2021 is arguably one hell of a year. If I ever buy the idea of a tattoo, I might inscribe “2021” on my left anterior wrist (see the benefit of having a Doc friend there 🥳)..
I learnt, unlearnt and relearnt a bunch of good and bad stuff. I understood emotions better without studying it; I felt it. I better understood what love meant, what it really means to be happy and sad, how it sometimes feels to be depressed and numb. It might be safe to say I hit my lowest low at some point in this 365. All these were quite weird, cause I’m not wired to be experiencing rollercoaster of emotions, emi StarBoy. I got some support though, but it was limited to how expressive I could be. Unfortunately, I am not very expressive whenever “emotion” is the subject matter.
I redefined a bunch of relationships and stepped down my expectations on a lot of things too. I felt both physical and mental pain and understood what mental health and physical fitness really meant. On some days, without any explanations, I understood why adults smoked out their lungs or drank to stupor or why some people commit some unexplainable vices. It was a damn crazy year! But of course, I took both good and bad lessons out of it, some of which I will cling to for the rest of my life and maybe let some other ones go as I continue my sojourn.
In 2021, I buried a loved one and somewhat found out that tears can still drop off my eyes after a seven year break. Like, I was damn shocked that I could still cry 🤣😂… I thought I had sold my soul and lost that ability forever. Shit made me lock up some emotions while having a taste of what a sadist felt like, some of the experiences were dope though 😉. I also followed football more closely and grew more love for my boyhood club, but that team is obviously after my peace of mind, GGMU irrespective ✊🏽
I’m quite indifferent about events, dates and time, so you’d rarely get a “Happy New Month/Year” message or something of sort from me. It's the same thing on birthdays for me, but then Birthday celebrations are quite different, cause it’s biblical, yeah? Teach us to number our days… you can Google the biblical reference, if you want 😂. So yeah, I consciously made an effort to celebrate my birthday this year, which was unlike me… 😈. Looking back in hindsight, I am glad I did.
I learnt some strong work ethics too and it might be difficult for you to convince me on why you will do a shitty job, even, when you’re having a bad day, cause I unfortunately had too many bad days in the past work-year, but the quality of my output was always a priority. Again, if you hate your job that bad, just quit already, or else, keep doing your best until your plan B clicks. Don’t come up with flimsy excuses for shitty output, you most times look/sound stupid when you give them.
I unlearnt patience. This helped me get stuff done with a higher speed, but it cost me a sure promotion. Well, the justification was that there was a bigger fish elsewhere to catch, but if my history is anything to write home about, this is the second time in a row that this is happening…🤒 I believe it's high time I became more strategic. I also got less humble about a few things and got more confident in myself to get stuff done. This helped my productivity and strengthened my guts. Invariably, I cared less about a bunch of things.
Irrespective of how unfantastic the year was, I still made sure I made an impact and checked a bunch of huge boxes even though “my 2021-year goal was to stay afloat.” Just looking through my 2021 tweets, my first tweet of the year just emphasised that. Bruh just do your best to stay afloat, every other thing was an add-on and secondary.
Yeah, lest I forget, I got an ex-banker title and I can now brag about my 2 years in banking whenever I get to have a chat with a Nigerian Banker…lol It's always a Nigerian ex-banker’s biggest bragging right from history. Talking of the year in Banking, I got privileged to broker some of the biggest deals in my division and the bank at large. I also got to manage the account of the most profitable state in the country. I did all these in 2 years with no prior banking experience. I swear, I be StarBoy… I think I did a good job at that and I’m giving myself a pat on the back for that.
I did a few other interesting stuff in the year though. I built a portfolio of stocks, crypto and cash, but sold all to catch a bigger fish. I also picked up my pen and went back to school. Books are very hard by the way; this is me giving you unsolicited advice that you shouldn’t take seriously. I also took learning technology inclined skills more seriously. I just hope I don’t drop it again, well, I think I will use my head this time around and not try it. Yeah, lest I forget, the bigger fish to be caught made me relocate too.
I failed to bring a startup idea to life, I should try again next year, if the wind blows in my favour. I failed to start my lawn tennis training, I went to the court once and bought a Tennis Racket, but no progress was made. I also kept registering at the gym in my head, but it was all a scam, so we will try again next year. As per I did not let anyone love me, I completed another 365 days single man streak, I should let my guards down next year though. Again, as every other year, I failed to take pictures to capture moments, it looks like I will just make enough money to hire a personal photographer and give up on that goal.
Yeah, that’s my 365 days review in less than one-thousand words. I’m not writing this to motivate anyone, sorry to disappoint you, if you were looking for one. I’m not a motivational speaker, and I unfortunately don’t rate most of them anyways. I’ve written this to reflect on it by the end of the next earth’s revolution around the sun. I pray God grants me grace to be alive by then 🙏
Cheers! 🍻
Proud of you man!!! You doing it!!
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Zaazuuu!🙌