Honey, to the moon?
Jan 2024 - April 2024
I used to wish I was one of those scary women. The ones that had 'craze', the ones that could yell up a storm when they got offended, the kind of women that people were afraid to mess with because some people REALLY looked for my trouble in the first quarter of the year.
I had just assumed a new leadership position and I had to set up an executive team— this was where the problem started because if I were a scary woman that everybody was afraid of, would anybody be entering my DMs with 'hi baby' or making inappropriate jokes or making threats in an attempt to make me give positions to 'their people'?
Well, yes or maybe.
Anywayy, that was how my 2024 started. At the beginning it felt like those few minutes you spend sitting on an amusement park ride anticipating the thrill and dreading the horror of it at the same time.
I had to find my footing in the position I was holding and at the same time I was juggling the infamous 'Path and Pharm' class but I eventually figured it out because I had a lot of support from seniors, colleagues, mentors and my Eleda.
In this quarter of the year I was full of hope for the rest of the year, got professional headshot photographs(that I did my makeup by MYSELF for- if you know me, it's a big deal hehehe), wrote a lot of proposals<not wedding ones, hehehe>, celebrated my birthday with exams <but I got cake and presents from wonderful people so it wasn't too terrible> connected with a lot of people, went to an art gallery with my friends, moved a lot closer towards graduation and I ate A LOT of Mangoesss.
I'd rate this quarter of the year a solid 6/10. Path and Pharm was terrible but the mangoes added all the spice.
IS THE EBA TOO HOT?
May 2024 - August 2024
This quarter of the year started off jiggy. I participated actively in my department's fun activity week for the first time and I wondered why I had been missing out on the fun all along.
Had a lot of fun firsts in this quarter <mostly halal things no fear, hallelujah hallelujah> had a lot of ugly firsts too, the kind that change you in ways you would have never thought possible but is that not what a meaningful life is?<ik,ik I am a chronic optimist> A healthy balance between fun and not-so-fun, happiness and anger, sorrow and joy, deep love and deep loathing?
In this quarter I understood what Chinonso Nzeh meant when he wrote his, 'the slipping away' piece in that Isele magazine issue. A little dramatic but I think I caught a glimpse of what Paul Kalanithi was feeling while he wrote "when breathe becomes air" and what Zoe was feeling in the "Zoe and Chloe: out to lunch "edition after she... <okay okay I'll stop, at this point I'm just showing off the books I've read a little bit, hehehe>.
I found my journal from when I was fourteen the other day and in one of the entries, I wrote about what I thought had to be the worst day of my life <at the time I felt absolutely awful> but reading the entry almost a decade later? I found it quite hilarious.
I would almost have described this quarter as the worst quarter of my life but I won't because while it was hard to live through<yoh, literally>, it also brought me beautiful sisterhood and community and better health seeking behaviour and character development and clarity on the things that were most important. I wonder what I'd think about all of it in say, ten years from now? If I'd laugh about it the way I'm laughing at my fourteen year old self?
I think it is terrible, the human condition that we are cursed with that makes us bound to do things that hurt others and that's why we should hold grace for other people and for ourselves but at the same time I think some people are more burdened by the curse than others and it is okay to say, "I see you, I have nothing against you but I never want to have anything to do with you", what do you think?
The highlights of this quarter were getting to speak at the IPAS research dissemination event, getting my HPV vaccine <please get screened for cervical cancer and get yours too> and eating lots of sweet freshly harvested corn from the village where we did our community medicine posting.
I would rate this quarter a solid 5/10. Had to take too many meds and injections.
Best for last?
Sept 2024 - Dec 2024
My Eleda and my Chi must have undoubtedly had a meeting where my Chi knelt in front of my Eleda face bowed and begged for good things to come and my Eleda must have nodded in agreement and asked my Chi not to worry because in this quarter, I met my husbaaand.
Okay, okay, we aren't married yet but at least he knows my name <squeals in delulu>.
I got to attend a Tega Ethan concert! If you didn't already know, I love him<please tell him if you know him so that we can start our wedding prep early enough>. I could go on and on about the experience but I don't want you to think I'm not quite okay in the head so I'll take a breather right now and write about it in another blogpost.
In this quarter I did cool stuff; got my LinkedIn up and running<connect with me there by the way>, secured sponsorship for a nationwide awareness campaign, made new connections and friendships, completed a basic life support training, quarreled with agberos <will definitely write about this sometime> and boy did I danceee. I danced with friends and family and strangers and alone and felt the most liberated and happy and hawtt<wink,wink> I had felt all year.
Here is a link to one of my favourite playlists I curated for dancing: <It's called "Whines and Liquor", the tempo increases as the songs progress? I think the name is very brilliant, not that I'd have anything to do with liquor ofc, hallelujah hallelujah>.
I will rate this quarter a solid 10/10, <I got to see Tega Ethan duh?>.
In the new year expect a lot of cringe from me. I intend to fully embody my creative persona and like everything else that eventually morphs into greater beauty, it might be a little weird at first so bear with me<or don't? I don't care like that hehe>. I will be chasing opportunities to learn and develop my skills with reckless passion and I will be loving the people that are important to me with reckless devotion.
Happy New Year and thank you for reading alladat. What are you doing differently this new year?
Tell me in the comments!
P.S I got the idea for this blogpost from Toju! She is amazing lifestyle creator. Please check her out here .
P.S.S Tell me happy new year back in the comments.
P.S.S.S Tell me about your plans for the new year too!
Okay, tnx byeeee!
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Happy new year❤️,