Readjustments

It's day 282 of documenting 2025.

83 days to 2026!

I've been typing late for the past few days now...

What am I saying? For the past week!

And now that I'm not teaching at the school anymore, I have resolved to type as early as possible from now on.

Right now, it's 2:25 pm (Nigerian time) and I could have typed earlier but I had to knock out some chores first 👊🏼 

I'm done with them now.

Well, 

Not all my chores tho...

But I've done the most important ones. Here I am, my friend 😊

Okay, for the updates about what's going on with my admission and all....

I think I'll share a bit of it now and then spill the rest after today's highlights.

Sounds like a plan!

Okay, first off....

We didn't travel today, like my dad and I had planned.

Like I had anticipated.

The reason is that my dad wants us to go with our admission letter, so we can check into the school immediately.

For us (me and my brother) to get our admission letter, we have to first accept the admission.

If we see, "ADMITTED" on our profiles, we can print out our admission letter.

Right now, it's still showing, "ADMISSION IN PROGRESS".

So, we still have to wait.

This was concluded after my dad called a guy from the school.

When we saw that the admission was in progress, we thought we would need to travel as soon as possible.

After confirming that we can't pay for our hostel space without our admission letter, my dad made it clear that we would travel once we see that we've been admitted.

Long story short, we're packed and ready to go...but we're just waiting on the school board to finalize the admission process.

And I was thinking our intended travel was sudden 😳 

Now, I've accepted the fact that we may not travel until the end of this month.

Until then, I keep myself busy.

There are implications, as we didn't travel today like we had planned.

Some good, some unsavory.

But I believe that God wants it this way 😌

I'll tell you about those implications after we see today's highlights.

365 Days With Self-discipline 

📌 On Analysis Paralysis

"The ten thousand questions are one question. If you cut through the one question, then the ten thousand questions disappear."

Quote by Xinxin Ming

Analysis paralysis happens when you overthink a situation to such an extent that you never take a decision.

For example, a person who wishes to lose weight will never commence a diet because they’ll forever keep searching for the right diet or the ultimate answer to the question of which foods are healthy and which are not (hint: even scientists don’t know the correct answer).

As a result, weeks and months pass by, and all you have is more and more unresolved questions and zero real-world results.

While it often pays to think deeply about your goal and how you want to approach it, if you have a tendency to over-analyze and overcomplicate things, give yourself just one day to figure out the answer to one key question — and instead of aiming for the perfect answer, aim for an answer that’s good enough.

For example, if you want to start a diet and are unsure which one to follow, research the most common and most successful diets. 

Limit your choices to the few best options and then choose the one that feels like the best fit. 

Don’t worry about getting it perfect — in the state of analysis paralysis you won’t get any results, so even mediocre results are still an improvement.

Think of it as driving a car in foggy weather. 

Even though you can’t see everything around you, you can still drive. 

It’s the same with goals — even with limited knowledge, you can still work on your objectives.

Sometimes I have analysis paralysis....especially when it comes to a writing project.

But what usually helps is to write down all that I'm thinking about....literally dump it all on the page.

Then I make a list of things that I need to do.

It usually all comes together then.

I don't know if it's the same for you, but you can try writing down what's on your mind whenever you overanalyze a particular situation.

In the end, it's for the purpose of making better decisions.

Okay, where was I on the updates?

Oh yes! The implications.

Let me continue:

Now that I may not be traveling anytime soon, my dad suggested that I go back to the school.

I didn't consent to that...and when I told him that my boss had cut my former salary down, he went ballistic.

He commanded me to not go there again! 

Why is this funny? 😂

It's funny because when I resumed for the term, she told me of my salary cut and gave a mere reason...that my younger brother wasn't coming to their school like last term.

Then, I told her that my dad wouldn't approve but I would talk to him. 

I never told my dad until this morning.

He concluded that me going there wasn't worth it.

After hearing the subjects I teach, and the work involved....and the fact that she didn't pay me on my last day at work.

She just said that she would pay me when she was paying others, and also reminded me to send in the exam questions for the term.

My mind was already made up the day I left the school.

And I might be around a little longer, but I won't go back there.

I care about the students and miss them, but my boss isn't helping the situation.

I still have another job tho...

The home-tutoring gig.

When I thought I would be traveling today, I also told the pupil's father that I may not be available to teach his kid. 

He implied that he might not be able to get another person that can do the job as well as I did.

But I informed his wife today...that I'm still around and she said I could come this evening.

Win-win 😄

Would you believe if I told you that the pay for the home-tutoring gig is now the same as the teaching job?

It's 15k! (Nigerian Naira)

I would be teaching one student only as opposed to six classes of students (yeah...I used to teach the whole secondary school).

Tell me, what would you pick?

At this point, there's really nothing to worry about or fear anymore...especially because my dad told me to not go there.

I actually intend to message her, informing her of the new development and the fact that I won't be teaching anymore.

Let her hear the news from me...not from gossip.

I'm just doing what's best for me.

This time at home, I can use to rest, plan for school and also create a product to sell too.

The days leading to my departure would be all about strategy and preparation.

Mentally, physical, emotionally and spiritually.

(Last one very important 😌)

Well, that would be all for today's post.

I hope I didn't disappoint, because I'm not hiding behind cooked-up content anymore.

It's real, raw behind-the-scenes.

Thanks for reading 🎀 

You can read more inside stories by visiting the main site, Documenting 2025.

Ignore the "popular posts" below this one.

They're actually from way back....I'm talking March, April, May.

See you in the next post 💜