Documenting 2025

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 200 of documenting 2025!           🤩 🎉 🎊 🎊 🎉 🤩 200 days of consistently writing this blog and documenting my journey. I'm grateful to God for helping me all through. I said in the last post that there's a story to tell...and I'll share it. Before that, I want to announce that it's officially 165 days to 2026! On day 265, it will be 100 days to 2026. This year is almost over...and the lessons just keep coming. One of such lessons that I recently learned is that people will always talk about you no matter what you do....and nobody's really watching your every step because they have their own lives. You can do anything you want. And if you try to fit into their description of you, you'll definitely lose yourself 😌 Anyways, let me tell the story. There was a particular day I wanted to publish one of the posts, but my data connection on the fritz. I usually add a picture at the top of each post, and then I publish. But that day, I didn't noti...

It's day 199 of documenting 2025. One more day to the big 200! Super psyched! 😃 I don't even know what I'm going to write...or how special it's going to be... But it's going to be great. Wow! It's going to be on a Saturday! And I've got quite a number of plans and tasks.... Hmm 🤔  Maybe I can type it tonight and schedule it for tomorrow. It has to be a special post...staying consistent for 200 days is not an easy feat. Trust me, there's a story to tell. No need to worry about that now... Let's focus on today's post, which is going out by nighttime. My mornings and afternoons are very occupied these days...there's no time to type then. So it's only convenient to shift the posting to evenings/nights. Anyhoo... Today went well 🙂 I was able to finish recording all the scores for two classes, excluding two subjects taught by the same teacher. Guess what? The teacher didn't show up today. So, my record isn't complete yet. Asides that...

It's day 198 of documenting 2025. Man! It's pretty chilly here 🥶 I'm outside of course...this cold wind plus gloomy skies have become a part of the  weather here in Lagos. As it is, rain can fall anytime and nobody would anticipate... I wonder what the dry season would look like this year 🤔 That aside, lemme share how today went. I woke up late because I stayed up late the night before doing God knows what... (Doomscrolled....then stopped myself in time and started writing.) Anyways, I had to rush off to the school and started working. And by work, I mean my back bent over a hand-drawn record sheet...writing down scores of students and making sure no mistake has been made. And not all subjects were recorded because some teachers were not available. It was real hard work, I tell you. The kind that gave me a headache. When it was time to close, I still had a few more scores to record. At first, I wanted to take it home to finish it up. But then I thought, a...

It's day 197 of documenting 2025. OMG! 😲 I just realized that it's 3 days to day 200! Amazing! I've really come a long way...from the day I started writing this blog. Day 50...Day 100...and Day 150. These are the milestones of this documenting journey. And I've been documenting offline as well. Month by month, I write down certain happenings or "highlights" of the month...as well as how I can do better. Well, until then... Let's keep moving, yeah? So we start with Highlights and later on, we borrow some wisdom from Marcus Aurelius. Sounds like a plan 🙂 365 Days With Self-discipline  📌 On Eliminating a Negative Attitude  "I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for all humanity, because I know that a negative attitude toward others can  never bring me success." Quote by Napoleon Hill All but a few enlightened individuals engage at least periodically in behaviors and emotions like hatred, sarcasm, ...

It's day 196 of documenting 2025. Although I was pretty sleepy today, I managed to finish marking the exam papers for the senior class. C'est fini! 😁 I still have the exam papers for the junior class tho...but they're just two classes and one subject. Tres magnifique! (You're probably thinking, "she losing it again 😒) It's just teacher stuff... Now I understand how teachers feel when their work of grading and recording is done...or almost done. Whew! Besides that, today was pretty great. I went to see a friend at her house...and it turns out, her grandma celebrated her birthday today. I couldn't help but kneel in front of the woman as I wished her well. I wonder how she feels about the many years she has lived. I couldn't ask tho...the visit was a short one. I'm home now... Thinking out loud by 8:32pm and still wondering what style I would choose for the school party outfit. The school's party is around the corner...and we teachers got the mat...

It's day 195 of documenting 2025. New week... New perspective. Since it's Monday, it's okay that I share some good ol' motivation, yeah? But before that, let's start with Highlights. 365 Days With Self-discipline  📌 On Procrastination as Your Ally "If I defer writing a section, it must be eliminated.  This is simple ethics: Why should I try to fool people by writing about a subject for which I feel no natural drive? Quote by Nassim Taleb People consider procrastination an enemy and seek ways to eliminate it from their life.  What if I told you that procrastination can be actually one of your greatest allies? In essence, when you’re putting something off, it’s because you don’t care about it enough to take action now.  If there’s no natural drive to get it done, then it means you’re forcing yourself into doing something that isn’t right for you. Perhaps it’s the wrong action or you’re thinking about it in the wrong way. Regardless, in both of those circumst...

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 193 of documenting 2025. Well, it's nighttime already. And it's pretty chilly 🥶 But I like it. I've never really shunned the cold... except maybe when I'm down with an illness. Growing up, I described myself as someone with a ' thick skin ' because I don't feel cold easily. I prefer that to the heat. Enough of my temperature preferences... Let's do Highlights and then I'll share a story that really says something. It's still our favorite character, Ursula...and this time, she meets Memento Mori. 365 Days With Self-discipline  📌 On Becoming a New Person  "If you want to be a new man you have to stay in new places, and do new things, with people who never knew you before.  If you go back to the same old ways, what else can you be but the same old person?" Quote by Joe Abercrombie Changing yourself doesn’t necessarily mean throwing away your old life, cutting ties with your family and friends and moving to another corner of...