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My first thought on waking up this morning was, ‘it’s just about 4 months to 2022’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In many ways, the past few months have been a blur. It’s hard to imagine that so much time has passed since January 1st, 2021 when I sprained my ankle while playing ‘Twistas’ at an end-of-the-year\/crossover game night with a couple of friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite that, I still recognise and feel how long this year has been. It has felt like an endless stretch of time and for the most part, I have just wanted it to end. I clearly remember cancelling the entire year right from the beginning of the second quarter. I was that fed up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, I can clearly recognise that I have been disillusioned by a lot of recent happenings. A friend I hadn’t spoken to in almost a year pointed that out when we met recently and more and more I am seeing how right they are. I am working to re-centre myself and that includes recognising the possibilities that are in each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So contrary to my earlier declaration, I am choosing to affirm that positive changes can still happen this year. There are over a hundred days left and each one of those days is an opportunity. Believing this is not coming easily because I truly cannot see how it would pan out. I also have a lot of simulations going on and picking a path seems daunting. But again, I am choosing to believe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheers to the remaining 131 days of 2021!,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sisikunmi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

P.S: I wasn’t sure what this post will be about when I started typing. In some ways, it seems similar to my first post<\/a> since starting this weekly updates. I wonder if I am hammering on it too much, but it doesn’t really matter; some things need repeating. I have found that when I write for pleasure, it’s almost impossible for me to write outside how I feel. Faking it till I make it doesn’t work here.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My first thought on waking up this morning was, ‘it’s just about 4 months to 2022’. In many ways, the past few months have been a blur. It’s hard to imagine that so much time has passed since January 1st, 2021 when I sprained my ankle while playing ‘Twistas’ at an end-of-the-year\/crossover game night with a couple of friends. Despite that, I still recognise and feel how long this year has been. It has felt like an endless stretch of time and for the most part, I have just wanted it to end. I clearly remember cancelling the entire year right from the beginning of the second quarter. I was that fed up. Now, I can clearly recognise that I have been disillusioned by a lot of recent happenings. A friend I hadn’t spoken to in almost a year pointed that out when we met recently and more and more I am seeing how right they are. I am working to re-centre myself and that includes recognising the possibilities that are in each day. So contrary to my earlier declaration, I am choosing to affirm that positive changes can still happen this year. There are over a hundred days left and each one of those days is an opportunity. Believing this is not coming easily because I truly cannot see how it would pan out. I also have a lot of simulations going on and picking a path seems daunting. But again, I am choosing to believe. Cheers to the remaining 131 days of 2021!, Sisikunmi P.S: I wasn’t sure what this post will be about when I started typing. In some ways, it seems similar to my first post since starting this weekly updates. I wonder if I am hammering on it too much, but it doesn’t really matter; some things need repeating. I have found that when I write for pleasure, it’s almost impossible for me to write outside how I feel. Faking it till I make it doesn’t work here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-musings"],"yoast_head":"\nChoosing to believe... - SISIKUNMI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sisikunmi.com\/musings\/choosing-to-believe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Choosing to believe... - SISIKUNMI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My first thought on waking up this morning was, ‘it’s just about 4 months to 2022’. 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