Saturday Laziness

It's day 347 of documenting 2025.

18 days to 2026!

Happy Weekend to you ☺️

It was definitely a laid back day for me....and I thank God for rest.

I didn't sleep per se, but I laid on my bed, snacking, watching YouTube and not feeling guilty about it.

Not even feeling like,

"Hmm 🤔...I should be doing something else".

With how hectic the last few days have been, I'd say it was needed.

And I didn't touch homework, call lecturers or visit the bookshop to get some handouts for my coursemates, like I had planned.

Some days are like that...

In the evening, I went for a long walk, by myself. I wasn't alone tho...

Jesus walked with me 😊

It was a wonderful time; and I really felt like He was listening.

You should have seen me...

Just talking about stuff like someone was beside me.

Well, someone was 😌

If someone passed by me, he would have termed me a person with a mental issue.

Let's not even mention an elderly person...who would think I took some drug or something 😅

It was nice to just...talk.

And talk I did.

By the time I came back to the hostel, I was clear on the fact that I would continue with my job...into the new year.

This decision is against what I had earlier deliberated on. I probably even wrote about it in a former post.

Well, I had earlier thought about quitting my content writing job to venture into network marketing via a particular website I had signed up on since last year.

On the walk this evening, I outlined the pros and cons of both opportunities.

I also highlighted how they would affect my studies and how able I am to balance either of them.

I decided to stick with content writing, because of the stability in income.

20k per month is a good amount, considering the expenses that may pop up at any time.

And I don't have to call up my dad every now and then...which is good.

I know we're going into a new year...and the pull to start something new is magnetic.

But I considered it and found out that it would be unpredictable and might throw me off balance, especially now that I'm still trying to  get used to all my engagements, including work.

I know myself...and posting everyday on my status is something that won't be sustainable for me.

I haven't even posted on my status in days!...I only reposted for a friend this afternoon.

I'll leave network marketing for now, probably till when I get to 200 level.

It's still a very viable opportunity to earn from initial effort and rewarding returns with less effort later on 😌

Let's see today's highlights.

Then we do the usual opinion bit and concluding words after.

(I hope it's a great one!)

365 Days With Self-discipline

📌 On Enduring Your Tyrants 

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. 

Find out just what any people will quietly submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of

injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. 

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress."

Quote by Frederick Douglass

Likewise, the limits of problems in your life are determined by your tolerance of them. 

If you have a slight pain in your little toe, you probably aren’t going to go see the doctor, but multiply the pain by a factor of five and you’ll be at the doctor’s office in a split second!

Think in the same way about your bad habits or any other harmful actions of yours. 

If the perceived pain (negative consequences) is weak, you’ll most likely continue to tolerate it for as long as it doesn’t increase. 

Intensify the pain, and you’ll start looking for solutions.

There are two ways to inspire you to give up negative behaviors: 

1. The pain caused by your negative behaviors intensifies by itself. 

One day you realize that the problem has grown to such proportions that you must do something about it. 

For example, your negative nutritional habits lead to a heart attack or failing to improve your self-confidence makes you a loner without any friends.

This is not a good way to deal with negative behaviors, because you’re

letting the problem grow uncontrollably until it poses a big risk in your life.

2. Intensifying the pain by making yourself aware of how deep the pain goes. 

Instead of ignoring the pain and keeping it running in the background, you tune in to it and focus on all of its consequences.

Make them bigger and assume

they will get soon get worse. Use the negative visualization to inspire the change.

For example, once you notice you’re gasping for air after climbing a set of stairs, assume that it’s the first sign of an incoming rapid deterioration of health.

New symptoms will soon follow, and each will be stronger than the previous one. The slight discomfort you have now is only the beginning. Amplify its message and act now while you still can. 

Don’t ignore it by thinking that you can forget about it for now and you will address it later if it gets worse.

Unless you can convince yourself how far-reaching and dangerous the consequences of your behaviors can be in the long term, you won’t act. 

Think of any negative behaviors of yours as tyrants: to what extreme measures must they to before you stop enduring their oppression?

Hmm 🤔

That word. Oppression.

I was definitely oppressed when I was without Christ.

It was a world of torment...I tell you.

I was so miserable.

Now, I've gotten to the point where the thought of losing Christ would bring tears to my eyes.

I really cried the day I told Him that I don't want to go back to my old life.

And whenever I feel like I'm drifting, I return...because He's the only one I can really turn to.

Honestly, I feel like this relationship is something unique. Not bragging or anything like that...just saying.

And it's not about prayer or fasting or going to church, it the fact that He tells me things!

I don't deserve any of the love and compassion I get from Jesus.

I'm less than worthy of them.

That's why I need Him.

And why I don't want to lose Him.

PS. This is just me saying.

I don't know how your relationship with God is...but I hope it's a wonderful one 😌

You'll really enjoy doing life with Him.

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

Thanks for reading 🎀

It's less than 20 days now...and next week will be the last week of lectures before the Christmas break. Pretty sweet! 😄

At least, by next year...this blog will be one less thing to worry about.

Something I don't have to remember to do.

Not that I don't enjoy documenting....it s about cutting off some of the habits and tasks I came to the hostel with.

I'll give details next time...

See you in the next post 💜