2023 wrapped! Goals for the new year

12 months ago

Looking back at 2023, it was quite a challenging year for me. If you had told me I would have done all the things I did, I probably wouldn’t have believed it. But I’m glad all these things happened. I learnt so much.

I took this picture on 8th January.

That’s just the second week of the year and I was already so tired and sleep deprived. I think that was a warning that I was about to see worse things for the rest of the year.
The first few months were mainly stressing over issues in our SRC. Going to class was just something I did once in a while. So yeah, I didn’t really learn anything in my final year.

I felt sick along the way. It was so bad, I didn’t think I would still be alive now.

Spent the whole week in my room and only went out to the hospital or to a pharmacy.

Mid year came with a lot of traveling. Most of which were life threatening.
I had an encounter with a lady in a bus who turned out to be possessed. I was so scared that night in the bus, I was sure something bad was going to happen. It had me writing the last moments of my life 😂.

This is the introduction to the essay I wrote. Had to make sure if I disappeared, people would know what happened to me😂😂

I went on a trip that was over 18 hours just for a meeting for a few hours. That trip had so much drama in it.

Went for a meeting with my colleague executives and on our way back, we almost lost our lives. This was the third time that year, I thought i would die.

In a span of 2 weeks, I travelled to 4 different regions and I remember one of them was about 22 hours.

During those times, I really felt my body losing all its strength.

A couple of good things here…

Last year, because I was aware I wouldn’t really have vacations, I went home a number of times. Though I always stayed less than a week, those times were refreshing.

I went for my cousin’s wedding and met a lot of my high school friends. Hadn’t seen most of them in years and it was nice to spend a few hours with them.

For the first time since I started the university, we had a group presentation and I didn’t have an option but to speak as well. I had to google what the project was about on my way to the class and repeated exactly what I read on google for them.😂

Despite not having time to study, I completed my final year project all by myself(and chatGPT of course). I was so excited when I finally printed it out. I couldn’t believe I was still getting things right with all that was going on around me.

My kid sis and I had our first flight experience. We were so freaked out the entire trip.

It was time for National service and it was actually a dream come true. I always told the people around me that I want to be in that particular bank but with time, my mind went elsewhere. Probably because I didn’t really think I could get it. That whole process made me appreciative of all the things going well in my life.

I finally graduated from this school that I wasn’t even learning anything. Reminds me of a TikTok sound that says “I don’t know what I learnt, but I know I’m done learning “. This is literally what this graduation meant to me.

I did get sick again. This time though, it made me realize it’s about time I prioritize my health over all these little things I have going on.

With all these experiences from 2023, my goal for this year is to live, to prioritize myself and to be intentional about it.
I know this year will entail a lot and I want to make sure that at every point of it, I’m doing things that are good for my body and my mental health.
I want to make memories with the people close to me. I lost so many people in 2023 and it’s just so scary.

I intend to build my skills and prepare myself for the journey ahead. Not gonna lie, I don’t know what next I want to do with my life.
I saw this on TikTok and it was just spot on.