January 19,
Friday.
Whew!!!
It’s been a month and I have missed talking to you guys. My heart is about to burst with excitement because I have been keeping things in for so long. I mean, my heart is paining me…don’t worry, it’s not you guys, I need to deworm myself. Let’s do a recap, shall we?
Recap of the week… or is it?
So, I finished my exam, and because I was fed up and tired, I couldn’t even wait so I disappeared from the school environs. But before that happened, I had to do my hair because, throughout last semester guys, I didn’t do my hair. I got a lot of compliments sha in the form of insults. Then I got back home. I just stayed three days with my parents and we all traveled, with my siblings. This is the juicy part.
So I thought my trip was going to be as fun as it has always been since I was kid, because we travel every year since I was a child but…we’ll find out at the end of the recap. So let’s get into it.
My parents aren’t from the same place so we traveled first to my dad’s which is also my place and later on to my mom’s place. I love Enugu State and I have plans for that place. I mean it’s beautiful. Childhood is all jokes, tell me why I am just discovering how beautiful my State looks after being there 20 times over 20 years. Another thing is my mom and dad do not speak the same language so that’s a big hassle for us as kids. I have just my Maternal grandma left, I mean she’s the one alive out of all my grandparents so when we got to my mom’s place, we had a time with her. I have a good relationship with her.
And hello, it’s 2024. The new year right? Of Course. A few hours before 2024, I thought my brain cells were just going to pop and leave my head but here I am still composing this newsletter with it. I have more details on that in the upcoming podcast episode.
Podcast:
It’s the new year’s episode, excitement, and a lot of ranting. What happens before, during, and after the first few hours of the new year? It’s the flip side of the newsletter, things excluded here are included there.
Let’s get into the issue of this Edition, shall we?
Standing on Business.
I know, you all have been hearing it so many times this year. Same here buddies. At first, I did not know what that meant but now, I still do not know what it means. I do have my perspective on what I decipher or want it to mean but I do not know if that’s what it means but I’ll still share my perspective on it. “Confusion”.
I take that phrase as literally as it’s being said. You know, like when you have a business and you are so serious with it and all that stuff, that’s what it means to me. I take it this way because this is the year I want to shamelessly promote my business, my work, what I do, and what I plan on doing whether it is cringe, weird, unusual, and even stupid to others. This is because this is something I struggle with so much and I want to improve.
As a perfectionist, someone who loves the aesthetic lifestyle and all, I hold myself back from promoting content that I have created that could be perfect even with its mess just because it didn’t look perfect to me. I have discovered and realized after a few days now that, even those who do not look as beautiful still end up finding love, so I do not know who would resonate with my content and in what way they would fall in love with it. So this is your sign to put yourself out there…On that note, In case you have an event and you need a host, let me know. That’s just one of my hobbies and I’ll be glad to do it but with little cash, you know. So take up this challenge and push yourself out there darlings. Say, challenge accepted johh
Aside from “Standing on business” being the general worldwide theme for 2024, I am doing it because I no longer feel comfortable with where I am and would love to level up. If the theme isn’t a motivation, I think you should ask yourself: “Do I love and enjoy where and who I am right now? Is there something I can do to change this? Does my life at the moment contribute or tie into where I want to be in the next five years? Thinking deeply about these questions should be a source of motivation.
I think this theme also ties into the general 2024 theme for Nigerians which is “No gree for anybody”. Do not let anyone make you feel less like the precious gem and antique you already are and show yourself exquisitely valuable.
Clarity.
I thought I told you guys about my baby-Clarity but I just went back to the last three newsletters editions and I saw that I didn’t. Well, quick back story, towards the end of last year, specifically December, I noticed that I sought to be clear on myself as a person and there were so many things pointing to me getting to know myself and the things around me more so I picked that word for the theme of this year…It’s a personal theme.
Clarity in itself to me isn’t figuring things out and getting my life together that I have nothing else to worry about, it is how intentionally I live, putting the stitches to make a seam that I know where gets loosened, when it does, and what pattern to approach it with. With all this said, I feel everything in my life would find a way to connect itself to make a beautiful pattern. My bi-weekly newsletter editions, my weekly podcast episodes, my job, my daily routines, school, worship…everything would fall into place so watch out.
I know you guys have missed me so much. Why? Some called and some texted asking me to stop starving them and that it was high time my break ended. My favorite newsletters too embarrassed me by putting out episodes on Sunday which made me feel unserious because this is a new year. But I would give you guys my better self this year so stay tuned for that. Let me know what your theme of the year is in the comments. This year, we are standing on business and so anticipate the next edition.
With Love,
Tabss.