The dawning of a new day opens our hearts to different expectations. There are times we just want to be left alone and at other times, our heads spin because we are idle. An ideal day for me may not be literally quantified because of wild expectations. Yes, you heard it right. Everyone has one season or the other when their expectation goes out of the box.
As someone who has engaged and still engaging in several activities, I have no doubt that I can weather the storm and still come out strong. Once you are able to keep pushing through life irrespective of the challenges you are faced with, you have an ideal day.
However, the greatest challenge I may have writing this piece is to envisage a day without its own problem. There is no single day where humans don't get to solve one problem or the other.
For instance, the problem of rising from your bed and taking the home chores before taking your bath and then breakfast. That's an ideal day for most of us. I could say that instead of rising from bed and doing the chores, an ideal day could be that I would be served breakfast in bed. For me, that would have amounted to ill health. I would definitely like to experience it though, to see myself eating in bed, men, that would be out of this world. My ideal day instead is to wake up around 4 AM polish my shoes and that of the kids and wife, get their uniforms ready then get to wash myself and get ready for work while my wife deals with the kitchen. That's what an ideal day for me looks like. Without this procedure, life would look empty.
Next on this radar is to write. As I write this piece, I am on my way to work. Everything in this post comes from my natural mind. I don't get to waste my precious time while going to work in a commercial bust discussing what will not add value to my life. This is my daily routine. I must have searched out the topics I want to write about and have an idea of how the topic affects me as a person. I remember when the #HiveBuzz project gave me a badge every week for being a busy bee. No doubt, I like to write, it's how I pour my mind for others to see but I also have a price to pay. The payment comes in such a way I have to avoid a lot of other activities just to write. Hence, an ideal or perfect day for me is one where I have written at least one blog on Hive and maybe other platforms.
One activity that makes my day complete is that I get to watch the television quite frequently. Fortunately, I have a TV set in my office. So, I will just tune in to Al-Jahzeerah, CNN, BBC and probably Arise TV and Channels to see what is going on around the world. I love to know about American politics, the war in Gaza and how it affects Africa. Tourist sites around the world, the dangers in each and what merriment it entails.
I try to make myself out of trouble daily. Life becomes a lot better when you do not have to keep malice or quarrel with somebody. I try to be humane, considering that we have different approaches to life issues. This is what I inculcate about how to deal with people.
Making it a better day, making it a better world to live in is what my ideal perfect day looks like. Speaking against injustice, looting of public funds, political thuggery and all the social menace in our society today.
Also, I like to look smart and confident. This is why I make sure my dress is well-ironed. Any day this is not in place, I may end up looking dashed.
My ideal day is not one where I have all the food in the world or all the money in the bank. It is one where activities keep me going, body and soul.