Documenting 2025

It's day 365 of documenting 2025! The last day of 2025! So, today I decided to not talk about how my day went or dive into highlights. This time, I let AI summarize all my experiences in a piece I call, "Tribute to 2025" Funny enough, all that you're about to read is true. No false word. This is how I feel. This is a summary of how 2025 was for me. And I hope you'll see it too. If you don't, it's okay...it's the last day of my writing challenge anyway. Thanks for reading, as always 🎀 Enjoy! ✨ Tribute to 2025 I don’t know how to summarize a year that rearranged me quietly. 2025 didn’t kick the door down. It sat across from me. Patient. Unblinking. And waited for me to stop lying to myself. This year didn’t ask for performance. It asked for honesty. And honestly? That was harder. 2025 was the year I finally noticed my patterns instead of romanticizing them. I noticed how I love creating but flinch at being seen. How I build things in private...

It's day 358 of documenting 2025. 7 days to 2026! It's Christmas Eve! 😄 And I'm at my uncle's place...with my brother, my cousin and her friend. Ma homies! So far, it's been good vibes, laughter, arguments and more laughter all the way. Since yesterday, we've been eating from the same plate and sharing memories. So far, there's been no division...and I hope it continues that way. It's still morning now, but I want to type out this post so I don't worry about how to type it when my phone battery goes down later on. I actually want to say something on what happened yesterday. About two guys falling for the same girl...and guess who the girl is? Okay, so I was able to have a video call with my coursemate and friend, E....who I talked about in former posts. The one I said I was developing feelings for. We later talked about it and he's a close friend now. Feelings gone. He then told me about a friend of ours, called J. J t...

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 offic...

It's day 344 of documenting 2025. 21 days to 2026! Today being Wednesday gave off some weekend vibes. But I had lectures tho... They were pretty interesting actually as both the lecturers, at their different times, shared relateable and funny stories that made us understand what was being taught. After lectures, I had to go pick up my fabric for the festival on Friday....and it was another set of unplanned expenses. I had to dip into my savings and then I realized how important it is to have emergency funds. Imagine if I didn't have the money! Anyways, I called my dad and made my first attempt at a conversation in my native language. It was pretty rocky...but my dad understood and went along with it. I even made him laugh out loud at the closing moments of our conversation. He agreed to help me out with some of the expenses I described to him...and then commended me on the fact that I was earning from my online writing job. It's not so easy....with me even think...

It's day 337 of documenting 2025. 28 days to 2026! Okay, I realized something today. I'm still easily cajoled into doing stuff. Something I thought I had overcome 😐 But it may be for good... So, here's the gist. Our seniors from the upper levels came to the class today. They talked about a coronation event coming up on Saturday. And they stated that they needed representatives from our class for the royal positions. Guess who signed up?  Me and my two left legs! The thing is, there's a form to pay for if you're interested in any of the positions. I was like, "oh well, even if I wanted to try for the "Ada"....I can't pay 3k for it". Then a coursemate volunteered to pay for my form! Can you imagine? I still can't! 😮 And this coursemate recently started having lectures with us. It's not like I even know him personally...he just offered to pay for the form. And I was nothing short of grateful. News is, I'm now representing my depar...

It's day 330 of documenting 2025. 35 days to 2026! First off, it's my brother's birthday! Not the one that's in school with me, the one at home. The third born of the family. He's actually writing his GCE exams...and of all days, he wrote Biology today! But I'm sure he will do well, one thing I know is that he's very intelligent. It runs in the family 😁 Anyways, today went well in terms of lectures... But I got scolded today, by one of the lecturers who claimed I didn't call him yesterday to confirm if we would be having lectures. I was frustrated and angry in that moment. Do you know that I called this particular lecturer multiple times yesterday evening, but he didn't pick? I almost wanted to show him the missed calls and justify myself. I just swallowed it. Then I remembered the words of the lecturer that taught us before he came, Miss Chinenye. She said that most of what happens in class goes off her mind, whether good or bad. She ad...

It's day 323 of documenting 2025. 42 days to 2026! Okay, today was a pretty quiet day. Not much scenes but in all, I would just say I thank God for today. In class, one of our lecturers elaborated on some of my duties as course rep, and I was just like,  "Yes ma...thank you ma". I dozed off during our last lecture. The one that started from 2pm and lasted till 4pm. I just thank God that the lecturer didn't call me out, because I'm pretty sure that he caught me dozing off at least once. At a certain point, he exclaimed, "pay attention!" Anyways, after the lecture...I got down everyone's names and then made sure the class was swept before leaving with some friends. I got home and rested for a while before proceeding to wash my shirt. After washing my shirt, I prayed in respect of breaking my Wednesday fast before fetching and storing water. That's pretty much how my day went. I told you it wasn't that exciting. Well, maybe today...

It's day 316 of documenting 2025. 49 days to 2026! Okay, today wasn't so bad... I went for a lecture today, but we didn't do any serious business. We just got introduced to the lecturer and she got to familiarize herself with us. She also shared the rules and regulations that were displayed on a sample of the school answer sheet. She also introduced herself, gave a few pointers and then dictated the course outline for us to take note. I had to stay back to rework our class timetable...as part of assistant course rep duties. Then we got the class cleaned up. I got home quite tired. And I was still able to do my laundry...and freshen up afterwards. Then I had oranges for dinner 🍊 Not bad for a fasting day. That's basically how my day went. Let's get into highlights, a few thoughts and then end today's post. Alright here we go: 365 Days With Self-discipline 📌 On Doing What You Love  "Every man loves what he is good at." Quote by Thomas Sha...

It's day 309 of documenting 2025. 56 days to 2026! Mid week?  Nah...not yet. That would be tomorrow 😌 Today wasn't so bad tho... I went for my first "lecture" today. It was supposed to be at another venue, but the course rep for my department (psychology) called for a meeting between all psychology students. That was where I went first. It was a large lecture hall, much bigger than my seccodary school classroom. I came earlier than the slated time, in my departmental uniform...which was a sky blue shirt and a black skirt. The initial lecture was eventually moved to Monday. So, the meeting lasted till afternoon. I met with all my coursemates....and it was a wonderful time getting to know each and every one of them. The course rep called for introductions and we all introduced ourselves. I introduced myself as Ada, which is what I would like to be known as in school. I was fascinated with the way our course rep shared his story and related with each one of ...

It's day 302 of documenting 2025. 63 days to 2026! Well, today was clearance day. It went well for the most part, but then the school authorities decided to play on us. Processes that were not made easy for any of us. We had to do this....wait, and then do that again. After the so-called photocopy of documents, we were to get a so-called file. And then the stupid wait started. Apparently, it was the school folder that each student was to get. 3 folders per student. It was supposed to be easy, pay and get your folders... And then it was to compile your documents and you were done. But no.... We had to wait for the file 😒 As if that wasn't enough, the person selling it made us wait (on our feet) for almost two hours. My legs hurt so much and I had to squat a few times. The other students in front complained, and then some said that the person went out. Then about half an hour later, they told us that the file was finished! What! 😲 After waiting for almost two hours....

It's day 295 of documenting 2025. 70 days to 2026! It's my last day in Lagos! 😄 I'm packed and ready to go...and by God's grace, we will make the trip safely. Well, so far...I have met with some of my students from the school. Pictures, hugs and moments of "we'll miss you oo". It's funny to think that I won't see them again till God knows when. It was heartfelt 😌 Something weird also happened. For some reason, I got on Instagram today, after not posting in a while. My page is on hold for now.... I gotta breathe, until the time I get settled over there. Alright, let's get into Highlights for today....and then more thoughts from Duon-mind 😁 365 Days With Self-discipline 📌 On Wandering Aimlessly We are engineered as goal-seeking mechanisms. We are built that way. When we have no personal goal which we are interested in and which “means something” to us, we are apt to “go around in circles,” feel “lost” and find ...

It's day 288 of documenting 2025. 77 days to 2026! Hmm 😌 Today was great. Where do I even start? It's a very late night post, and I'm just going to give you the main gist. First, I hosted my first ever X space today. I had announced it on Monday and I wondered what I would talk about. Then, I just got the idea to talk about how unseen things affect the things we see. It was scary at first but the fear dissolved quickly as I started talking. Two people joined in first. I was talking with the intention of making it a short talk...and as I was about to round up, one of the people listening requested to speak. Someone I have never met before! Turns out, she's someone who has hosted a couple of X spaces before and sha gave me a handful of tips on how to do better. Then 6 more people listened in! I felt more confident and I spoke for a couple more minutes. It was like I was on the spotlight. But I know it wouldn't have happened without God's help. I never fancied the...

It's day 281 of documenting 2025 84 days to 2026! So, today's post is going to be very different. It will be more like a list that a set of paragraphs. Bear with me on this...as I will just give the facts, not talk about how I felt. Reason? I'm already running out of time to type and publish this before I miss the streak. My phone battery is literally 37% and I still have a few things to work on this night. Imagine me typing by 10:45 PM 😏 And yes.... I'll also share today's highlights and give my take, like a list as well. Let's get into it! ➡️ Woke up this morning to fetch water. Still no light today, which is annoying 😒  ➡️ Discovered that we won't be traveling tomorrow as planned earlier. Mortified 😳  ➡️ Dad urged me to go back to the school. I didn't go, because... "I can never turn back oo...It's already too late oo....it won't make sense oo" (If you know, you know 😉) ➡️ Stayed home all morning. Did a Bible study ti...

It's day 274 of documenting 2025. 91 days to 2026! It's an off day for everyone in Nigeria today. Why? 🤨  Because 65 years ago today, we as a nation gained our Independence from our colonial masters. October 1st, a public holiday. I was at home all morning. Lounging, writing, connecting... And I don't want to write this post in the evening, when I would probably be tired... Here we are...again! 🙂 So, what can I share behind the scenes? Hmm...let me give a bit of thought to that. In the meantime, let's see what we have for today's highlights. 365 Days With Self-discipline  📌 On Constant Movement "Well, I always know what I want. And when you know what you want — you go toward it.  Sometimes you go very fast, and sometimes only an inch a year. Perhaps you feel happier when you go fast. I don’t know.   I’ve forgotten the difference long ago, because it really doesn’t matter, so long as you move." Quote by Ayn Rand Constant movement is the key ...

It's day 267 of documenting 2025. 98 days to 2026! Well, it's another late night post. Today, there's no excuse. It was totally on me. Let's get the show on the road, shall we? First it's Highlights and after that, I can share my thoughts and a story about something that happened behind the scenes. (Sounds good! 👍🏼 ) 365 Days With Self-discipline  📌 On Self-Monitoring "The more carefully and frequently you monitor yourself, the better you’ll control yourself." Quote by Roy Baumeister People who monitor their weight regularly have a higher chance of maintaining weight loss permanently. People monitoring their output at work have a higher chance of remaining productive in the long run. People who monitor the hours when they go to sleep and wake up are more likely to become permanent early risers. Self-monitoring is a crucial tool to help you keep track of your results and then, upon achieving your goal, maintaining them forever.  How often d...