Documenting 2025

It's day 287 of documenting 2025. 78 days to 2026! Today started off well...with the hope for an accomplished day. I wrote down a to-do list and then started out with the tasks. But my phone started acting up. The rain also fell today...and I think it affected the network. Because even ChatGPT wasn't working. I wanted to use it for some exam questions I was working on (ex-teacher business 😏).... It was super annoying. The main task I wanted to do today....took hours. For the media to upload was a nightmare because my phone would just blank out. This device is probably on its last years of functionality. I tried and tried. Same thing....till afternoon. I dozed off, woke up and tried again. Still nothing. The network wouldn't just agree. I also went out to run an errand for my dad and came back. Tried again. Still didn't work. Evening came, and it was time for the home-tutoring session. I just left the task. After the session...

It's day 263 of documenting 2025. #Latepost And I could have prevented this... I think it was after I published yesterday's post that I came up with an idea for this post. Then I was like, "meh...I could do it tomorrow". Here we are! My Saturday morning was quite busy, with an early start to write a particular letter...and then some laundry. I also washed my footwear for next week, as well as the new-ish bag I would be using. Can't wait to rock it on Monday 😁 Then laundry was done... I remembered the home-tutoring session I had and prepared for it immediately. Towards the end of the session, I was given a little "bonus". My expenses for next week, miraculously taken care of! Thank God for His provision 🙏🏼 Went back home....chatted with a few friends and then made lunch for my siblings. After lunch, I had to walk all the way to my dad's shop to get what I would use to make dinner. The walk was okay tho....it was needed workout for my le...

It's day 260 of documenting 2025. A very very late night post. After hitting publish on this, I'm going to bed immediately. Today was very tiring...and I didn't get any chance for a nap. I'll rest properly tonight, by God's grace. Anyways, not much update here... Was quite a normal day at school, with an unusual supply of energy. I didn't doze off, although I was very tired...and still went for my home-tutoring session in the evening. Well.... I did doze off a few times 😐 And as soon as I got home, there was no chance for a nap. I really thank God for His strength in me...because today could have turned out very differently. Alright, let's look at Highlights for today (I'll share the whole note) Then I'll just share a few thoughts from Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. 365 Days With Self-discipline  📌 On Courage "People who seem to act “courageously” usually have specific consequences in mind; they know the consequences both of actin...

It's day 256 of documenting 2025. Happy Weekend ☺️  Between missed workouts, watching a movie and then typing late, I would say today didn't go so well... And I'm totally responsible for it. There's like this cycle....where the day starts off well, but doesn't end well. It's all part of the stretch, right? All this has taught me to know what my priorities are, and then shun the rest. I'll try that on paper, tonight... Have you ever wondered why some things you plan to do, eventually do go so well?  Well, I understand it as God using that experience to tell you something...and that's exactly what happened today. It wasn't really a slip-up, or a mishap...twas more like me avoiding what I know will help me, for some reason. And the reason is the fact that I'm still hiding...who I truly am, who God has called me to be. I'm showing only part...not all of it. That's where problems begin. I'm going back to the drawing board tonig...

It's day 252 of documenting 2025. Today's is 9/9/25 It's kinda cool...to see the 9th day in the 9th month of the year. Thank God for His grace 😌 Today was one of those slow and restful days. It wasn't the usual, as I slept through the afternoon, thinking it would cure my sore muscles immediately. It didn't. It's all good tho...the long nap didn't really disturb any of my routine activities. It was actually needed. Life update aside, we're going to do some Meditations today. As well as the usual highlights. I could also throw in a comment or two....so let's see how it goes. Oh and by the way, I'm referring to a collection of writings by Marcus Aurelius. (We'll be wrapping up Book 5 today) Meditations  📌 Book 5 34. You can lead an untroubled life provided you can grow, can think  and act systematically. Two characteristics shared by gods and men (and every rational  creature): i. Not to let others hold you back. ii. To locate good...

It's day 246 of documenting 2025. Another late night post... Here we are 😏 What happened? An intended 30-minute nap turned to 2 hours and 35 minutes of sleep. I had no idea my body would betray me like that! It's all good tho... The streak is still alive 🔥 So, I guess I'll just jump into the highlights for today....as my day wasn't particularly eventful. Just the usual, the mundane, the normal. It was good 😌 365 Days With Self-discipline 📌 On Learning the Big Ideas "You have to learn all the big ideas in the key disciplines in a way that they’re in a mental latticework in your head and you automatically use them for the rest of your life. If you do that, I solemnly promise you that one day you’ll be walking down the street and you’ll look to your right and left and you’ll think “my heavenly days, I’m now one of the few competent people in my whole age cohort.” If you don’t do it, many of the brightest of you will live in the middle ranks or in ...

It's day 243 of documenting 2025. Well, it's the last day of August. Somehow, it felt like a long month. Or is it just me? 😄 Anyways, I put a particular thing to the test...and then God showed me in His word that I should move with His pace, not mine. If the test fails, no problem. If it doesn't, it's all good. In other news, I got a new kind of notebook yesterday... (You're probably like, who cares?) Permit me to talk about it in a paragraph, okay? (Sure, whatever 🙄) Getting the notebook made me realize how much I like hardcover books. They're just so convenient when you want to write while standing. Kinda like a small table under your paper, right? I wanted to get just one but ended up buying two because they were the last ones in stock. They're smaller than the regular hardcover notebooks, and cute 🥰 Plus they can fit into my slip-bag, unlike those ones. Okay, I'm done talking.... Minutes before I started typing, I got a reminder...

It's day 235 of documenting 2025. It's the weekend! And it certainly feels so ordinary on this corner of this internet. And yeah, since I haven't gotten any views so far on any of the recent posts, I might as well speak my mind. And on my mind? A whole tornado! Oh! I'm exaggerating.... It's actually like a desert up there. Just dry and void of excitement. And I've been talking of no views when I don't even read the posts I write 😒 The first couple of views should be mine, right? But no....here I am, down in the dumps because nobody reads anyway. Sometimes, I just feel like I leave what I could be doing and cling onto some notion of excitement and enthusiasm... To even get myself to write this, I'm currently listening to "Luminary" by Joel Sunny...on repeat. And it's a minute past 2pm. What I'm describing is the dryness. The dull, boring, mundane. Ironically, few days back, I was thinking of a tagline, "Befriend the boring, mingle ...

It's day 226 of documenting 2025. Mid-week vibes 😎 What better way than a windy, not-so-hot afternoon and light at home? Yeah....can't complain about that. I watched a video yesterday, about how God sees us. Which in most cases, is very different from how we see ourselves. There are a few points that he made...that I should mention. If you're still here, God is not yet done with you. You have a unique purpose that can only be done by you....an assignment from God himself. No matter what has happened in your life or how bad you think you have messed up, there's still hope for you. And all these are true. But sometimes, our thoughts...or even the people we know make us think otherwise with what they say. It's always up to us to embrace our true identity by ignoring what everyone else says and living according to what God says. Just felt like I should start with that... On my end it's all good. I'm still waiting on that admission, and word is o...

It's day 223 of documenting 2025. Another Monday, in another week... And we're getting closer to the end of this month... Eventually, the end of this year. Time flies 😌 Our Monday Meditations are in order...as I'll share some lessons in a bit. But I think I haven't mentioned this: I reopened my X account. Okay to be specific, I came back to X on Friday last week...and so far, I have 3 followers now. Hasn't even been a week yet! Why am I sharing this? Point is, I opened my X account in May, but I was quickly overwhelmed because of the other online engagements I had then. And I didn't have the level of clarity on what I want to do...like I have now. 3 months away? Not so bad 🙂 I'm not clamoring for followers this time....or chasing visibility. I'm just sharing what I need to, in my quiet little corner...no need for me to scream into the ocean of X. My people will find me. By the way, if you would like to check out my profile, here it is: Duon Ada on X Th...

It's day 219 of documenting 2025. Today was pretty windy... And cold 🥶  I stayed a warm room this evening for my nap...and felt much better, 2 hours later. I wonder if these cold winds are a transition into the dry season. I just wonder.... It's 7:10pm now as I type this. I didn't type today's blog on time, between all the tutoring and tiredness....and me deciding not to give up my evening nap so I could post "early". Here we are, my friend 😆 It's a late night post... But the streak is still alive 🔥 So, it doesn't matter....and a better way of looking at it, I can say a little about how my day went. ( Perspective, baby! ) Well, how did my day go? Pretty good....probably because I started with an early morning, sat in silence and committed the day into God's hands. All that was possibly because I decided to sleep before 11pm the night before. Then my 5am alarm woke me up. I like to identify myself as a night person....and I prefer to stay up late...