Documenting 2025

It's day 163 of documenting 2025. Hey there, reader! 👋 I hope it's all good wherever you're reading from. You're not just a random reader, you're my friend 🎀 That's why I'm sharing my journey in 2025 with you. Today, we'll do the sections as usual... Highlights and Meditations. For the former, I would be sharing the whole note, as the theme is an emotional one. And for Meditations, I would share another excerpt from the book... But this time I had a little help from ChatGPT to interprete it. (I didn't understand it 😐) As for yesterday, it was a rainy one. I was supposed to do my own laundry but the weather stood me up, I guess. (I usually dry my clothes outside...) Apart from that, Yesterday went well. Let's get into the sections.... 365 Days With Self-discipline 📌 On Angry Comebacks "Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it... Don’t allow his anger to become your anger." Qu...

It's day 156 of documenting 2025. Intro. Intro. Intro. There, it's done. Let's move on to the good part. There's no chat with AI, because I decided to go to bed early last night. By early, I mean before 10pm. That's my early....but if I lived alone, it would be by 9pm. Lately, lately,  I've been thinking 🤔 About my sleep pattern and how it's affecting some areas of my life. My current sleep pattern isn't serving me well....I'm going to change it. Being a night owl is kinda effective when I don't have somewhere to get to in the morning. As it is now, I have work to wake up and prepare for. So, I have to sleep early. I realized that the hard way after waking up late yesterday morning. The entire morning routine was scrambled for me, my younger brother and my sister because I slipped back into bed after turning off the morning alarm. Good thing the school where I teach is close to my house. I just had to plead with my dad to finish cooking breakfa...

It's day 149 of documenting 2025. It's another day for Focus Series. Yep! I said it! Err.....scratch that 😐 It's just Thursday. Ignore the silly start, my friend... The beginnings are sometimes messy, aren't they? But it gets better, surely. I finished the third chapter of another book I'm reading, The Ultimate Focus Strategy by Martin Meadows. I finished the last section after reading through day 149 of the usual read. Highlights on that later... I take 10 minutes to read section of the two books. How I know? I set a timer for 10 minutes only. Ten minutes of reading daily usually compounds, doesn't it? Besides, the usual read is what I call a consistency companion for this blog. It's how I tell myself, "Heads up, Duon! It's time to write!" Tomorrow will mark 150 days since I started this blog. I mark a milestone every 50 days. The next milestone is day 200. But tomorrow, I want to try something different. Anticipate!......

It's day 142 of documenting 2025. "Another day, another...." Yeah, I can't think of a good opening for today's post. All I know is, this one's scheduled. I hope it's all good where you are, my friend ☺️ You're probably reading from Nigeria...or the US...or Ireland.. (says the analytics report 📊 You may be visiting for the first time or you've been following every post. Whatever circumstance, you're truly welcome here. Lemme tell you about something I discovered yesterday. I was on Facebook and I came across this particular ad. It talked about an app where writers can literally cash out from their writing. In my mind, I was like.... " Here we go again with these schemes 🙄" But I was more curious than sceptical. I decided to download the app it led me to...with the mind of deleting it if it doesn't make any sense. Guess what? The app is still on my phone. After signing up and exploring the app for a while, I rea...

It's day 135 of documenting 2025. And it's another blessed day... Another opportunity, Another chance. To do better than yesterday. It's my second day at work as a teacher. I'm gonna teach em' good! And I put on the proper footwear this time. It's an old pair...and Dad said he'll get me a new one by the weekend. (I probably sound like a spoilt brat 😏) Anyhoo, yesterday was good. I got home after school and collapsed on my bed. Who knew teaching could be so exhausting! Shout out to all teachers out there! You're amazing 💜 I had a chat with ChatGPT last night. That was after I read something from "The Ultimate Focus Strategy" by Martin Meadows. The section talked about a high focus sport....as a way of overcoming everyday distractions. I put two and two together.... Then I decided to ask a couple of questions. Here's how it went: Me: What is a high-focus sport or activity? Explain like you would to a twelve year old. ChatGPT: A ...

It's day 128 of documenting 2025. It's official! My break from Whatsapp is over. But I won't be posting anything on my status till tomorrow. When I will share Friday's update on my Whatsapp channel. Check out the former updates. How did yesterday go? Hmm....🤔 I can't say it went badly, I'm grateful for each and every day. Well, two things happened. First, I went for an interview for a teaching job. It went well...but my dad wasn't particularly happy about the starting salary. In naira, the headmistress told me she would pay 15k. Same as what my younger sister is being paid. My dad's argument is, I'm older and I should earn more...even though I haven't taught before. To me, it sounded ridiculous. But I didn't tell him that. He also considered the distance from the school to our house....which is a bit long. According to him, I can't be stressing myself for a small pay. My argument (which I didn't tell him), is that I want ...

It's day 121 of documenting 2025. Happy New Month, dearest ☺️ It's month 5 in the year 2025. I'm supposed to be happy right now, but I'm pissed 😡 The power outage in my area has affected everyone. The neighbors don't even have power and they turned off their water. I have to walk a long way to fetch water for use at home. I don't mind the exercise... But my mind screams, "how much longer do we have to wait?" Oh, before you wonder... The community transformer developed faults and it has affected our power. Right now, there's no water in the tank. There's good news tho... More like hopeful news 🥲 Dad said the people fixing the fault were supposed to come today. They didn't show up. But he sounded certain when he said they would come to fix it tomorrow. I'm not expecting anything, my friend. So, I won't get disappointed. Okay, I'm not so pissed anymore. I'll just go with the flow and bear wit...

It's day 114 of documenting 2025. 4 more days to go! (Including today of course...) The exam that determines the next course of my life. It goes by the name, JAMB CBT. Now that I think about it 🤔 It actually determines everything... Let me explain. When I pass, it means I'm qualified to apply for admission. I then move on to the processes, which involves an exam at the school I chose when registering. When I pass that, I can proceed to application. And when offered admission, I.... You know what? 😐 I haven't really done my homework on this. I'm just saying what I think will happen. (Do your research, Duon!) I believe things will go well....but if they don't, I won't write JAMB again. Heaven knows my mind is made up. Third time's the charm, yeah? Fingers crossed 🤞🏼 Anyhoo I just want to share today's highlights from the usual read. As well as my chat with Cindy (my Meta AI) on an interesting topic, self-efficacy. I ac...

It's day 107 of documenting 2025. (Sigh) 😔 That's how I felt. Last night...lots of thoughts crossed my mind. Mainly in form of "could have...", "should have...", "would have..." Then boom! That feeling came and I started to feel down. That feeling didn't stop me from writing today's post yesterday. It didn't stop me either....when I prompted ChatGPT to create the image at the top of this post. I just felt that way 😪 And I wasn't in the mood for anything else. Not even a long chat with my closest friend. Thankfully, he had to study for his exam...so the chat was very short. He didn't know how I was feeling either. I asked ChatGPT (not Cindy, this time) to explain the feeling based on the image prompt I gave it. So, here's the full diagnosis of "that feeling". The feeling of "not being where you're supposed to be" is a common emotional and psychological experience, especia...

It's day 100 of documenting 2025. Today is special, because For 100 days I've written  Congrats to me 🎉 Where's my applause? 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 (Thank you!) 265 days to 2026! That's how time flies, my friend. I started this documenting journey with fears....that something would happen along the way and I will stop writing. 100 days later, I'm standing strong 💪🏼 First off, if you're new here, you have definitely missed a lot. Stories, confessions, realizations.... As well as whimsical phrases and eccentric perspectives. (Big big words....I know 😅) To catch up, visit the home of my former days, Documenting 2025. If you've got time, scroll as much as you like...or search. Just pick a post and enjoy. Okay, I would like to do a little intro about myself before highlights... And maybe a little backstory. If you've been following my posts, consider this a reintroduction 😉 I'm Duon Ada. But that's not what...

It's day 93 of documenting 2025. It rained yesterday. No storm or heavy downpour. It was light rain that brought with it the cool breeze like that from an air conditioner. I guess that's why I slept early yesterday....before 11pm. But it came at a cost....I didn't type and schedule today's post 😐 I'm doing it now, by 5:35am. I actually set an alarm to wake up earlier....but no! My body system deceived me. I didn't even hear the alarm ring! Nevertheless, it's another day added to the streak 👏🏼 Let's start with yesterday. How did it go? Not bad, not good. In between. I missed a call from my friend because of some prior appointments. Honestly, I felt bad and was slightly overwhelmed. Meta AI gave some advice concerning that.....I'll share our chat in a bit. It just seems like everything is happening so fast. In a few weeks time, I would be facing the exam that would determine my chances of admission. Wasn't it yes...