Hello there …. It’s been a minute!
I feel like I say this every time I write on the blog these days, each time with an intent to not have that be the case next time, but here we are again … it has been a minute.
Adulting is a lot! It can actually be quite maddening when you ‘deep’ it. There is just so much to juggle as an adult, and everyone is in their bubble dealing with it all the best way they know how. Ko easy mehn!.
Personally, life has been moving in so many different directions the past few months that it has been quite difficult to distil my thoughts. If I had to make a statement to describe the year I have had so far, it would be “He that sits in Heaven laughs”. Life has turned out way differently than I could have imagined; however, in the midst of all the craziness, all I can go back to is gratitude.
As someone who is a huge planner, I deal very poorly with unplanned situations/uncertainties, and once a situation is out of place from my projection or plan, I spiral. This sometimes manifests as a lack of enthusiasm for things I naturally would have energy for, and requires a lot of deliberate effort to get back to being present.
I could preach a sermon on living in the present moment, I have a very deep knowledge of the power of being at ease with life as it is, and not being encumbered with worry about the future, I have even written multiple times about some of the strategies I have learnt on dealing with worry … so it baffles me when I allow myself get overwhelmed with anxiety about the future, when I should know better!
I do know better!
This syndrome is probably the origin of the phrase, “do as I say, not as I do”, cos is it very possible to have so much knowledge about a situation and still struggle with practicing it.
To tackle this phase, one of the things that I do is go back to things I have written. I have always written primarily for myself, with the secondary reason being the hope that someone else finds some sense in what I share.
One of my past blogposts that have resonated with me is this one I wrote about the lessons from ‘A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle’ ; especially the below quote from the book:
Most humans are never fully present in the now because unconsciously they believe that the next moment must be more important than this one. But then you miss your whole life, which is never not now. - Eckhart Tolle
“Life is always now … there is only ever this moment”. Make the present moment your friend!
It is a reminder to me of the urgency of seizing the present moment.
Overall, life is good, I am deeply grateful for all the great people and things in my life, and I just need to keep remembering that I am living in answered prayers!
This new week, the below quote I penned down while listening to a Supersoul episode is what I want to keep at my forefront.
“Let your choices reflect your hopes not your fears; hope brings us one step closer to joy.”
I want to be able to take steps in the direction of my hopes and not be held back by fear of uncertainties. I also want to keep myself in constant remembrance of the fact that ALL things work together for my good …not some, ALL.
Lastly, I want to write more often - it is one of the ways I feel anchored, and I could use some anchoring this season. It is said that writers write about the lessons they need to learn most - so I will probably be doing alot of writing about the things I am learning.
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As part of the blogpost, I will be sharing some random things, tagged ‘in other news’, featuring some recent favourite things, highlights, gists … expanding from sharing just what I am reading, watching or listening to, which I used to share:
This week in other news:
You will not believe that I am still reading ‘Build the Life You Want by Oprah & Arthur Brooks’ since January. That is how crazy life has been. It is a really good book and I hope to be done in time to share some highlights in the next blog. Wish me luck.
Our daughter has this new habit of back-crawling under the chairs at home, it stresses me out, but it is so cute and always makes me laugh :-)
I wanted to immerse myself in a TV show this last week and watched season 4 of YOU on Netflix. Total waste of time! Should have stopped after the first episode and watched Scandal for the 10th time. Life is too short to watch movies that you don’t enjoy, but I was suffering from decision paralysis on what else to watch and decided to continue to the end. Lesson learnt!
Who sentenced our Mummy of Lagursss (a.ka. Bobrisky) to 6 months in jail for spraying money. Ko da oooo :-(
Love this quote I saw on IG - a reminder that the journey is equally as important:
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Thank you for reading :-)
Here’s wishing you a great week! I hope you kick adulthood in the butt this week.
See you soon!
Love,
Nifemi
I tried visualizing the back-crawl. That girl is me. Love it!
Lovely read! Enjoy the back crawl! It’s a good sign 😂