List 6: List the ways you love to have fun.

LOL. This is so apt because with the way my life is right now.

I'm about to use enjoyment to kill myself ala Run town.

Oh how I love to have fun... Let me count the ways

- Reading a book
-Hanging out with friends
-Going out to eat
-Travelling
-Boxing
-Salsa Dancing
-Making Money
-Buying Gifts
-Buying Clothes
-Just generally buying things
-Sharing my music
-Having the people I share my music with like it
-Spa trips
-Manicure
-Pedicure
- Beach days in the middle of the week
-Beach days on the weekend
-Writing about the things I like
-Writing about the things I do not like
-Shopping (not to be confused with buying things)
-Helping people provide solutions for their problems
-Lagos Weddings
-Destination Weddings
-All Weddings

I used to Love partying. and I used to have so much fun with it.

But now, hmnnn.

This year is really constantly my year of full time enjoyment.

Spenders anonymous

Please can someone smack my card out of my hand the next time I turn it around to get my CCV number?

Can I just stop buying please?

Because I do not have a clothing allowance for February today is 9/2/2017 and I have exceeded my monthly fuel budget shopping.

Between Asos *hangs head in shame* and my newest guilty pleasure Msbeefab I am going out of commission.

For real, plus she is uber affordable.

I am always crying because Alaroro BUT you guys- she is fair.

And you know how lagos designers walk around with Pistols like armed robbers.

Ps: I was not shopping like this o.

Next thing, something I was saving for fell thorough, and two other things came up.

So now I get to do a lot more Nigeria travel.

Am I pleased - Yes
Will I stop buying clothes?

A girl can only dream.

Ps: I think I am beginning to understand my body.

I had candy 3 days straight ( like 5 milkcose, 4 baba blue etc daily) like that for 3 days.- In my defence, I am in training.

And I'm finding that IT stuff is really just urgh.

Anyway I have 3 pimples now. I haven't had 3 pimples at the same time since maybe October last year.

Okay body none of that sugar.

I hear you.

Valentines day is comingggggg!

Slight trepidation along with minor excitement mixed with the certainty of being a roasto, defines exactly how I feel about valentines.

what I am undecided about if I should host a valentines day dinner / brunch/ hang out I always always  always host irrespective of where I am?

Meh- Time will tell.

Magnet Thatcher

While we drove back to the saloon- I really since he was in the passenger seat,
He offered commentary about Lagos driving,
It is like madness, he complained.
"Meh" I replied, while squeezing yet again into another impossible slot.
He shook his head
I shrugged " What? every driver is mad in Lagos during rush hour"

We eventually got back to the saloon, and the parking attendant indicated to an empty slot.

"You can not possibly fit in there" he said incredulously
I laughed. I live in Lagos, off course I could fit in.
Instead of arguing.
I parked seamlessly in the empty slot.

I put the gear on park and turned to look at him, gloating.

"I like you" he blurted out.

 "because I parked in the space?"

" I'm serious I like you."

" Okay, lets go and sort out our nails"

My friend said I am a damn magnet when it comes to men and christened me "Magnet Thatcher".

With the way 2017 is going, I hate that I might have to agree with him.

list 5: list what you would like your life to look like 10 years from now

1- I will not work on Wednesdays. This  translates to a 4 day work week.
2- On Wednesday's I  wake up at 5 am and meditate for 30 minutes
3- And swim 10 laps in my pool.
4- I  continue to travel to 3 new countries every year.
5- I dance salsa twice a week
6- I will have reprinted my book twice and eventually do a special 10th year anniversary edition
7- I will put up an art exhibition of all the photos I took in the last 5 years of things I find fascinating.
8- I would have had two children, and my husband will always do school runs
9- Once a week will be date night with my husband and it would always be a laugh fest
10- Sex 4 times a week (because why not?)
11- My nail polish line would be doing amazing numbers.
12- The church I attend will let me teach Sunday school class.
13- Sunday afternoons will entail huge family brunches ( my friends and thier families) that last till 5pm and my cook will complain every week but secretly love it.
14- I will look back at being 28 and laugh at how all the problems I thought I had were real problems
15- I will emit happiness from every pore of my skin.


Ps: every week I'm putting up a list
I have no idea how long I will keep at it, but I plan to put up a list for the next 52 weeks.
You guys 2017 is truly my year.
I feel like God called me to the corner and gave me expo before I entered the year.
See blessings on every side.
I'm in awe and I'm equal parts just amazed at how much God loves me.
I promise I will go into details.

update

I cut my hair.
Then braided it.

I attempted a new bout of whole 30. But Drinking alcohol keeps hindering my glo up.

I think my other rapper (who also moonlights as my 1 am flex) has lines about me in his new song- It's cute.

I think I should be mellow and reflecting and generally chill, but some how you guys, the universe has presented me with so many opportunities that I'm just like WOW.

I like my new job. (I think- It is a shit load of learning but I love it.)

Plus I have finally got a place where people call me Didi without asking.

I have some news I am bursting from the seams to share- But I'm like too soon?

But I just want you all to know that God is not sleeping, He knows the end of the matter, and believe me when I say the end is so beautiful & glorious & a million times raised to infinity better than what your imagination could have even  attempted to dream off.

At the beginning of the year, I was so confused, so much noise in my ears, so much static in my silent days, and my lord, waaay tooo many tears.

BUT, I went to church and simply asked for clarity.

It was clear no one who I was listening to knew what the best thing for me was, and I was honestly tired of having one conversation 10 million times.

In the word of Drake- I don't want to hear about it ever again.- Truly

So I told God, that in 2017, I was not going it alone.

I would literally inquire from you before I make any step. The way David inquired...

And I needed silence to hear God. Because there was just so much uncertainty.

BUT January came with blessings, It came with clarity and even more than those- January came with a peace that has been eluding me for sometime now.

And the peace was perfect.

And then joy and happiness and everything started falling into place.

I know I'm rambling.

But I need you people to realize that God has the answers to our prayers before we even know that this may be a problem that we have and we need to pray for it.

at the end of every day I think about how lucky I am.

and how people do not have to look too far to see how God works.

God also built me my tribe in 2016. I'm not naming names *side eyes Uber CEO*, but you know yourselves.

But Quick tribe member and Yorubae.

Happy Birthday my darling Deji. I read the christmas message you send me occassionally and I remind myself how lucky I am to have you in my life. Truly.

I wish you so much love and happiness.

January was so full of joy and happiness and sauce.
February I plan to spend so steeped in gratitude for the little things. and the big things and the impossible things he plans to do for me

Can't wait.

I plan to do a weekly series I pulled the list from twitter.

I hope I stick through to the end sha.

Hair

Slighty excited and nervous about new job.

Also what to wear on first day AND what to do to my hair!!!

Keep my hair cut. Tweak it a bit OR,

Get braids

Or get an actual pixie cut.

Plus I let someone use my card and now, complications on charges.

Truly getting tired of being a good person.

Also forgetting to protect myself more.

February will come and I will do better.

All in all freaking excited! 🎉🎉🎉

Still haven't drawn up my budget for the year and month but  ok.

Maybe after next week.

Prayer

and small fasting ( because they go hand in hannnnd)

But ( OMG I am so over talking about this because I swear I sound like a broken record), but
Brcxause of how much I prayed for this one thing last year, I sort of didn't appreciate how flipping perfect my life actually was.

Today is drafting my 2017 themes ( shout out to sisi on a budget for the road map) and the themes just show me how actually pleasant 2016 really was.

New job= more money.
I have more and more clothes to give away= which means I went and bought more in 2016 ( still giving them out)

Also I'm yet to curate my capsule for my new job, I don't know If I want to be all short dresses OR just generally pretend when I get there then show my true colors after 6 months with my short dresses,

What I really wanted to ask/ write about when I typed in that title is how to go from praying for one thing so desperately and getting a No, to just getting back into prayer generally.

I might sound showoff-y but y'all read my blog so you aren't surprised but- bad things generally don't happen to me.

So yah.

Anyway please send me your prayer requests so I can have something to pray about?

Because I hate how lackluster I am about having something to really depend on God for.

And because one of the themes I want in 2017 is that whole " And David inquired of the lord " stance   Before I take any steps towards any thing.

I'm going to want to be like God- how do we feel ( we bring you obv) about this step? Is this a Yay or a Nay? Or a wait you aren't ready.

I guess what I'm really really asking is how to find my way back to praying and hearing from God as easily as I did when I was fasting and praying nOn stop in 2016, now that I have nothing to fast and pray non stop about?

Hint: I know the answer is to fast and pray.

But when I start to pray, I have nothing to say.

Help.

No really  send me an email if you know how to combat this. It's 2017 and I'm not interested in taking any L's this year so please ehn.

Hit that contact me button and let loose if you are shy to comment.

Also I promise I don't bite.

( sometimes )