HOW FAR?

Happy New Year everyone!

I know I am late but like they say, ‘Better later than never’! I hope your 2022 was great and your 2023 is even greater! Did you make any New Year resolutions? I am not really into all that ‘New Year, New Me’ kind of stuff. But if writing down your goals or better put visualising it helps you achieve it, by all means, GO FOR IT.

Yesterday, I was having a discussion with someone about how ‘annoying’ it seemed when I write down my goals and then at the end of the year, I look back and realise I had not achieved all…but then, I lose sight of the things that I achieved that are not on the list! I do not want to succumb to that kind of pressure. It isn’t healthy for me and I do not need that!

At the end of 2022, I did something I usually do not do! So I saw a tweet about ‘what the highlights of your 2022 was’. Normally, I will just scroll through or read through the comments about the superb achievements of others like WOW! But last year, I also decided to join in, just because WHY NOT? I did a bit of reminiscing and listed the ‘many things’ that I did including; courses I took, fellowships I was a part of, places I travelled to among others. The truth is, I even forgot about a couple but as I wrote the first ‘batch of achievements’, the others just came through. After doing this, I was like WHAT? Girl, you are an ACHIEVER! And the comments I got from friends and acquaintances were even better. The thing is, I hardly post my achievements on social media because it is just not my thing and I think it is not for people to know. However, I share my achievements with just a few friends who may then go ahead to ‘hype’ it on social media which I do not have a problem with.

Again, I realised that I do not really celebrate myself, especially how far I have come. I am mostly bothered and worried about what I have not achieved and I think that is something most of us are guilty of. It is normal because in our current world of ‘social media’, everyone wants to show off their achievements or tell tales of having their dream job, dream house, dream car but, not much about appreciating their journeys even if their dream has not actualised yet. So does that mean if we have not ‘gotten there’ we can’t celebrate what we have achieved thus far? Of course we can, and that is the attitude that I am holding on to this year and beyond and I believe you should too. So what if I have not gotten my dream job yet? I have campaigned with different charities, made an impact, participated in various youth programs/fellowships, travelled to different countries, taught diverse number of students and above all been an inspiration to people (It is quite humbling when someone told me this recently; and this person is much older than I am; my adorable auntie).

I am resting in the fact that, I am doing my BEST. I know this and so like my auntie says, all that is left is for the opportunity to come and then BOOM! Everything will make sense! I actually cannot wait, because I know I deserve good things in life and with or without a New Year Resolution list or visual board, it will COME!

On that note, I hope you have picked a thing or two from today’s post and also taking it easy on yourself. You can only do your best and that’s that. Be rest assured that things will eventually fall in place! :). See you soon with another post!