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Becoming an Oxonian: The one where I study at Oxford!
For a while, I considered not sharing this milestone publicly – which is strange considering how much I love to share. Mostly because a part of me realises that an admission for an MSc is not an end in itself – you still have to study to get the degree. Also, successfully completing an MSc is not an automatic pass to a great career. But as I muse about the work ahead, I equally acknowledge that it’s okay to share bits of the journey as I go along. Not just for myself, but for the others that may be inspired. For the next 2 years, I’ll be studying for an…
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2023: Year in Review
To properly summarise the year, I'd have to talk about the year in its entirety, beyond my observations. Since I'm pressed for time, I'll compress this into 2 parts - work and life. It feels ironic though, because work is a big part of our life which makes compartmentalising work and life feel weird. But let's allow this categorisation so this post doesn't delve into a different realm.
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Maintaining the pose of Thanksgiving
I wrote this up in the notes app on my phone in early March but just getting around to posting it. A lot has happened since then and all my grand plans for the year haven’t exactly gone to plan but I am grateful to still be able to maintain a pose of Thanksgiving regardless. . . . On the morning that I shared the ‘testimony’ about my YouTube premium subscription, I was on a train going somewhere. After posting, I got on a call with one of my egbons. It was a long overdue call and I thought I could just take it on the train. But we somehow…
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A trial at being consistent.
Happy New Month!! So this is my second week of ‘writing and publishing blog posts weekly’ on the blog. And it’s not going as easily as I thought. Lol. This past week was really busy for me and the weekend, busier. I had to juggle so much but thankfully I bodied most of my tasks. I am also learning to make my to-do lists daily and prioritise better. On some days, this will mean less sleep and I am trying to come to terms with that. Among the many things I had to do this week was signing up at a gym. It’s something I have wanted to do for…
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On moving ahead with uncertainty
‘The need for certainty is the greatest disease the mind faces.’ – Robert Greene Sometime last week, I saw the above statement in a tweet posted by Ryan Holiday on my Twitter TL. PS: I saw the tweet while laying on the beachside of Miami, not from anywhere within Nigeria. There is still a Twitter ban in the country, even though FG says they didn’t stop Nigerians from accessing Twitter. Back to today’s post. The tweet, for some reason, resonated with me and I took a screenshot of it to view at a later time. I took another look at it just before I started writing this. Personally, I love…
