A blog post is long overdue. I missed you☹ and I shamelessly hope you missed me too😌😂. In the midst of this rollercoaster of a world, we still find ourselves in the voyage of a country held by the shackles of unimaginable vices and industrial “chilling time”🧖‍♀️, officially called ASUU Strike🏃‍♀️.

I had it all together, I really thought I did🥲, but I simply went from doing the most to moping through each day like a loser😪, even then, I try to remind me not to be hard on me😓.

One of the reasons I’m writing is because I heard something in a movie last week “forget everything, forget everyone, and write!” but this piece is a funny contrast because I’m also writing because I remembered you❤.

I remembered that I’m definitely not the only one who feels like a loser right now😬 and so I thought that telling you I feel the same way would probably make you feel better and in the long run, make me feel better too🤝. I choose to believe that it helps when you know that you’re not alone going through some things, and there’s at least one person out there who can relate, I’m that person today🙋‍♀️.

Nigerian🇳🇬 youths are trying to make money, trying to make ends meet and I happen to be one of them. Applying for jobs here and there, checking my email every second and feeling discouraged by all the “unfortunately, we can not…”🤦‍♂️. Fun fact? I got rejected by an organisation 20 minutes after submitting my application💔, that’s just savage!😂😂 I also lost some money last week😭- me wey dey find money, na all of us dey hear am oh💀😩, God abeg!🧎

I have many more bad experiences that have happened in the midst of this strike🥲, but I’ve managed to keep you here with me, and at this point, I’ll take that as my “little” victory🥳 for today, and let tomorrow’s victory worry about itself👊.
See what I did there? I found the smallest source of joy in this situation and that is what I’m trying to tell you today.

I know it hasn’t been easy; watching your pals figure out their lives👩‍💻 and you on the other hand, mope through yours💀, it hasn’t been easy to get through everyday feeling purposeless, it hasn’t been easy running errands for every other person but having nothing to run for yourself🤕.

I want you to know that you are doing well, very well infact. I’m here to encourage you that better days are still ahead💯, many may seem to be ahead but sooner or later, you’ll realise that some of these things really do not matter much🤌.

Get busy finding yourself🧘‍♂️, loving yourself👭, loving God and loving people, because everything you do boils down to either or all of the above.

Love, Anidom.