#101 – I have grown

HIIIIIIIII, I am back, my babies (or not my babies). I feel quite emotional today because I have a life to live. The thought of the great things I will achieve makes me elated and inspired anew. I also kinda feel like a main character. Throughout my break, I missed writing to you so much. Many times, I thought about taking up my pen (keyboard), but I knew it was not yet time. In other news, this song (Tommy by AnnenMayKantereit) will soon burn some holes into my speaker. It has been on loop for no less than 3 hours. I love AnnenMayKantereit. Gaint Rooks is also a fave. I think these two groups are a level below Asa (based on Lami’s metrics). For context, Asa to me is the best of the best of the best. While I was away, I updated my portfolio, started building a cryptocurrency platform with other designers at Design Pal, conducted a detailed user research, was accepted to participate in GRAMS, and started contributing to CHAOSS Africa. Like I said when I first started this series, I want to be more open. Asides from talking about not-so-great thoughts and feelings, it also includes talking about my achievements. Unfortunately, I have had the habit of playing them down for so long. It frustrates me. My last 100 articles were about me being vulnerable, the next 100 would be to tell you every single thing I have achieved. It could be as large as getting a full-time remote job in the MedTech space (yasss, queen) or as little as waking up the first time my alarm goes off (as opposed to snoozing it 5 times). Guys, I am much happier than I have been for the last 10-12 years. I feel like I am getting myself back. While I am not exactly sure who I really am, I know exactly who I am not. Sadly, I have been living a life that is not mine for too long. I am happy about this self-exploration. On that note, here is one achievement: I found a solution to my light problem keeping me from posting regularly! Before I began this series, I created a custom post. This would ensure that my #500-Words-A-Day article was separated from my normal blog articles. This went on well until I started having some difficulty with light occasionally. I thought of different solutions. One was posting directly from my phone with the WordPress app. However, that didn’t work because the app only has the option for normal posts. The other solution I tried was to create a subdomain for 500-Word-A-Day (as in 500-words-a-day.olamidewilliams .com), make this series a normal post. That way, I would be able to log in to that subdomain on the app and post away. Well, sike, because that didn’t work either. The WordPress app does not allow you to log into a subdomain. Anyway, after much brainstorming, I came up with the perfect solution; make this series a normal blog post (as opposed to being a custom post), but exclude it from appearing in my blog. I would not have to repost the previous ones, though, because they are now grouped as what I call, “the first 100“. This way, I can post directly from my phone (using the WordPress app)! So, yay, I am happy about this development. These are 500 words (or more ?)! Talk to you tomorrow!