All the amazing moments of 2024 in one clip
I started off the year with so much enthusiasm and I was ready to put in the work to achieve everything I wanted. My priorities were my cooking business, my blog here on Hive and my studies. In 2023, I had one major goal and that was to overcome my anxiety and change the narrative of my life. Though a struggle, I achieved that and I was super encouraged and pumped about 2024. My vision for the year was Radiating Excellence. I wanted to perfect the skills I learnt and show up everywhere exuding excellence. But somehow, it looked like myself and my goals were unlike poles that could never meet. In no time, I was merely existing through a year I wanted to live.
Starting with academics, I thought my last lap in school was going to be one of academic comeback but no one told me the truth. You know how you decide that the energy you’ve been putting into your academics, you’ll maintain it or even do better because it’s the last lap, you can literally see the finish line but news flash? I really pictured myself making it through the last phase with so much ease but It was the most hectic and chaotic level of my academic experience.
Let’s begin with the bills. I feel I spent in the final year, the total amount of money I spent from first to third year combined. It was that crazy. With every turn I took, I was paying for something. Lecturers had us paying for books we did not need compulsorily. We paid for forms, paid to change receipts, we almost paid to breathe.
Another major challenge was the rush. The school calendar was rushed since the strike ended and we were found resuming school mostly after every two weeks and writing examinations every two months. Lectures were rushed, assignments were numerous and pressing, the timetable was suffocating as the courses were scheduled closely.
Final year was also filled with lots of activities. We had the faculty cultural day, departmental cultural day and the most important - the Final Year Biz Week where final year students had 5 days of activity marked by unique dress codes and they included Corporate Day, Denim Day, Ankara Day, Jersey Day and Costume Day. All of these activities required money to purchase the necessary costumes. I participated in some activities while I missed some. In all, it was a successful final year.
I also faced some emotional challenges last year. Found myself in a terrible situationship as the Gen Zs call it. I was constantly nagging, literally begging for the barest minimum from someone who professed love to me. Communication was a problem and so was transparency. Every time I complained about something, he’d change and do better for a short while and then go back to default settings.
For someone who is so self aware, learned and outspoken, one would think that I’d walk away from a person or situation that wasn’t serving me but I didn’t. I held on and hoped for a positive change based off of the good things other people had to say about him but it cost me my peace of mind. I was always typing epistles, addressing issues and never having absolute peace.
In all of these, I learnt the need to know people for myself rather than just blindly trusting other people’s judgement of them. This experience had me evaluating myself and trying to see where and what I missed. Was I desperate? Scared to be alone? Did I give room for certain negativity? Lose focus on my priorities?
It definitely took a while but I woke up one day and said I’ve had enough. I began to say no to people, places and things I didn’t want to be associated with. I stopped trying to salvage relationships. For once, I stepped back to see who was going to ask what’s going on, call or try to figure out how to make things work. Guess who did? Nobody. And so I picked myself up and learnt to fly solo.
These events may seem like a walk in the park but they took a toll on my social life as well as my availability status on Hive. On some days it was a matter of lack of time, other times it was as a result of lack of motivation, feeling overwhelmed, needing a break from school stress and life, and not even finding the words to express the circumstances around me.
Despite these, I had beautiful moments too. I got a remote job to work as a customer care representative and I earned in dollars for the first time. I was on cloud 10! It was very stressful joggling school with my business and now a remote job but it was a very nice experience. I quit at some point due to poor network challenges and examinations but altogether, a great experience.
In the last three months of the year, I picked up my cooking business again and was determined to finish strong. I showed up everytime I had the chance to and I couldn’t be more proud of myself. I experienced immense growth in knowledge and patronage.
Though the ride in 2024 was rocky, a lowkey people-pleaser and overthinker ended the year being okay with saying no, not caring about people’s opinion, and choosing & prioritizing people who did the same for her. This is growth and this is just enough.
This is 2025. I refused to pick a mantra for the year or limit myself to resolutions. This doesn’t mean that I’m visionless or have no goals for the year. I’m simply flying as the wind blows, giving myself the opportunity to explore as much as possible and enjoy every bit of the flight.
🥂 to becoming a better and richer woman in 2025☺
Happy new year!
Music Credits:
- Vex For U by Lil Kesh Ft Fireboy & Ayo Maff
- Joy is Coming by Fido
- Nwanyi Oma - Sped Up by Lil Emm
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