Does your word mean so little to you?😶

Hey friends,

A short one this week.

I dodged a bullet recently, well, two bullets. Received the results for the two classes I attend. One came on Monday and the other on Wednesday. I had my fingers crossed for these. It wasn’t the best of semesters last time, and so I was pretty tensed for the outcome of these results.

For the results received on Wednesday, it’s either a “Pass” or “Fail”, no in between, and no second chances. Fail and repeat the class, pass and move on. Simple.

And to make it worse the portal to access the results broke down apparently due to students all over the country flooding it to access their respective results. But honestly, if the organization already knows there are many students accessing their services why not make a student portal or management system that can actually accommodate the high influx of students when the results come out.

Anyway, I digress.

So after receiving my results and the anxieties dissipating, I was very grateful within me that I’d dodged last sem’s bullet. I honestly hadn’t stuck to my studying commitments last sem. Always got distracted by social media and not allocating time properly, and all those other stuff University teens get into. And I’m definitely committing to not doing that again. My peace of mind is not worth all that.

All this reminded me of some tweet I’d read online a while back, about sticking to your New Year goals, and generally all commitments one makes in life.

It goes:

Do you remember all the excitement you had back in December?

2024! NEW YEAR!

Do you remember all the commitments you made to yourself?

The promises?

I'm on my 1129th day since I made the commitment to train every single day without rest.

What day are you on for your commitments?

Remember when you said you were not going to scroll social media anymore?

Remember the daily training you were supposed to still be doing?

Remember how you were going to stop messing up and finally take life seriously?

WHY DID YOU STOP??

It's gonna be almost 6 months.

And you just gave up?

BECAUSE IT’S HARD???

Does your word mean so little?

I understand that you have excuses, what I do not understand is why you don't just stick to your commitments anyway.

You will read this post and you will give yourself another excuse for why breaking your own promise to yourself was justified.

And that's why you will stay miserable forever.

And when you read this post, there are two different reactions you can have.

1. Continue breaking your 2024 commitments to yourself, justify it and make excuses for why you will remain the way you are.

2. Get back to daily training, back to the daily SUFFERING and make yourself proud.

CHOOSE.

❤️My favorite things this week.

1. Article📰 - have you heard of Biko Zulu? This guy is a very creative writer and has an awesome website. I came across his piece titled “Bubbles on Nipples”. Check it out, I’m certain it’s not what you think😅.

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PS: If you have a few seconds to spare, please hit the <reply> button and let me know what you thought of this email. I’d love to hear your thoughts on it and what could be improved. It also reminds me that there’s another person reading it on the other end of my screen😅. Thanks.

Have a wonderful week ahead!

✍🏽Reagan.