February 2nd,
Friday.
Now February 6th,
Tuesday.
I feel like it’s more than two weeks I’ve shown up here but it’s not.
P.S: it is. Is this how I miss this community? I guess so.
I had a lot of things I wanted to say but as usual, short-term memory without writing down or documenting has a lot to do with me forgetting the issues on ground, and with that being said, let’s move forward. I remembered after 4 days.
Recap of the week:
So it’s been a whole rollercoaster for the days I haven’t spoken about yet but I’ll break it down. I lost my voice after being ill for 4 days. I have Rhinitis…an allergic reaction to dust, mites, and pollen. I had a serious rhinitis reaction because I inhaled the smoke from a mosquito coil. It gave me a sore throat, I couldn’t speak or swallow. It was the most uncomfortable thing ever.
Then, I heard that someone I knew, a friend was seriously sick. That made me worried sick because it was just a whole lot of tragedy. I hadn’t heard from him in a while(5-6 months) and hearing that, I wasn’t just comfortable. What if something had happened before I called? He’s getting better though. I thank God. But after I heard of that, I decided to check on every friend of mine, and when some acted aloof, I got offended. But we are cool now.
I then had an annoying marriage talk with some elders and it was annoying how they talked about that subject but I wouldn’t be sharing it here for now because it’s a serious discussion that’s still in progress and it made me scream and lose my voice again. Is my voice fine now? It’s much better but not completely back.
I have a whole lot that happened and I shall be spilling all of them. So up next, I started an Operation Get Uncomfortable challenge and I have been consistent for the past six days. I also attended an introduction ceremony and it was cool. I saw more reasons why I was not ready for a relationship anytime soon. My heart remains grounded. There also wasn’t power for like four days and the rest is history. I found out too that I love Pop music. Fun fact, I don’t know music& movie genres. But I’ve been enjoying 2008 hits, I find myself knowing these songs for a long time but I was five at the time these songs were hit songs. I also discovered a weird habit/routine I have and I still cannot believe it. By the way, my podcast is doing good.
Podcast;
So what’s been happening in the space? Two episodes went up and another is going up tomorrow that I have not even recorded. I’ll put the link here so do well to check them out.
Episode 19 was on friendship which tends to be my favorite topic to talk about and I’ll be doing a friendship series because it’s what I know how to do best. I got a lot of love from that episode and I take it as a way of accepting that I have to do more episodes on friendship and I’m going to.
Episode 20 was on the January recap and I want to say that because I was straining my voice to talk on that episode, I have no idea what I was saying there again but what I do know is that you would enjoy it. I had so many plays on my episodes this year, they’ve been ranking first place and I’ve had so many following because of that and I am so grateful for them, for you all.
The Issue of this Edition:
Operation Get Uncomfortable.
What does this challenge involve and when did it begin? The challenge began on the 1st of February, and it aims to help me leave my comfort zone. I am so stuck in my comfort zone that it’s hindering me from becoming better. The challenge involves staying away from social media, so I deleted all my social media apps except LinkedIn(because I am building something there) and WhatsApp(because of school) but sooner or later, I’ll find a way out of WhatsApp. I also decided to take my career a lot more seriously and because of that, some things in my life might have to come to a halt but I cannot talk about those things for now. I am taking things step-by-step, one day and one thing at a time. This challenge is also for me to create new habits and routines to replace the old ones. For example, I stopped taking soda because I found that sugar has been doing a whole lot to me. This challenge is an all-rounder and I hope to accomplish a whole lot more with it. I expect a transformation to be honest. Stretching myself beyond regular, I’m trying to get uncomfortable.
I’ll stop here. I miss you guys. I’m finding myself again, I’m reinventing, transforming, rebranding, and gaining clarity. I hope to share my tips after this journey but I need your support and I appreciate the one given me so far. Thank you. Have a wonderful day, peeps.
With Love,
Tabss.