My Brother's Birthday

It's day 330 of documenting 2025.

35 days to 2026!

First off, it's my brother's birthday!

Not the one that's in school with me, the one at home.

The third born of the family.

He's actually writing his GCE exams...and of all days, he wrote Biology today!

But I'm sure he will do well, one thing I know is that he's very intelligent.

It runs in the family 😁

Anyways, today went well in terms of lectures...

But I got scolded today, by one of the lecturers who claimed I didn't call him yesterday to confirm if we would be having lectures.

I was frustrated and angry in that moment.

Do you know that I called this particular lecturer multiple times yesterday evening, but he didn't pick?

I almost wanted to show him the missed calls and justify myself.

I just swallowed it.

Then I remembered the words of the lecturer that taught us before he came, Miss Chinenye.

She said that most of what happens in class goes off her mind, whether good or bad.

She advised that we shouldn't take any drama that goes on in class so personal.

Her words came to mind and made me shut up.

Well, it's off my mind now

I realized that sometimes, the fault may not be from me or the other party, just circumstance.

And yes, one more thing...

I spoke with a coursemate who almost committed suicide! 

Shh 🤫

Don't tell, okay?

I'm just going to shorten the story.

The thing is, he messaged me last night telling me about his thought to "depart from this world".

I got terrified!

I called him immediately and then told him not to think that way, that I would talk to him tomorrow.

I then prayed with him and afterwards, ended the call.

Today, I talked with him one on one and got to know his reasons.

Afterwards, I gave him tips on how he can make himself happy, because the problem is that he mostly has negative and angry thoughts.

As we were going home, he sponsored my lunch on my request.

God knows I'm grateful 🥲

I got home and got an awakening.

If I didn't structure my life now, nothing would change. 

And I need to set the foundation early, so I called myself to order.

(I think so...)

I set some alarms, drew some timetables...and then set up a streak.

That's the golden factor.

Something I will need to report back to each day.

And the completed days serving as motivation 😄

We'll see how it goes.

Time for highlights!

And it goes as usual, followed by my take on the topic and concluding thoughts.

Let's follow the structure, shall we?

365 Days With Self-discipline

📌 On Turning Back Right at the Very End

"Don’t turn back when you are just at the goal."

Quote by Publius Syrus

Many people have a tendency to back out right at the end of the journey, mere steps from accomplishing their long-term goal. 

If they knew that success was around the corner, they would find it in themselves to keep going. However, since it’s so difficult to diagnose whether success is right around the corner or still a long way off, it happens that many throw in the towel mere seconds from their opponent falling to the ground.

To prevent such an unfortunate situation from happening, from now on assume that if you’ve been working on a given goal for a long period of time and you’re down on your knees, ready to accept defeat, it’s the last test. 

Stand up, brush yourself off and take a few more steps. Give yourself a week or two more and make the last effort.

If your situation doesn’t change and there’s still no success around the corner, accept a (temporary) defeat and step away to recover. 

If it does change and you meet success, you’ll be glad you’d used the last remnants of energy to keep going.

Yeah...this is my kind of motivation.

The kind that you can hear someone saying and immediately get excited to work on that goal one more time 😌

That's my simple take.

Concluding thoughts?

Yeah...I think so.

It's about the fact that I feel encouraged to keep going once more.

The overwhelm, frustration and scolding from the lecturers...is all part of the journey.

I know I can't do it by my own strength...because everything I have achieved so far is by God's love and 

grace upon me.

I don't even deserve it...and anytime I remember the kind of person I am, I shed tears 😭

Tears that express that I'm nothing without Jesus. Like seriously.

And this new friend I have made is another experience that God wants to use to teach me something.

I just look back at my life and realize that every experience I had in the past, has made me understand concepts that I'm currently using.

And the cycle continues, because I believe I'm learning things now that I will be able to apply later in the future.

I thank my Lord Jesus for all He has done, as well as what He's still going to do.

I think that would be all for today's documentation.

Thanks for reading 🎀

It's actually 35 posts left before I start bragging about my achievement!

See you in the next post 💜