MUSINGS OF A NAIJA YOUTH CORPER (DIARY #1)

So, I decided to keep an entry of my daily activities, of random thoughts, motivations and all. Nothing too personal that I can't share. I think I will be the first to do this here. The idea though is free to use just like the image below is from Google Free to Use section. This is the first entry.

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There are those days when you awake and feel the need to just be separate from everyone. Just be alone with yourself. Well, today is one of such.

I woke up really early but I don't quite feel like I should be out there in the ever busy world. Call me what you will, introvert, shy but I'd rather hear those names than be out in the ever-busy world.

Someone once said, the world is too loud and I FULLY agree with that. Isn't there supposed to be a time when even for a second, everyone would just keep shut? Like have some me time. Time to reflect, time to be calm and listen to other things. Like the forces of nature. They speak too, but many are too loud to hear.

There's so much that goes unnoticed because we care too much about ourselves.

In the end, you're not the only one that matters. There's rarely anything that you want to do that hasn't been done yet. You just don't know yet. So what's with all the noise? Just take a moment to reflect, you'll find a peace you never knew you had on your inside.

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So Manchester United lost yesterday. So what? It's not like I expected them to 100-percent win. Stuffs happen and life must go on. I've decided never to hold anything too dear. It's not really something new, it's just that I've let it slip a couple of times recently. This has been one principle that has guided my life

Don't expect too much from anyone. Don't trust anything or anyone. If they fail, you won't be disappointed and if they come true, you'd be happier for it.

That's it. It has kept me from many down moments, moments of promises unkept. I've come to realize that it's in humans to disappoint and fail. The only one you could trust is yourself. Or maybe not. We even find ourselves failing at the times we thought we'd be best.

Such is the world we live in. Life must go on.

Today, I'm feeling the urge to write. Like go back to the things I've left off. I've got about three books unfinished. It makes me wonder how the likes of Stephen King, Jk Rowlings, Kachi Ugo have got so many books written. Or here, how the likes of @michelle.gent, @alexbeyman keep on writing consistently.

@alexbeyman is a writing machine!

@michelle.gent just keeps going...

Maybe, just maybe, I don't have it yet. But, I'm gonna try and I can only look at the coming weeks with excitement. In April, I'm going to have a lot of 'me' time and juice on my devices to keep me going. I think some of the limitations that has kept me here has been lack of those two things I mentioned above. It's not always fun to wake up everyday to the reality that you're serving in a village where there's no power supply and little time for yourself. School will vacate in three weeks and I can barely wait.

I went back to writing one of those books which had only a prologue. I wrote a bit of the first chapter today and boy, I feel good about it.

I'm currently thinking how best to use the three weeks of holiday I'd be having and I like the thoughts that have been flowing through my head. This is what you get when you shut the world out and open yourself up.

The #Steem-impact group also comes to mind and I've promised myself that I'm going to be very active and help the guys out during that period. There's a lot most of the newbies don't know yet and I haven't had time helping them with.

Also, I'm going to be spending more time on Discord in the #Writer's block channel. I've got a lot of catching up to do. I've marked out some exciting personalities I'd like to build a relationship with. They're the ones who keep me inspired and getting to know them more would be awesome.

Some students just came by at the lodge and I was distracted a little bit. I guess that's a sign I should be going...

Till next time.

THE PEN HAS MORE VALUE THAN A SWORD

10:30AM