This year has been one big race, the universe wouldn't allow me to breathe without any form of challenges coming my way. When I look at how far I have gotten, it suddenly feels like those challenges were selected by me, like I wanted it. I mentioned in a similar post that whatever occurred in my life this year started from last year. This year was more like a round up play for every match I started year.
The first journey that led me into this year was my NYSC, a journey that started around March last year. By January this year, I was few months away from completing my NYSC. Whenever I speak of the things I endured during my NYSC journey, most people believe I'm exaggerating. I started my NYSC journey as an experienced educated fellow but by January this year, a lot of things about me had changed. I was no longer as naive as I used to be, it felt like I spent 10 years within the time frame of 9 months.
So instead of selecting any form of goals or new year resolutions for this year, I didn't. Whatever thought such a thing was a wise move has been purged out of me. All I could think was, "nothing is promised in this life, why chase just achievements when there is other things to live for" So instead of trying achieve things, I decide to just live instead. It suddenly felt like all I have been doing is just surviving.
I have always admired adventures, so I told myself "why not explore things you never thought possible? which I did. I decided to explore the crypto space by taking some online classes. For someone like me who got into the crypto space through writing poems, I believe I need more knowledge about the crypto space so that I can fully take advantage of the opportunities it offers. You might have guessed, my first proper interaction with any crypto related stuff was hive blog.
Side by side, I was exploring and I was also in the process of completing my NYSC journey. By the end of January I was already done with all the classes I registered for and just like that a new journey began for me. By March I completed my NYSC journey and finally moved back to Lagos. I was so happy at first, I thought I would be happier, since I have finally moved back to a place I used to call home but I never realised how much change has occurred in my life. I couldn't help but miss where I was so desperate to run away from, isn't it ironic?
Ever since March, it just feels like time stopped or should I say I paused. I still couldn't find myself chasing things I used to love, so I started forging different paths for myself. Established different small scale business and I slowly I started building my Capital, so that I could finally achieve a specific dream of mine that I never allowed myself to acknowledge.
What is my greatest achievement this year? I wouldn't even know where to begin, in the surface, on the grounds of academics that would be the completion of my NYSC journey, in other areas of my life, that would be self discovery and self mastery. I would have mentioned few other things I have been able to get done but none of it supercede how much i trained my mind these past couple of months. Though, I still consider this year as one of the year I was aware of every single moment that passed because I was planning every single moment of it, no time passed without me being cognisant of it.
So for the rest of the year, I believe I'm going to keep at it and keep moving towards my ultimate goal. I believe if everything works out as planned I should be able to write about it in the first quarter of next year but then, no pressure.
This write-up was inspired by weekly featured content titled The final month in hive learners community.
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