First Night In Hostel

It's day 307 of documenting 2025

58 days to 2026!

Guess where I am right now.

Not with family, that's where!

I'm already in my hostel room...and it's going to be my first night here.

My first night away from home 🥲

Why am I emphasizing that fact?

Well, because it has never happened before. At some point, I'll have to stop doing that, right?

Yeah...it gets annoying.

Anyways, I gave my dad a big hug before seeing him off at the school park.

That sweet man still gave me part of his transport fare...as I couldn't make any more transactions for the day. 

I'll miss him 🤗

Today was pretty hectic....with all the trekking, going around and waiting.

But it all got sorted out.

I appreciate God for that...He really came through for me and my brother.

It turns out that my brother had been cleared, but he had to pay his school fees first, before he could get his hostel payment invoice.

We had to gather up the money...and luckily, my dad and I had some funds saved up. My brother got his hostel and has moved in.

That's pretty much the update on how today went.

Before I share any more thoughts, let's look at the highlights for today.

365 Days With Self-discipline

📌 On Breaking Your Rules

"Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour. (...) If at my convenience I might break them, what would be their worth?"

Quote by Charlotte Brontë

We’ve already talked about adopting principles you’ll live by in order to make your decision-making process more efficient and make choices that are more aligned with your true desires.

It’s important to note that those principles aren’t for the times when everything goes smoothly. 

In fact, you don’t necessarily need them when things are going well.

It’s primarily when there’s a temptation to give up that you can experience the power of rules. You create them to prevent yourself from making the wrong choices, no matter what the circumstances are and which temptations you feel.

For example, I have a rule that growth happens outside my comfort zone. 

I don’t always feel like subjecting myself to discomfort and fear.

However, there’s a reason why I adopted such a rule: without it, I know that I would back out more often, and thus miss out on those opportunities to grow.

Whenever you feel a temptation to break your rule, remind yourself that it’s there for a reason. 

Breaking it means that the principle — and the reason why you chose it — isn’t important to you. 

What does breaking your own rules say about your reliability? 

Can you trust yourself if you fail to keep a promise that you made to yourself?

On promises you make to oneself, I'm a huge breaker if those....no mincing words about it.

Most times when I say I'm not going to do something, that's when I do it.

And when I say I'm going to do something, that's when I don't do it.

I do that a lot.

But it's no longer like that.

These days, I just trust God to direct my actions...no promises to myself.

I just follow God's Word and then ask Him to help me take the right actions.

He always answers.

That's why I don't trust myself.

Only in God's direction.

Turns out, anything I eventually do, turns out right.

And when I divert or go contrary, God always call me back.

He's just so wonderful ☺️

Anyways, I don't think I have any other thoughts to add.

Oh...I think I do.

I did a little observation today.

While waiting for my brother to finish up his process, I watched students of all shapes and sizes.

Some dressed like the school is a dance hall, others like they were actually going for lectures.

Well, that's just me saying...

I don't really know what the "norm" of school dressing is.

But I noticed something.

Everyone is really out for their own self. 

Friends and conversation is cool and a nice-to-have...but no one really cares what you look like.

"You just have to be smart and sharp", like my dad said.

Well, I'm going to do some exploring tomorrow.

I still don't know the distance from my hostel to the lecture halls.

Will find out tomorrow.

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

Main gist is...baby girl's in her hostel 😊

I'm actually on my bed, in the lower bunk...as I'm typing this.

It's 7:50pm now....and my next meal is till tomorrow.

I'll probably finish up some tasks on my online job, before praying and calling it a night.

Thanks for reading 🎀

I think I'm actually going to use a different tag for the coming posts.

Maybe something like, "Hostel Series"....so it's going to be a different set of posts.

It's the beginning of a wonderful journey!

See you in the next post 💜