ARE YOU REALLY A WORKAHOLIC?

Workaholic (noun) /wəːkəˈhɒlɪk/

A person who compulsively works long and hard hours.

You must be wondering why I have decided to make a pseudo come-back with this topic. Well, I have because it is one of the solid excuses I gave to myself for not publishing any posts in over a year. I told myself that I was a workaholic and all I wanted to do was work long hours into the night in pursuit of my budding career as an Architect. Make no mistake, I have achieved some great milestones from this relentlessness and I don’t regret the hard work. But, I somehow believed that I was a workaholic until the COVID-19 pandemic forced us all to work from home.

Then I found out the real truth about myself…

I had become an escapist and not a workaholic. Matter of fact? I was far from being a workaholic. All I did was work because it was the closest earplug to the audio from the outstanding issues and empty spaces I had within my life.

Closing your eyes isn’t going to change anything. Nothing’s going to disappear just because you can’t see what’s going on. In fact, things will even be worse the next time you open your eyes. That’s the kind of world we live in. Keep your eyes wide open. Only a coward closes his eyes. Closing your eyes and plugging up your ears won’t make time stand still.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

GRATITUDE, F*CKTITUDE.

It’s been ages since I wrote. Three months, maybe four.
Most times, I make up my mind usually on my way back from work to write a story but I get home, bathe, lay on my bed and my thoughts steal me away.
“Why haven’t you been writing?”
“How far your blog nau?”
These questions, often thrown at me by my own self, have never been answered. Even as I type now, I am trying to answer the questions in my head but all I have come up with sound like excuses.
“I have been busy with work”
“I have had issues with my former relationship”
“I haven’t seen a good writing prompt”
“My bed is not comfortable”
“I don’t have a good working space”
“I am having writer’s block”
“My sister has been too busy to edit my stories”
Excuses, excuses, excuses.

DAY 15: BULLET POINT OF MY DAY

*peeks from behind laptop screen* Hi everyone! Goodevening!! 😅

I hope we all had a great week and are enjoying the very short weekend. Great!

Today, I am supposed to give you a bullet point of my whole day so this post is going be very straight forward and probably short. Not sure yet. 🤔

Anyways, here’s what happened today:

1. Woke up by 6:00 am to the sound of my Aunt’s clapping from the living room. 😴(the most reliable alarm by the way)
2. Mopped the house (usual Saturday chore)
3. Ate home-made Akara with pap on the dining table with the rest of the family
4. Washed my hair, did a lazy facial routine and then bathed. (whole fam was going to visit a family friend by 11 and you had to be ready when my aunt was ready)
5. Rushed through deciding on what to wear and then dressing up (almost forgot my phone)
6. Went with fam to visit family friend.
7. Ate some, drank some, slept some and played some.
8. Came back home around 5 also with the fam and slept off immediately.
9. Woke up an hour later and started working on my lappy

That’s all that has happened till now. Boring ba? I would soon take my bath, brush my teeth and then sleep early enough because I would have to wake up by 5:30 tomorrow for church.

Sigh…

Before y’all go, abeg I wan ask one queshun no vex.

How did our parents stay do 8-5 jobs for years and not break down?

Adulthood is a scam people! Its a conspiracy! It’s not fun! Tell your kids and siblings the truth!!!! 😫

I hardly have time for myself anymore and I imagine, this is what I am going to do for a while before in inevitably own my own business. Gosh! I need a massage, a vacation and a life. 😩

Okay, i’m done venting now, you can relax.

I hope to see you next time.

Bye!

❤️️❤️️❤️️❤️️

xoxoxo

DAY 14: FAVOURITE MOVIES I CAN NEVER GET TIRED OF WATCHING

Good day guys, first of all, place your right hand on your chest and say these words “Aal iz well” lol

Today, I am supposed to talk about movies I can never get tired of watching and i’m guessing you already know number one.

DAY 13: WHAT I AM EXCITED ABOUT

Consistency is hard, but very achievable

The struggle has been real you guys but I’m not going to stop. We are going to get to Day 30. In other news, who watched the match yesterday? Raise your hand if you cried; don’t be ashamed. It was a good fight though, the super eagles played with soul and spirit and for a few days and Nigerians had hope again. Musa for president!

Okay, today I’m supposed to write about what I’m excited about. Some of these challenge topics can sha tire pezin o. Hmmm. I am excited about the future and what it has waiting for me. Sometimes, I wish I would get a tiny peek at what the future is going to be like because the suspense is killing me. I am sure I am not the only one who is excited about this. Everyone wants to know where and what they will end up with. Others are excited about knowing who they will end up with while some are excited about everything about the future; like me.

I wrote a piece about uncertainty and how frustrating it is, to just “take things as they come” and “hope for the best”. It’s so annoying especially when you’re going through a rough patch and you literally can’t see anything that would suggest illumination at the end of the tunnel of troubles you are in. Sigh.

One thing i’m sure of is that things cannot always stay bad because situations change and this life is a roller coaster ride. There will be high times and down times, slow times and fast times and times you’d want to puke and times you’d want to snack. What keeps me going, is the suspense, the anxiety and the excitement because I know that things always get better.

Its 8:01 and I have to leave for work now. I know, I know, you’ll miss me *flips hair*

Today’s post is short and I apologise. Next time, I will be talking about: FAVORITE MOVIES THAT I CAN NEVER GET TIRED OF WATCHING

See you all on Day 14.

xoxoxo

​DAY 12: FIVE BLESSINGS IN MY LIFE

A blessing is literally something that helps you or brings you happiness. If we want to then be religious or spiritual about it, it’s anything good that God has given you through grace. Today, I am supposed to write about five of these things.
MY FAMILY

My family is a blessing to me and even to themselves. When I was a kid, I used to see other rich families and wish that maybe one day one of their parents would come and identify me as their long lost daughter who got missing or exchanged during birth. (Don’t judge, we all did it). As I grew up, I began to realise that there was always more to the smiley faces, perfect family portraits and matching outfits. I realised that every family had their unique struggles, I realised that some families weren’t even families in the true sense. I realised what I had. I had and felt love in its crudest and purest form: unreserved, unconditional and clean. My family is a blessing to me and the lessons they have thought me are actually what is getting me through life as it is. 

MY TALENTS

A lot of times when people meet me and discover the things I can do, they accuse me of emulating the foolish servant in the bible who buried his own talents in the ground and returned it to his master the same way. I am multi-talented and it is very confusing. In fact, it is a blessing and a curse at the same time because, I usually end up confused when I try to think about what to do with what I have. To be honest, I am surprised at how I strongly decided to become an Architect because there are a lot of things I could have chosen to be at that point in my life, even now. Of all my talents and gifts which include creativity, the one I most appreciate and value is the ability to learn. I am a very teachable human being. Seems very insignificant right? One of the greatest gifts I have is my “teachability”. I am a learner. I learn by looking, listening and even feeling. 

MY BODY

During Christmas a few years back, a family friend came to visit and our parents asked us all to come and greet them in the living room. I wasn’t quite ready to see them, so all my siblings had gone before I went to greet them. When I entered the living room to greet her she asked and I quote: “I have not seen you before, are you a day student or a boarding student?”. Ladies and gentlemen I am sure that at that point, I am sure I was either in my final year in the university or my entry level in my postgraduate programme. It’s safe to say that I am the second smallest person in my family and the smallest is my 8 year-old brother. I am the first child out of five (four girls and one boy) and I am 7 years older than the last girl but you cannot tell. Not to toot my own horn but join me as I sing Jay Z’s  Forever Young. Forrrreevverrr youuuunnggggg 

MY FRIENDS

I have been blessed with very few good friends who are unique in their different ways but have stood by me and made me happy in their own ways as well. I am a natural helper and hijacker of people’s problems but these set of people have helped the helper in many ways than none. The funny thing is that I am not even a good friend to these people and I don’t deserve their friendships but they are there for me when I need them. They listen to my many banters and encourage me how they can. God bless them for me.

MYSELF

Yup, you read right.  There’s not much to say, I am blessed to have me. I am awesome, I am beautiful, I will be great and when I become great, I will be there to witness it all.

That’s all for Day 12 guys.

See you on Day 13

Cheers!

xoxoxo

DAY 11: SOMETHING I ALWAYS THINK “WHAT IF…” ABOUT

We are surrounded by an unending parade of uncertainties and unconfirmed phenomena and if we decide to sit down and talk about the things we are not sure of, we may end up even doubting our own existence. Speaking of existence, what if the concept of the Matrix is true. 😀 😁 Hold on nau, hear me out first 😋

You all remember the movie: The Matrix right? If you have not seen that movie, you may be excused. Just bookmark this page, download the movie and watch it and then come back and ask for forgiveness 😔. If you’re stubborn are still reading this even when I have clearly instructed that you should go and watch the movie before continuing then you are an outlaw! 😒 I like you already 😚

DAY 8: SOMETHING I STRUGGLE WITH

Good day guys! Today I’m supposed to tell about something I struggle with. The truth is, we are all broken and have our individual struggles because we are imperfect. So, if you have come here to be judgemental, I suggest you stop reading and go now because I don’t have space for hypocrites on my blog.

So, the thing I struggle with the most, is

DAY 6: 5 WAYS TO WIN MY HEART

Another one (in Dj Khaleed’s voice). Hey guys! Hopefully you didn’t notice that I missed a day but i’ll bounce back. I hope you have been enjoying the challenge with me. Its Day 6 and i’m supposed to talk about 5 ways to win my heart. I don’t exactly understand the context behind this topic so I’m just going to treat it in a very general way.

Get your notepads and pens ready and pay attention (insert who wants to be a millionaire soundtrack).

Hold a meaningful conversation

If you know me well, you would know that I like to have actual conversations with people about random or mundane things even. If I am able to have a conversation with you for more than 10 minutes that I am genuinely involved in then you have won my heart instantly because I don’t think I can be friends with or be in a relationship with someone I can’t really converse with. If we can talk for hours and loose track of time eventually, you have my heart.

Be Real

If I hang around you for a short or long while and realise that you’re not yourself and you’re being fake, I’ll withdraw from you because it scares me. I, on my own have struggles sometimes with acting in accordance with my happiness and people’s opinions; I cannot come and add to my problems.

Know your boundaries

This should be number one on this list because a lot of people don’t know when to just stop and recognise the lines. When I encounter such people and I eventually have to spell it out to them and ask them to back off, I become rude and insensitive. Once you know your boundaries and respect yourself, means you can respect me and I can respect you too. Heart won!

Get me a novel

Yasss, novels are life! If you want to win my heart instantly, you just need to get me a novel to keep me busy, occupied and entertained. Plus, I’m looking for how to build up my personal library so bring em innn!!!

                            Give me attention

 😑😐  Call me petty, but I don’t care. This is why I prefer one-on-one conversations with people because it not only makes me more comfortable and free but also means that all of the person’s attention and focus is on me. Give me your attention and you’ve won my heart.

So!  There you have it!  I hope you took necessary notes 😇

See you next time!

xoxoxo

DAY 5: FIVE PLACES I WANT TO VISIT

Good day everyone, I finally made out time to write on todays topic which is: Five places I want to visit. This is a very easy topic for me to talk about because I dream of these places all the time. I daydream all the time as far as I stay idle for more than at least five minutes, so part of my imaginations are trips to these places. Sometimes I will plan my whole trip ready to go and my bank account will chewing toothpick and looking at me with side-eye 😦

Anyway here goes!: