And Things Happened...

It's day 297 of documenting 2025.
68 days to 2026!

It's Friday! 😄
And I'm already in the school premises for the biometric capturing stuff.
Seems like it's going to take a while, so I just thought,
"Why not type while I wait?"
Here we go!

First, I want to talk about my state, Anambra.
It's actually not so different from Lagos, just more billboards, less bad roads(at least the ones I've seen), and one significant difference from Lagos.
Women ride motorcycles.
Yep! That's right!

I found it amusing when I traveled here for a visit about six years ago with my mum.
After living with my grandma, who owned her own motorcycle....and even riding at the back of my aunt's motorcycle, I realized that most of the women who rode motorcycles probably owned them.

That's quite a difference from Lagos, where it seems strange for a woman to mount a motorcycle, which is seemingly reserved for men.
Apart from that, nothing else.
The hustle and bustle is the same as in Lagos.

It's quite strange and exciting and scary at the same time.
A mishmash of emotions, I tell you.
But I believe that it's all for the best and I have talked to God about it, since it will be me and Him in the hostel space and school very soon.
No family, no siblings, no house responsibilities.
Just God, me and my studies.

Alright, let's look at today's Highlights and then I'll share more thoughts and end today's post.
Sounds like a plan! 🤓

365 Days With Self-discipline
📌 On the Best Time to Work

"I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping.
No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is."

Quote by Jennifer Niven

The best time to work — and by work, I mean work on your highest
priorities, not necessarily your day job, with hours that you can’t control — is a highly individual matter, but for most people there are only two choices for
maximum productivity: early morning, when people aren’t awake yet, or late at night, when everyone is already asleep.

The common denominator is the lack of interruptions that can ruin your concentration in a matter of seconds.

Early mornings have the advantage of being easier to combine them with a normal everyday schedule. 

Even if you wake up at five in the morning, you can still lead a regular life: go to work or attend other obligations during the day with plenty of energy, spend time with family and friends during the afternoon, and every now and then stay up late and enjoy the evenings.

Unlike the way most self-help slogans go, staying up late doesn’t mean that you’ll never reach success, but in general it’s more difficult to maintain this schedule when compared to waking up early.

For one, most humans don’t handle night shifts well because we’re programmed to sleep when it’s dark and be active when there’s light.

Second, having to sleep during the day means missing out on many social events.
Moreover, a typical employee can’t afford to stay up late; they need to be at work at 9.

In the long run, it’s impossible to survive 8 hours of work after only a couple of hours of sleep.
For this reason, working at night is most suitable to people with flexible schedules.

I used to follow such a routine — I worked until 3-4 a.m. and woke up around 1-2 p.m.
In the end, I switched my routine and took the opposite approach.

While I was generally productive while working at night, my mental health and energy levels visibly deteriorated, due to a deficiency of sunlight and a messed-up circadian clock.

Still, it’s good to test both approaches and see which one is most suitable for you.
The key is to find a period of time when you feel most productive and able to concentrate.

Okay, I've got a few that say on this one.
I have tried both approaches before....and I always identified myself as a night owl.
But I must admit, waking up early is much better.
I would probably try that approach in school, because I usually stayed up late when I was at home.

No more Miss Night Owl 🦉
It's now the best strategies for maximum productivity as a student.
I would have to do a bit of research and come up with a plan...which I will commit to God.
Because I'm the best at coming up with plans....but not so good at keeping them.
Let's see how it goes.

Any more thoughts I want to share?
Yeah....the fact that it doesn't feel much different relocating from Lagos to here.
I thought there would be like a feeling of nostalgia, probably tears running down my eyes as I recall memories.

Nope! None of that!
I was asleep during most of the journey because I wasn't feeling so good when I left the house.
But when I got here, I felt much better....like I left the illness where I was coming from.
I can only glorify God in that aspect.
I knew He was working in my body through that illness, and that was what I told my dad.

He already had the thought of not going on the journey if I wasn't feeling so good.
But he understood what was going on with me when I explained to him.
I was asleep throughout the whole journey until we got close to the final stop.
By then, I was feeling better and ate the only solid thing since I left home. That was yesterday.

Then I was up on my phone around 4am this morning, when we were getting to the final stop.
I thank God for His grace and strength.

I still don't know how much I'm going to miss home, probably because my dad is here with me and my brother.
I guess it's true what they say:
Home is where your family is 🥰

Well, that would be all for today's gist.
I'm still waiting at the center for the
biometric capturing....and it's probably not good to take as long as I thought.
Apparently, it's a quick process.

Thanks for reading 🎀
I'm still going to be sharing more of the stuff going on here in the coming posts, so you can catch up on all of it at the main website, Documenting 2025.

One more thing....it was good to see my mum's sister again.
We actually kept our bags at her house before coming here.
We'll pick them up when we're ready to go to the hostel.

See you in the next post 💜