23/01/2022

Thank you!!!

Thank you so much for interacting with my content. Thank you for continuing the conversations started here, on my inbox. That engagement is really propelling me to keep serving you content every Friday🤗

A while ago, I was wondering how I enjoy writing here, but struggle to journal. Towards 2021’s end, I really tried journaling and got nowhere with it. You know I can’t be telling you everything that’s happening in my daily life. I need to keep a bit of it to myself, and that bit is what I need to be journaling. I’ll probably create another Whatsapp group where I’m the only participant and then send voice notes there. Maybe talking instead of writing down my feelings will be easier for me. But what happens if I switch phones?!? I don’t know mahn🤦🏿‍♀️. However, because I’m so determined to ensure I document my daily feelings and experiences, I’ll have come up with something either by end of today’s read, or next week’s. As is the norm, if you have any suggestions, slide kwa DM bro😎

I’m really enjoying home styling content. As at now, my two faves are Agatha Nkirote and Yvonne Kendi. Just before I started typing this, I was watching one of Kendi’s home reveals. That babe is so good at what she does. I especially loved today’s home reveal, because she explained that that project was a challenge she gave herself. Here’s to challenging ourselves and performing beyond our expectations, in 2022!!!

PS: Kendi is such a beautiful name. It means the loved one. This is the only name I’m sure I’d love to give to my first daughter, if God agrees to me having a daughter. Haki anaweza amua niwe mama boys tu😭.

Also, Happy New Year!!!😹😏

26/01/2022

The last two days have been LAZY!!! Well, Monday wasn’t as lazy as yesterday. Jana I woke up, sent a few applications and watched bridal dances and a Netflix film, the rest of the day; it was the ghetto!

Talking of applications, I need to do my industrial-based attachment for the next 3 months. I have sent so many applications, talked to several people and wueh, I’m not getting the affirmative response I keep hoping for. This season is for sure teaching me a thing or two. It is also making me question God a lot, but no, I’m not delving into that now. Probably, the desperation that comes with sending so many applications and getting no response, caught up with me yesterday and I just needed to chill.

I finished reading the first book of 2022. That happened way earlier than I anticipated. My new read is James Clear’s Atomic Habits. Now listen, I first heard of this book from Just Ivy’s IG stories, some time last year. Her assistant even e-mailed me a copy. I however quickly realized that I cannot read e-books because I love highlighting and turning pages (read I cannot concentrate while reading an e-book). So I made a mental note to buy that book immediately I came across it.

Last year I was a pro-procrastinator. I procrastinated getting the book, but made an attempt to buy it in December. Unfortunately, I didn’t find the book at TBC and therefore shoved aside that thought. It was around that time, that everybody started talking about the book. All the influencers and their loyal followers were posting nuggets from the book. One thing about me, I won’t watch or read or listen to something everyone is talking about. I however had promised myself to read this book, because I’m trynna build good habits this year. So I bought the book late last week.

This whole week since I bought that book, I’ve been wishing I didn’t buy it where I did. Guys, I bought a pirated book. They only made an effort of ensuring the cover, looks like the original book’s cover. Once you open the book, you can tell that those are photocopied papers bound together. In retrospect, I now understand why the book was being sold at less than half the original price, why it was wrapped in those CD wrapping papers, why it was being sold in the streets…Like so much is adding up, now that I have the book on my table😭.

This hurts me so much, because it is not right to take up someone’s work and re-sell it. I would not want someone to extract one of my blog write-ups and make money from them, even if I’ve made billions from that write-up. From this moment, I’ve made a pact with myself to never buy books from the streets again. I’d rather sell my currently non-existent shamba to buy an original book from a credible source.

Let me hand in another application. I don’t know whether this will be a flop like the rest or the outlier!💀