2024: My Year in Review
Mind you, I almost got married this year!
Weirdly, this year has been one of the calmest I’ve had in the last five years—and I say this with every emotion I’ve felt throughout.
The year started off great—with good plans and big goals—but then grief came and hit me hard. Losing someone and accepting that they’re not just somewhere far away doing their thing is tough. Sometimes, I still like to think my dad is somewhere having fun, with no way to contact us, then I remember seeing his body in the coffin and I shiver with cold. I’m on a thin line between acceptance and being fictional.
Calling this year “calm” while struggling with grief might sound strange, but for once, I couldn’t relate to the internet’s “2024 was a lot” energy. Yes, my year was hard, but I think, emotionally, I handled things pretty well. I stayed in touch with my feelings and worked on managing them better. Other times, when things hit me hard, I’d fall into depression which would then lead to suicidal thoughts, until I eventually drag myself out. But this year, I literally gave a big “fuck you” energy to everyone that tried to hurt or use me.
On Health — This year, I jogged more, drank plenty of water, ate well, took great care of my body, stayed in my feelings, figured out what I wanted, believed in myself, and finally started that big project I’ve been procrastinating on. And compared to other years, this year, I fell sick just three times in the whole year and tbh that’s a big win for me.
On Life — Life gave me a painful slap this year and then hugged me after. It’s like it said, “I’ll always be here for you, but I gotta do my thing.” And honestly, the strength I’ve had this year can only be from God. Grieving wasn’t easy. Sometimes, just thinking about him would send a shiver through my body, and a tear would fight to drop. Then there’d be this calm reminder from God, saying, “You’ll be fine.”
On Love — I fell in love with multiple guys this year, both fictional and non-fictional—then fell right back out a week later.✋🏽 Commitment? Who’s that? We don’t do commitments over here. And honestly, I get the ick from men way too fast. I’ve lost count of how many blocked me this year (one just blocked me yesterday) which is hilarious cause I’m such a sweet babe. Got proposed to at least twice this year by men I do not know btw😭
On Friends — Still kicking it with my two best girls so all is well sjksl.
On Finances — Shhhh… we don’t talk about Bruno.
Let’s do a quick recap of the year:
January
Adeola’s birthday. Filmed a lot of content for YouTube and TikTok, got better at makeup, and then… my eyesight went bad. The first clinic said I had glaucoma and astigmatism💀 and asked for 500K for lenses and frames. The funny thing was, I almost paid, told them I’d be back the next day but that night I got a call that my dad fell sick.
February
Lost my dad. Flew with the fam Ilorin to pick up my sis and then we traveled to Kogi for the burial. First time in the village. Buried my dad. Went back to Ilorin after a few days. Fell sick. Got treated. And flew back to Abuja. Toughest three weeks of my life.
March
Birthday month, buried myself with a lot of things to keep myself from grieving but I couldn’t escape it. I kept getting tormented by the sound of the ambulance. The screams from everyone in the village, and watching him getting buried. The memories haunted me. It was a tough time and for a moment I thought I’d run mad. Ended up piercing my nose to feel some kind of pain, and because I’ve always wanted to do that hehe. Toughest month so far.
April
Perfected my jollof rice, Seun started her IT program. Raining season came, and my estate almost got uprooted by an angry wind. Visited another eye clinic and they said I had myopia and astigmatism, was told to bring 200k for the lens and frame. Told them thank you, collected the prescribed eye drops, and ran away.
May
Asked around and found a more affordable clinic in Games Village called Tulsi Chanrai Foundation. Was diagnosed with Astigmatism after doing lots of tests. Spent less than 100K for tests, glasses, and drops. Filmed a lot for reels, and Seun leveled up her makeup skills. Best month fr.
June
Bestfriend birthday Month. House-hunting started, but Abuja landlords were doing the most with two-year rent demands. Seun went back to school, and I fought my neighbor over throwing trash in my backyard. Treated myself at Miniso for no reason.
July
A calm month. Wale’s birthday. Seun came home briefly, and I deep-cleaned the house and made these pretty boho braids that barely lasted a week. My phone crashed so I had to pause filming for a while but yeah, it’s cooked corn season and you trust🤭
August
Almost closed a big sale, but things didn’t go as planned. Ate like crazy this month, and gained a lot of weight which wasn’t surprising. Went to the clinic for an “oxygen refill” cause my lungs were acting on their own. Drank water religiously, and got fed up with house-hunting.
September
Got back into reading—finished 10 books in one month! Also completed the children’s book I was writing, ready for publishing. One standout read: Adanna by Adesuwa O’Man Nwokedi. That book? Whew. I genuinely don’t know how to describe this book but if you’re going to read it, be ready to feel every kind of emotion, and just know you’ll want to “murder” the men in the book by the time you’re done.
October
Visited a natural hair salon in Abuja to treat my scalp, but they ruined it instead. Won’t say their name but God sees all✋🏽 Met this very interesting guy, and we exchanged numbers. We chatted the whole night and the next day, he proposed marriage to me, just like that. Found out he was trying to use me to get over his ex which was hilarious. Because what did I ever do to you?
November
Relaxed my hair after three years of being natural. That didn’t stop my scalp from burning which was the reason I went natural in the first place. Malaria knocked me out for weeks, and the bill I was given at the clinic still stings. But on the bright side, I fell back in love with writing and publishing again. Got a new phone thanks to Father Christmas. And no thanks to Heroshe. Also went on a solo date to watch Moana.
December
It’s Christmas season! Seun’s back, I’m exercising again, and I’ve read 26 books this year. Oh, and I now weigh 71kg, hehe. Life’s good. 2024 is wrapping up nicely.
What a year… whew!
I went back to look at my vision board for 2024 and I almost achieved everything I put on there, I was so close. I did achieve some though and yes, I’ll be manifesting so many more in 2025. Create your vision board y’all🫵🏽
Anyway, thank you 2024! You were good and harsh to me. I hope we don’t do this again.
To a better 2025 filled with lots of purples because yes, it’s going to be a borafied 2025.
MY BOYS ARE COMING BACK NEXT YEAR
Here’s to fulfilling all our dreams in 2025. May we not have any reason to cry, or be depressed or suicidal next year.
Thank you for reading, enjoying, and sharing all my posts this year. Let’s do this again in 2025. (without the big break hehe)
Love you guys so much🥹
Happy New Year everyone!
Just reading this in 2025's January ending 😂😂😂
All I can say is you sabi write 🤝🏽
Happy new year! A lot happened this year to me, quite a lot of shege towards the end of the year and anxiety towards someone like you accurately said but we thank God for small wins.