THRIVING IN A PANDEMIC!

At the beginning of the pandemic sometime in late March for me, when all the news that came out worldwide was tragedy after tragedy, I told myself I was not going to let the negative news affect me, but instead I would thrive in this pandemic. I even sent a message to one of my friends to this effect screenshots below. My timeline was full of tragedy, loss and despair at the start of the pandemic, people were being furloughed, taking massive pay cuts, businesses were closing down, people lost jobs and loved ones. I found myself absorbing too much of this negative news and it was starting to affect me, so I took a short social media break. When I came back the negative news was still there on my timeline, but in the midst of all the tragedy going on in the world, I would come across the odd person who had signed a new contract, got a new job etc. It was such a crazy time for some and a blessing in disguise for others. Of course we all know that industries like aviation took a beating and tech and healthcare sectors thrived. So I choose to focus on the positive, I told myself that I would thrive amidst the chaos. And thrive I did. In June I self published my very first book, which you can find at the end of this post. I had been sitting on the idea to write a book for years, but never did anything about it because I didn’t quite know what I wanted to write about back then.  Every time someone would ask me a personal question that I didn’t feel like answering, I would always say one day I will write a book about it, and never thought much of it after that. And then one night when I couldn’t sleep I woke up a few minutes to three o’clock in the morning and started writing and didn’t stop until five o’clock in the morning. I wrote 2000 words in two hours and that was the beginning of my career as a published author. I started my YouTube channel around the same time.  A couple of weeks later I signed a short term contract with a multinational non profit organisation and also got some work from home online opportunities, that I did on the side. Deep down I believe all these opportunities and blessings that came my way did so, because I not only spoke them into existence but believed without a doubt that I would thrive regardless of the negative circumstances in the world at the time. The power of the tongue and manifestation was definitely at work here. My motto was “thriving in a pandemic” (still is) and believing that I would and I did. 

Edited to add: I actually drafted this post after my interview and before I got the offer and signed my contract! Ask, believe, receive! I just knew deep down in my heart that this contract was mine so I went ahead and wrote this post before signing the actual contract!

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HAVE YOU SUBSCRIBED TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL?

My history with YouTube goes back to when YouTube first started in 2005; I was watching YouTube when most people didn’t even know it existed. I actually came across footage from an old digital camera from 2008, where I was recording my housemates with the then new camera, to test it out (vlogging before vlogging became a term) and telling them to mind what they said because I was going to upload that footage on YouTube! Of course it never made it to YouTube but the seed was planted, I almost started the channel three years ago but my life then was tumultuous to put in mildly so that idea was quickly shelved. So in the midst of the pandemic with nothing much to do and practically nowhere to go I figured I may as well start my channel. I had my phone camera, my ten year plus digital camera and internet connection. It was a “start where you are with what you have” kind of situation. Knowing myself I knew that if I didn’t upload something I would never upload anything. So I uploaded a 16 second footage of a plane taking off that I took from the rooftop of my building months ago, that was just sitting in my gallery taking up precious storage space. My initial plan was to have a channel that was a hodgepodge of sorts and upload any and everything that came to mind. But then I found myself rereading a lot of my old books, because again, nothing to do nowhere to go, and decided to review them and upload those reviews on my channel. And that was how an idea that I had had for years came to fruition. So please subscribe, like and share my content, channel link down below, thanks everyone.

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I WROTE A BOOK!!!

Hi everyone!

So I wrote an EBook! Yay! I am super proud of myself. I have been toying with this idea for a few years now and I finally did it this year. My book is a collection of short stories about love; rekindled love, compicated love and lasting love. It's available on Amazon. Please click on the link in bold, grap a copy and let me know what you think. Thanks Everyone!

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STILL HERE!

The cornrows are still on my head almost two weeks later! I just figured with all the self quarantine/isolation, social distancing happening at the moment I would just leave them on for as long as I need to. I am indoors 90% of the time only go out for groceries and walks and looks like it’s going to be that way at least until early April. So I just throw on a beanie or have a hoodie on whenever I need to leave the house, I am not exactly a wigs person though lately I have been seriously considering getting one or two. Anyway that’s the short update. For anyone out there caught up in self quarantine/isolation etc keep your head up this too shall pass but we got to be safe first. Oh and my friend’s wedding that I spoke about in the other post has been officially cancelled her country is on lockdown so until the all clear is given there is no tentative date yet so we sit and wait and keep safe while waiting.

OUT IT GOES!!!

 So the hair didn’t even make it to the weekend. Friday afternoon I was hot it felt like a bother on my head I went to the bathroom grabbed my scissors and chopped it all off. I am going to keep the cornrows in over the weekend and take them out Monday morning for a braid out. Felt like a huge load had been lifted off my head. I should have stuck to my plans. What I didn’t mention in the previous post was that I had no intention of buying this hair, I had a particular hair in mind that I was going to buy until I mentioned it to someone and she convinced me to buy a “similar” type of hair for about  1/3^rd less the cost of the original hair I wanted to purchase. Well serves me right lol I shouldn’t have gone chasing waterfalls should have stuck to the rivers and lakes that I am used to. I don’t even know how I let her convince me because I am usually a stick to my decision kind of person. I am actually glad my hair is out I think I need to give it a break because prior to this mess I had been protective styling for 10 weeks (2 different styles) back to back so I am glad at the chance to let my hair breathe for a week or two maybe more. I have a friend’s wedding in April (that we are hoping to still attend considering the spread of the corona virus that is currently going round) so I plan to do a short term protective style for that so I guess my hair can wait it out a little.

OOPS I DID IT AGAIN!!!

The very first time I had my hair taken out the same day it was done was as a child. I must have been about 8 or 9 and had this wonderful African threading design done on my head earlier in the day only that they were done too tight and even putting my head on the softest pillow hurt like crazy. They were taken out that very night. My second time taking my hair down on the very day it was done was maybe a little over a decade ago. I remember going to this salon that I had found quite by chance when I went to pick out an outfit for a friend’s wedding. The stylist was great, the hair not so much. It was a curly weave that looked great on the packet and cover but was a hot mess once on the head the weave came in one of those packets you couldn't open to feel the texture but the cover model looked amazing in it so I took my chances. Big mistake! After my hair was done I looked in the mirror and knew straight away it was not going to last the night so I paid the stylist thanked her and set off on my way. 

This is what the hair looked like in the pack.

Now home at the time was a couple of train journeys and a bus ride away and I swear I could feel people staring at the mess on my head ok maybe I was just being paranoid. I got off at my bus stop at around 6pm, now there was a beauty supply store just across the road from where I got off that opened late I think until 7pm or so.  The decision to go in and look for a replacement weave was made on the spot! This hadn't been the plan at all I was going to take out the mess once I got home not have it redone. But hey if you know me you know I can be spontaneous like that sometimes. So I went in and was extra careful picking out new hair this time in fact I was over careful, got the hair paid for it and crossed over again to the other side. Now this side had a barbershop that also had a lady hairdresser who had a chair there I popped my head in spontaneously just to check if she was in and available to take a last minute walk in. The hair gods were with me that night for she was, I explained my situation that I need the weave on my head cut off and replaced with a new one the cornrows stayed she was fine with it and felt pity on me with her pricing, it was quite a bit of money I had spent that day considering I had a monthly hair budget that I strictly adhered to back then so all this extra money being spent was going to burn a hole in that budget. But then I figured I could always do extra hours and make up for it, it was after all the Christmas season so it didn’t burn as much. 

This is the mess that came out of my head two days after installation!

Did I say the hair gods were with me that night? This new hair turned out to be exactly what I didn't know I needed and then some (I ended up repeating the style several times in the coming years using this new stylist). So what's the point to this very long story you ask? Well turns out that I may be taking down hair again only this one may survive a day or two. Again I bought hair that looked good on the cover models but a bushy mess inside it's one of those kinky curly god knows what crotchet hair styles. I had it done yesterday afternoon and by the time I got home I knew it had to go! It tangles for one and is so thick and hot I can't deal the only reason it's not out today is because I had quite a bit on my plate today and hair was not on top of my priority list. I have to be somewhere quite early tomorrow so I have decided to wrap a turban around the edges to make it look "palatable” but as soon as I get home if I get home early enough it's gone. If not the next day is a Saturday so I definitely have plenty of time to take it out. Moral of the story: choose your hair very well very well hahaha don't end up like me. Hope you guys have been good it's been a minute I had missed this space!