Documenting 2025

It's day 208 of documenting 2025. A new week.... Another Sunday to relax and unwind...for most people who were working for the whole week. But for people like me, Sunday is just "one of those days". I still get to relax and unwind for the rest of the week 😁 Schools all around my area have vacated, so teachers will understand what I mean right now... Anyhoo, it's the last week of July. By Friday, we would be wishing ourselves a happy new month. It's all good over here. Still windy with a teeny bit of sun... But no power; another thing that would piss me off on a normal day. It's okay tho...I'm sure it's not a longtime thing. Besides, my power bank still has enough bars to charge my phone for another 5 hours or so. It's cool 😎  Let's get into Highlights...and I'll share an interesting chat I had with my AI assistant today. Quick question.... Would you generalize or specialize? Think about it 🤔  365 Days With Self-discipline  📌 On Profiti...

It's day 201 of documenting 2025. It's a Happy Sunday indeed 😊 You know why? This marks my last week as a secondary school teacher! After it ends, so does my teaching job. I would admit, I'm a little bit excited to be finally relieved of that stressful job. But come to think of it, 🤔  There's no job that doesn't involve some sort of stress. It's all up to you to pick your poison (not literally...). What matters is the cha-ching in your bank account...you know what I'm saying? 🤑 Anyways, after the school vacates, it's all study for my exams. This time, it's POST UTME. JAMB is done and dusted ✅  This time, it's either I pass or I don't. Either I qualify or I don't. I did some research and turns out, my university of choice usually processes admission late. Other schools have started releasing their exam forms...but my school of choice, they haven't even started their semester exams! That means more time for me to study. As I study, I...

It's day 194 of documenting 2025. Well, today was quite sunny 😎  Did all my laundry and they all dried....I'm grateful for that. As well as the opportunity to see a new week. "I need you". I heard that this morning.  Maybe it was false telepathy....or my mind making it up... I can't say. I just heard it in my head. (You're probably thinking... "she's slowly losing it" 😏) All I know is, someone out there needs me. And it felt good to be needed. The teaching job has not allowed me to feel anything more than what needed to be felt. It's like I'm putting on an act for everyone....and I mean everyone, including myself. Today felt different. For a split second, I truly felt something. I think the story I wrote yesterday about Memento Mori also contributed to that...in a way. Guess the void was quite bigger than I thought 😕 Let me stop here for now. Time to hide behind the sections for today. I've revealed more than enough. Let's se...

It's day 187 of documenting 2025. Happy New Week ☺️ I wish you.... ( Who am I kidding....no one's reading this ) I'll just do the usual sections and be out of my notes app in no time. Honestly, writing this blog is already starting to feel like a chore. Something I forget and suddenly remember, "Oh! I haven't typed today!" Seems like everything important I need to do feels like a chore these days 😒 Resistance?  Procrastination? Loss of enthusiasm? I don't know what's wrong. Maybe Me? All I know is, I'm typing this to keep a streak...not that I find it exciting anymore. (Sigh 😔) Finally doing all my laundry, escaping by watching movies, ignoring my friend's call and feeling sorry for myself afterwards was my routine today. Whatever... At least there's something I can look forward to tomorrow. Examination and marking of papers....yay! ( not excited... ) Anyways, let's get this over with... Highlights and Meditations....which will be in...

It's day 180 of documenting 2025. Happy Sunday, my friend ☺️  Can you believe it's 20 days to day 200? I'm super psyched! Day 200 might not be a blast...but it's sure a great achievement. Fingers crossed 🤞🏼  Not much going on right now, except for the fact that I'll soon change how I write the posts here. Very soon, it'll be less about my life and more about my research and findings. The world doesn't revolve around Duon Ada, right? 😏 Let's get into Highlights now...and after I'll share another chat I had with my friendly psychologist. More like a sequel to yesterday's post. 365 Days With Self-discipline  📌 On Paying the Price as Fast as Possible "No matter how long a situation continues, there’s always a way to get out. But the sooner you handle it, the easier it is. Whenever I can I choose to pay in advance. But if I become aware of a mistake, I want to pay the price as fast as possible and clear the record. I’ve become fanatically int...

It's day 173 of documenting 2025. Happy Sunday, my friend ☺️  I wish you a wonderful week ahead. I hope this week gives you more reasons to smile, even more to be grateful. On my end, it's getting clearer... What I must do to finally change things in my life. By change, I mean a shift from the familiar. And I'm starting with small steps. Asides that, I'm actually looking forward to the new week. I wouldn't say enthusiastic, just hopeful 😌 Hoping that things will move along well. That's all for updates. Let's move to the sections for today. Highlights come first, as usual. Then Meditations (it's becoming my favorite 😁) 365 Days With Self-discipline  📌 On Eating Alone "Meals eaten with one other person present were 33% larger than meals eaten alone, whereas 47%, 58%, 69%, 70%, 72%, and 96% increases were associated with two, three, four, five, six, and seven or more people present, respectively." Quote by John M. de Castro Here’s a super simp...

It's day 166 of documenting 2025. Happy Weekend my friend ☺️  I hope your week went well... Mine was....revealing. I finally figured out why I usually scrolled mindlessly or sometimes default to watching videos when there's work to be done. Escapism. But I had a chat with AI about it....which opened up my understanding. Talking with my friend also made me feel better and reinforced my self-control. You can read about it here. In other news... Yesterday was quite cold 🥶  It rained all morning and afternoon...and the cold carried on till nighttime. I hope it's a bit warmer today. What's the topic for today? Let's explore Highlights and Meditations. And see what we can learn. 365 Days With Self-discipline  📌 On Handling Emotions  "People with a strong physical constitution can tolerate extremes of hot and cold; people of strong mental health can handle anger, grief, joy and the other emotions." Quote by Epictetus "While people usually associate self-...

It's day 159 of documenting 2025. What a day! 😪 This is probably the first Sunday I would be typing a post this late. My love for scheduling has been renewed. It's better late than never, right? The show must go on. (Not that this is a show...) If you're reading this Sunday, I wish you a wonderful week ahead ☺️ Lemme just start this: I got confused. About a very important aspect in my spirituality. This was due to an assignment given to me by my mentor. Who's a very wonderful lady, by the way. I respect her a lot 💜 After giving feedback on the assignment, she made it clear that I didn't do well. And my reply to her was,  "At this point, I don't know what prayer entails anymore. I have a lot to learn" As I carried out other tasks, I thought of what AI would say on the topic of prayer. Then I decided to ask... I will share the chat on that later on. But first, let's get into Highlights 365 Days With Self-discipline 📌 On Having Options "Always...

It's day 152 of documenting 2025. Wow....😲 June is here! 6th month in 2025. The time for bold steps... Happy New Month, my friend 🎀 I wish you more prosperity, more resources, more reasons to make you smile. I hope your June turns out better than May in all areas of your life 😌 Happy Sunday I wish you a wonderful week ahead...full of good news and wonderful happenings. Speaking of bold steps... I did a review yesterday on how the last month went... As well as how I can improve certain things. This blog included. And I noticed something. I think you're familiar with a section I started a few weeks back, called "Blast From The Past". If you're not, check out the last post. So, I don't think that section is doing well and here are my reasons. Firstly, I always add a link to an early post in the blog. I'm talking posts from January. But then, I also check my analytics for this blog. (I use Google Analytics by the way) And for the past week, I haven't se...

It's day 145 of documenting 2025. A new week approaches. In the meantime, we're still in the weekend. Happy Sunday, my friend ☺️ Today, we'll finish what we started in yesterday's post. Part 2. But first, lemme just say a few on how yesterday went. I did a bit of crochet... And finally finished a beanie I started months ago. At first, I listened to Lindsey Stirling's tracks in a playlist while I crocheted. Then I had to charge my phone....but I finished the last part in silence. The best part was that I focused on it for 30 whole minutes. Without the violin music. I realized something. The process to finishing a project one starts will always be boring. And repetitive. Sometimes frustrating. But the joy one feels when the project is finally complete is priceless 💎 To be honest, there are still unfinished crochet projects in my stash. I started them....but then I just came up with an excuse to drop them. I lost interest in the process. Picking ...

It's day 138 of documenting 2025. Work! More work!! Much more work!! (I'll later explain why...) Happy Sunday, my friend ☺️ It's the start of a new week...and my closest friend has a job too. Something to keep him busy...since he's on holiday from school. I'm super happy for you, PK! Yeah... Back to my weird beginning of this post. I realized something. If you have something to do, there's usually no room for any other disturbing thoughts. If you have any, you just have to shove them aside, so you can focus on the task at hand. This concept has saved me a lot. And it's saving me till now. I'm a teacher...and coupled with the content I have to create weekly, it's quite a lot on my plate. No time for doomscrolling anymore. Like literally! It's either I have this to do... Or that to figure out... Or those to learn... And I'm also learning the subjects I teach...which will greatly help me in my coming test. The screening test from my ...