Thank you 2022...
You showed me SHEGE😫
I saw premium SHEGE this year😫
From the month of March up until December 31st, it was a rollercoaster of emotions for me.
The theme for this year was literally “Shege” a lot of people met and experienced shege in different forms. As the saying goes “a shege won’t bother if you’re going through another type of shege before introducing its own to you” lol. It was giving us back-to-back each month.
As the year comes to an end, I’m grateful for the gift of life and thankful for everyone that has supported me in their own way. I would say the theme for me this year was “SURVIVAL” because that was all I did. I survived.
Irrespective of how hard it was, I watched as I pick myself up every time I fell. At some point it felt beautiful to see how strong I was, at other times, it felt exhausting.
Of course, each year comes with its own lesson, and it is up to you to learn and grow with the lesson or ignore it.
It took a while for me to realize that we aren’t kids anymore and the friends you enjoyed chatting with and telling your shit to are all busy and trying to survive their own battles, so you have to figure out a way for yourself, by yourself. In other words, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.
I will be lying if I say I didn’t achieve so much this year because I did.
I took time to check out the goals I had written for myself at the beginning of the year and to my surprise, I achieved at least 80％
I wanted to launch my YouTube channel - I did!
I wanted to get a job - I did!
I wanted to smile a lot and be happy - I did!
I wanted to read lots of books - It wasn’t a lot but I did read a few books and even joined a book club.
I wanted to save a lot - LOL
I wanted to write a lot - I did!
I did not find love this year and honestly, I wasn’t really looking. If it comes, it comes. If it doesn't, it doesn't!
Above all, I learned a lot. I spent the year being extremely curious about a lot of things and I always find my way to google, while researching and feeding my curiosity, these were some of the things I found:
Ethiopia is still in the year 2015. They are 7 years behind the world.
I found out the reason why there are no blacks in Argentina.
Swedish people don’t offer food to their guests😭 Some of them believe that feeding their guests create a sense of obligation.
Leonardo Decaprio doesn’t date anyone above 25😭
And any successful Nigerian woman is termed an ‘ashawo’ according to Nigerian men on Twitter.
As a black person/African, the world is against you, whether you like it or not. Not for anything but because of your skin color.
History is scary but interesting.
One thing I hated about myself this year was how foolishly I spent money. I regret it so much lmao
My theme for 2022 was to go with the flow. I won’t be doing that in 2023 please, the flow would have to go with me😂
Also, my friendship circle remained the same except that I added one more person into the circle and she is the sweetest soul… Adeola call me😂
I hope 2022 was kinder to you than mine was. And I hope you don’t beat yourself up for not accomplishing the goals you put out at the beginning of the year. 2022 was tough for everyone, you are not alone! YOU DID SO WELL THIS YEAR. YOU SURVIVED!
I have no idea what 2023 has in store for us but I hope it is filled with lots of happiness and peace of mind. The “shege” we saw in 2022 is enough. Let us smile more in 2023.
Joy is wishing y’all a very beautiful and prosperous happy new year❤️
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