Taking Stock + What Life Lately Looks For Me

And A Series Of Mirror Selfies

There are a million and one excuses I could give for not being as present as I should be here. I could also say that things are about to change for the better, but would I really be speaking to anyone anymore? Gone are the days when people religiously followed blogs, when I could confidently make a promise to be better after a long time away and be rest assured that there are people at the other end taking this promise to heart. People to be consistent for.

This is not to say that I haven’t been here as frequently because of this, but knowing that fewer people are hopping on blogs these days have made me a bit more lax in creating content here.

All the gloom and death of the blogosphere asides, I really do love this space of mine and intend to keep sharing my life and style with you all.

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Life lately hasn’t been the most exciting of times. More often than not, I feel like there’s really not much to write about here, but I’m constantly reminding myself to take note of the seemingly mundane things and document them endlessly. To weave my daily happenings into stories and draw lessons from them. Because sometimes that’s where the inspiration lies. Not in the heavy stuff but in the little moments.

However, I’ve been doing very little of documenting my life – both in words and in pictures. Somewhere along the line of writing as an actual day job for me, I lost the zeal to put pen to paper and became a bit complacent. Pictures on the other hand, (as you might be able to tell from the mirror selfies littered around in this post) have been a bit better.

Sometimes the inspiration lies in the little moments and not in the heavy stuff. So take note of the seemingly mundane things and document them endlessly. Click To Tweet

As I write this, I’m sitting in a plane en-route to Ethiopia after a short stay in Dakar. You might wonder why I would say that my life isn’t exciting, especially knowing how passionate I am about travel and exploring. Whilst this is a once in a blue moon type occurrence; My day to day life in itself is a rinse repeat routine of work and work commute. A dull cycle all the more heightened by the fact that I live in a city like Lagos that is determined to suck the joy out of its people.

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But not to sound like I live a dreary life because, in all honesty, these past few months have been quite an interesting journey. I went from freelancing as an influencer and creative entrepreneur, trying to figure out life after my medical housemanship and nysc to working as a content marketer in the financial sector. A feat that I attribute partly to the grace of God, speaking things into existence and of course years of building the Cassie Daves brand.

If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve probably seen snippets of my new life working in content/communications and adjusting to the new routine. It’s been both as equally frustrating as it’s been exciting but I’ll leave that for another blog post.

Currently?

Hoping: That Lagos doesn’t kill me because it seems like the system is designed just for that. The daily traffic and madness I have to deal with on the streets of Lagos are enough to last a lifetime. Also hoping that the next few months take a turn for the better in terms of my relationships and work generally.

Reading: Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat Pray, Love” and honestly struggling to keep up but I’m determined to get to the end. Liz made it into my fave list after I read her book – big magic (reviewed here).

Doing: A lot of writing (lowkey not a fan), and trying to maintain my sanity in the midst of it all. Like I said earlier, writing for and as work isn’t exactly the most fun thing out there.

Feeling: A bit more stable emotionally. I’ve had a bit of an emotional rollercoaster year and I’m just glad for this period of rest, where I feel peaceful and content regardless of everything that has happened to me.

Loving: A lot of things lately and open to trying them as well! From euphoria makeup to bucket hats and even cycling shorts! Definitely doing a full post on things I’m currently loving soon.

Working: On fashion week content at work and that has been pretty interesting. I remember randomly mentioning sometime last year that I’d like to be a part of a team that puts a fashion week together and I’m still amazed that it actually happened!

On the brand end, I should be working on the 2020 blog planners and notepads but I’m thinking of taking a little break here. If you’ll like to collaborate with me to make next year’s edition happen, please send me an email!

P.S – The 2019 planners are semi-undated and can still be used into the new year so if you’d like to purchase it, they are currently on sales HERE

Excited: About possibly traveling in December. Aside from that, I guess I’m just pretty excited and open to whatever comes next.

Here's A Bit Of What Life Lately Looks Like For Me! Click To Tweet

I feel like I haven’t done enough justice to those question prompts up there but there’s just so many emotions that I can’t properly put into words yet, so I hope that those suffice for now. I hope that you’re having a good month so far? I’ll love to read your thoughts, experiences/ lessons these past months and how life lately has been for you.

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