STOCK TAKING

Wednesdays are now officially my “putting out content days’ (my consistency has taken so many hits though, sigh).

No excuses from now on, I hope. So yeap, stay woke on Wednesdays for a blog, poster (s), vlog and bonus TIKTOK videos (they make me so happy).

My pal Jules did a taking stock article on her blog last week.

I found it super entertaining and decided to hop on the challenge. I made it a personal challenge because I feel like it is key to keeping up with your mental health and of course, entertainment.  

My idea of taking stock was documenting my day’s activities in a diary I keep in my room. Entries would look something like this :-

December 2^nd 2019 – I joined the corporate world.  

Let’s jump right in, shall we?

This version is more like an upgrade. So here goes… 🙂

I am:-

WAITING: – For the Good Lord to shine his face upon me. I don’t know about you, but I feel like ‘the wait’ is frustrating.

I have low moments where I start asking myself, ‘is this really what I should be doing?’ By ‘this’ I mean vlogging, blogging, poster making and acting. ‘Is this really it? Am I good enough for this?’ My motivation is remembering how badly I want ‘this’ to work and then I pray, I admit with a hint of worry.

My accountability partner, Sharon, posted a quote. ‘Before God opens another door, we should praise Him in the hallway’. Don’t you think that that is one of the most beautiful quotes on earth? I have moments where I say to myself, ‘I shall praise him in this hallway’ (100 subbies, slow traffic on my poster page/blog, a not so bad Tiktok traffic) before I get to the open door (a robust following on all platforms with hella endorsements, audience interaction and a booming brand).

SO YES, I AM WAITING ON THE LORD TO MAKE HIS FACE SHINE UPON ME.

REVAMPING: – My skin care routine. I will share the details with you, or the journey, on my Youtube channel.

LOVING: – My job. I actually kinda love it here. The growth it entails is awesome and the environment super conducive. I know I said that my ideal work space is a creative space, but come think of it, this is a good place to be planted, I ought to bloom. It allows me touch lives (in the long run) and I still get time to create content (I’d love to make this my full time job).

REALIZING: – That there’s only so much you can do about adults and how they behave. People are different, accept and move. THANKS.

GROWING: – Out my hair, you may think, that’s so petty, Betty (get it? Okay), but I’m actually chasing length. I love my hair, a lot. Well, I used to have a love hate relationship with it, but then I realized that there’s not much I can do about it.

CONSIDERING: – Moving to another country and dyeing my hair. Too much? I don’t think so. I have no idea when and how that will happen, but yeah…

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TRYING: – To validate people’s pain. I am a Kambua stan, she posted the quote, ‘Validate people’s pain’ on her page and I must admit that it is such a beautiful thing to do. Sometimes people struggle with things we find minute, instead of shooting a ‘hiyo stuff haiwezi nibother’ why not hit them with an ‘I’m really sorry you feel…’

PLANNING: – On restarting my weight loss journey, *Laughs in junk and sugar*

READING: – African literature, with a bias toward Nigerian Literature…

LETTING: – Go of unnecessary baggage, especially that of the past.

LEARNING: – Sign language, I know my A-Z and I couldn’t be happier.

BONUS POINTS (You Know How I Do…)

LISTENING: – To a lot of Calif records lately. I really like Nonini and Juacali. Weuh Chile! Some of Nonini’s lyrics though…ahahaha…

TRYING TO STOP: – Popping pimples unprovoked. Now I have a dark spot on my nose that is clearly not going away soon.

I HAVE MADE PEACE: – With the fact that a lot of people like ‘finished goods’ and want nothing to do with the ‘raw materials’ (my business teacher would probably be shedding tears of joy at how my knowledge retention is top notch). Wish I could say the same for Chemistry and Math. Why am I saying this?

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As much as it hurts, people always want to be associated with a complete product as opposed to work in progress. Think about endorsements, most big brands opt to go for an established brand as opposed to ‘a promising/potential’ brand. Sucks too, but sometimes even those close to you will repost an already established vlogger’s work and never yours. P.S – They don’t owe you a repost, Sis/Bro. So don’t be mad.

May God see and bless us ‘strugglers’, in whatever field.

So that’s it folks. I hope you’ve enjoyed it.