A Look Back At January – Experiences, Lessons + Goals For February.

Ah, January. Good Ol’ January.

Finally gone with all its pretentious resolutions, fake deep motivational quotes and one million and one vision board parties.

Not that I have anything against these things but I’m happy to be finally rid of them so I can live my messed up life without feeling judged or inadequate. haha

But I digress.

Truth be told, I’m a bit unsure where to start from with this post. I still feel incredibly guilty for not putting out a 2018 in recap post (as is a tradition) and here I am, jumping to January and excited as hell to be reviving my taking stock segment.

But Let bygones be bygones right?

This past month, I did a lot of letting bygones stay in the past. I found myself missing old friends (who made it obvious they didn’t rate me as I did them) and wanting to reach out.

Navigating friendships as an adult is no easy feat, I tell you.

Although I’ve never felt so at peace and perfectly fine in my solitude when it comes to relationships, particularly friendships as I did in January.

This is not to say that the occasional longing for the “loml” did not rear its head up. I’ll be honest and say that made it to the top 5 things that were on my mind in January.

January was in itself a quiet and peaceful month. I’m not sure if this had anything to do with how mellow and calm the weather was (What’s up with rain in January though?!).

There were days when I woke up doubting the universe and days where I woke up with a sort of quiet assurance that everything good will come.

Although I admit that I did not work as hard as I could have this past month. One thing that kept reverberating in my head was the fact that we definitely have the power to create the reality we want as long as we are willing to do the work and be persistent.

Everything you want is within your reach (or at least within mine in my own case, it’s just left for me to go for it unfaltering). Death to laziness, can I get an amen?

The plan was to “take stock” in the usual “taking stock” manner. I loved it so much that I included a template for it at the end of each month in my planner and I had a lot of fun introspecting and filling it up for January.

Reading: January wasn’t my best month “book-wise” but I managed to read a book. I got gifted the book “my sister, the serial killer” by Oyinkan Braitwaithe. I have mixed feelings about this book. It started out on a really good note, the suspense kept me going but my excitement soon plummeted towards and took a straight nose dive at the end.

Doing: More of the things that spark a fire in my heart. In January, I took part in a 5-day cinematography class by Cinematographer – Dada Temitope. It was a new experience and made me realize that there’s definitely so much more to videos than meets the eye.

Feeling: A mix of emotions. Sometimes, I want to quit creating my planners but I know just how helpful the planner is (from my own objective use of it and of course other people’s reviews) and it’s potential to be a whole lot more. I feel defeated thinking about it’s potential and all of the resources I don’t have to get it to a higher level.

P.S – Check out the 2019 blog planners + notepads.

Working: I spent the most part of my days working on marketing and content ideas for my shop page. One of my goals was actually to revive my shop page and stop half-assing content there. I’m super proud of the progress I’ve made so far and of how good the page looks. Please go follow @shopcassiedaves on instagram.

Loving: How confident and a bit more open I’m becoming. Of course, I’m still a bundle of nerves when I have to speak to new people or even more recently – shoot shots (Yes, it’s what you think it is! lol) but I guess it can only get better.

Listening: More and more Christian music and my goodness, people can singgggg!! Currently, Dr. R.A Vernon’s you covered me is on my repeat list.

Excited: About all of the amazing things that God is doing/will do in my life. In January, I got a brand ambassador role with Infinix and I’m super excited for all the brand collaborations that will come my way this year by God’s grace.

Goals For February?

I’m currently looking at the “goals section” of my planner and feeling slightly overwhelmed. I have a couple of things but at the top of my list for February is

Expanding my business
Joining the fit fam life
Learning a new skill, implementing my savings plan
Finding a job or at least making some actual effort to find a job in marketing communications/advertising.

We are four days into February and I’m keeping my fingers crossed that life goes as planned, while also pushing myself, scribbling to-do lists daily in a bit to be organized and use my 24hrs effectively.

I hope that you’re having a good month so far? I’ll love to read your thoughts, experiences/ lessons these past months and what you’re looking forward to this new month.

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