most times, other books I've read refer to self discipline as a "muscle."
The more you use it, the stronger it becomes.
I guess it's true.

More gist.....
I'm to memorize a poem I will present on the talent show day.
Memorize? 😨
What if I stumble on my words and people laugh at me?
What if I stammer?
What if......?
Silly assumptions.

The only way to prevent any of that happening is if I prepare well.
And have more confidence in my ability to commit something long to memory.
I even thought of a way to make it easy.

First, I would upload it to a TTS app...and the one I use is IIReader from Elevenlabs.
Then I would listen to it.....and pretend to be the speaker.
Let's see how it goes.

Yesterday was 27 days to JAMB, according to our teacher.
He has made it a point of duty to remind us, all of us...that the countdown is still on.
Some students exclaim when they hear the countdown, others don't show any emotion.
They're prepared, I guess
If I was to rate myself on how prepared I am, I would say 70%.
I'm getting there.....

Anyhoo, that's pretty much how last week went and I hope things will be better this week.
For all of us 🙏🏼
This is where the post ends....quite short, right?
But I want to share a poem I wrote weeks ago.
It's a love-themed poem.
(If you ask me, it's to fill up space, nothing more 😆)
Enjoy!

Love in Every Line

It starts with friendship, soft and slow,
A gentle spark that starts to grow.
A story penned in midnight texts,
Each word a page, what happens next?

Your voice, a melody so sweet,
Through glowing screens, our hearts still meet.
Photos paint the moments bright,
A love unseen, yet burning light.

"We’re far apart," I sighed one day,
"Not true," you whispered, "hearts don’t stray."
Though miles stretch wide, they can’t divide,
What fate has stitched and love has tied.

Now chapters fade, but not our song,
A love so real, yet feels so wrong.
For if this isn't love’s embrace,
Then why do I still see your face?

Aww 🥰
Doesn't it just make your heart melt?
I mean, it doesn't have to.
I'm just expressing my opinion.

Today's post is probably not the longest....but it's what?
Another day added to the streak!
89 days and standing strong 💪🏼
Up next, day 100.
See you then...

Thanks for reading, my friend 😊
For always visiting, no matter what.
For always reading to the end.
132 readers in the last 30 days?
I'm very grateful.

I'm Duon Ada
I'm documenting 2025.
And I'll see you tomorrow
Ciao 💕