On Admitting You Need Help

It's day 351 of documenting 2025.

14 days to 2026!

Wednesdays already feeling like a Saturday 😪

I noticed that the harmattan season is getting closer and closer...during the night at least.

We had the usual lectures today.

One by 10am...and that was probably the highlight of today.

Our lecturer, was able to summarize all we had done so far, answer questions posed by my coursemates, and still lead us in a prayer session.

It was our last Wednesday class for the year, so it had to be memorable.

And guess what she gave us our Christmas present?

Pens! 🖊️

A pen for each of us.

As she distributed the pens, someone played the usual "Feliz Na Vidad" Christmas song.

That was after the prayer.

It was quite interesting...and the lady in particular was voted the best lecturer for the year.

She really deserves the award 😌

Turns out, the lady (let's call her Miss C) is also our departmental ICT officer....who is meant to upload our courses.

I followed her to her office after the class and she showed me in her end that the fault is not from her.

She directed me to another office.

(Yet again! 🤦)

This GS registration issue will probably be resolved next year.

I'm tired of going round..and they keep referring me back to where I came from.

I feel like a rubber ball that they keep playing pass with.

I guess that's the price to pay for being a course rep, yeah? 😒

Well, we had another class much later in the afternoon.

By then, most of my coursemates decided that they couldn't wait.

Thus, our population for the afternoon class was little.

We still had the class tho....and I was dozing off like crazy.

I got to a point where I had to stand up and walk around.

Well, turns out that less sleep doesn't help my situation at all.

Yesterday, I kept a late night.....and finished up with one of my notes, completing it.

And I wanted to see how I would feel in class....maybe more energetic? As if! 😅

I won't try it again.

My friend, PK advised that I needed more sleep and he's probably right.

But the problem is, I don't sleep on time...no matter how much I try.

There's always something I need to finish up or do before bed...in regard to my duties.

Hopefully, I'll get all the sleep I need during the Christmas break.

I really hope so 😌

Speaking of the break, I'll br traveling to my family house with my brother and cousin by Sunday.

At least, I'll have some company.

All in all, today went well.

I thank God for how it played out.

We go again tomorrow...for the last lecture of the year! 😄

In the meantime, highlights...

365 Days With Self-discipline

📌 On Admitting You’re Struggling

"To cut out every negative root would simultaneously mean choking off positive elements that might arise from it further up the stem of the plant. 

We should not feel embarrassed by our difficulties, only by our failure to grow anything beautiful from them."

Quote by Alain de Botton

I often talk about my failures in my books because I want my readers to understand that hardships are an inherent part of the process. 

If somebody claims they’re successful but they’ve never failed, you can be sure they’re lying.

Whenever you’re dealing with problems and struggling to stick to your goals, don’t be afraid to share your troubles with others and reach out for help.

You might feel tempted to protect your ego and demonstrate that you’re infallible, but doing so is counterproductive.

Denying that you have problems — or denying that you could use help or support — doesn’t make you better than a person who publicly admits that things aren’t going well and is looking for assistance.

In the end, there’s nothing to be ashamed of when you’re struggling. 

The only shame is in failing to recognize your problems because that’s when you miss out on some of the most valuable opportunities to grow.

I tend to hide the fact that I need help with something.

That was back in Lagos.

Now that I'm in school, situations have started teaching me how to ask for help when I need it.

And I used to feel weird when receiving from others...but I would give out a lot of my time, energy and resources, even to the point of causing my own breakdown.

Well, the Bible says,

"It's more blessed to give than to receive".

I'm more of a giver than a receiver...and when I got here, I learned how to ask and receive more.

The Bible also says, 

"Ask and ye shall be given, seek and ye shall find, knock and the door shall be opened unto you".

Now, I'm quoting scripture here...but I'm actually trying to point out that most people stand on one part of scripture only, and leave the rest.

God's Word is not changing, neither can it change.

That's why it lasts.

That's why it's God's tool for transformation ✨

How is all this related to today's topic? Well it shows that we're to come to God when we struggle with any problem that seems insurmountable.

I guess this is where I'll end this post. That would be all for today's documentation.

Thanks for reading 🎀

As always, you can catch up on former posts by visiting the main website, Documenting 2025.

This year is done and dusted!

Very soon it will be,

"2 days to 2026".

Until then....

See you in the next post 💜