Dec 24, 2019
2019
I’ve been thinking of a way to write about my year for a while now, and it’s been hard. I just found a planner I bought to document my year(which I stopped using in April by the way) just gave me the perfect idea, so I’m going to write this following the goals I set out for myself at the beginning of the year.
Career/Business
I got a job as an illustrator and animator, so I was able to take art as seriously as I wanted to while simultaneously working on my portfolio. As at the time I wrote this down I wanted to complete animations in 3D, I was unable to get that done, but working as an animator let me complete several 2D/motion graphics animations. After taking forever to make plans and decide what exactly I want I finally got my life in order and applied to schools in November! Better late than never.
Finacial/Revenue
I met my savings target for the year in June and because I couldn’t stop saving (I might have a problem at this point), I put away more than 3 times the amount I set out to save. Work out another source of income? As at the time I wrote this I was surviving on NYSC allowance but I’m fully employed now and earn more, so I don’t know if that counts.
Personal life goals
I was unable to do any traveling, not sure if it was due to lack of time or not having a proper plan. I completed my NYSC in July and came back to Lagos to start work. You can tell I really want to do this masters, yeah i’ve applied to schools. Fingers crossed.
Impact
It’s not news that i can be a terrible friend in terms of communicating, even though I’m constantly thinking of my friends I could go months without talking to or reaching out to them. This has worked for me for so long because they understand that’s how I am and it doesn’t change how much I love them, but I decide to do better this year. When I think about people, I reach out, call or text. This has made my relationship with the people I care about even better and I’m happy about it.
Also, we know how much of a shy mess I am. I have had to lose or miss out on a lot of things because i was hiding away or couldn’t talk to or stay in a room with people in it and honestly it has been stressing and holding me back. I started working on this last year, when I insisted on being posted to a school for NYSC, I mean what better way is there to face my shyness than to be thrown in front of a class filled with secondary school children(you know how they can be). This helped me more than I can explain, because even though I wrote this down, I totally forgot about it and did not put in any conscious effort this year but over the course of the year I kept catching myself in situations where I would have probably passed out before but I was doing just fine now!
Health/Wellness
Unfortunately my village people are still holding on to me in this area, I just wanted to gain a few kgs but somehow I’ve lost weight. I’m tired of trying when nothing works, but we can’t quit. So I go again next year.
Spiritual
I almost did not add this section, because this topic has been a touchy one for me for years. I have struggled with my spirituality or faith, and i have too many unanswered questions. At the time i filled this planner, i had given up and couldn’t be bothered that’s why it’s empty. But i owe it to myself to at least find answers to my questions and find out what truly works for me. So hopefully, my spiritual life gets better in the new year.
P.S: please if you read this don’t try to preach to me, i’ll figure it out myself. Thanks
My commitment
We’ve come to end of the year and I can confidently say that I’ve bettered myself knowledge-wise, healthwise, physically and emotionally. I have gained a lot of knowledge and gotten better at what I do. I did all these through conscious and consistent effort. Oh yeah, you know i have to get those sneakers after all that hard work. And as I write this I’m trying to decide if Ghana is worth the stress with how crowded it has gotten because of Afronation or i should just make my own boiled egg kebab at home and call it a year.
All in all so much has happened this year, there were a couple of low points here and there, but the highs far outnumber them and this has been the best year of my life! Thanks to everybody that contributed to it, and this is to an even better 2020!
