OVERWHELMED

Hey 😀, It's been a minute... A really long minute 😅. Well let's catch up for old times sake shall we? 😊 Have you ever felt like you've been caught up with alot of tasks and deadlines (both personal and imposed) that you had to meet up with within a very short time period? That when you think of what you have to do in comparison with what you've already done, you just get weak or depressed 😣. Better or worse still, (because you're not yet certain if it's good for you or not) as you come close to wrapping your head around one task, another one just springs up 😢. You're like "Oya kuku kill me let everybody rest"...

Well this has been my life the whole of the month of October. When I just stop to think of what's left undone, I just get tired before I even do anything. The most common greeting I got from acquaintances was "hey, you look tired" I always replied "yes, because I am 😢😣😣😣". The most annoying ones are the ones that go on to say "ah, you've not even started".

Ah! 🙆 Funke! just kill me let everything just end na 😒. At times like these, I reminisce on the good old days when I was much younger with much less worries. I remember when I was in primary 3 when all I was worried about was coming 1st position in class so my parents would buy me a bicycle. Back then, the race to 1st position was probably the most overwhelming thing... well till I came 1st on my 3rd attempt (after placing 3rd in 1st and 2nd term) 😃 and never stopped coming 1st till I left primary school 😁.

I can only imagine how herculean a task I must have thought placing 1st in my class was and how much I stressed over it because I wanted a bicycle. Look at me now, no bicycle, no external incentives for achieving goals, the only consolation is if I do this I might just get closer to getting 30 billion in the akant. But that's a stretch anyway 😢 so back to feeling tired and under appreciated

Don't worry about me friends, it only feels like this when I think of things I have to do. These days, I try not to over think things. I don't make to-do lists (I've never really made one before so 👐) because if I did, it'd probably look something like this 👇

Once in a while, I try to do the little things that make me less stressed. I drink alot of juice 😊, sleep when I get tired, have really long conversations with very foolish people 😂, listen to really old music that was my jam at some point, I admire the beauty in nature and I write a blog post about how overwhelmed I am 😉😁. I try to relax, anything just to feel 'whelmed' again. Just so I can smile through it all ☺.

I like to think of myself as a free spirit so although this might be really difficult for other people to do when they're overwhelmed with tasks, this is what I do. So friends anytime that you feel overwhelmed...