I didn’t set any resolutions for 2025. I just had 2 main goals: move to a new city and get a job. I went through many phases this year: isolation, enlightenment, transformation and answered prayers. I will write vaguely but still try to communicate what each of these phases felt like. Enjoy.

P.S. AI was not used to write this post.

From January to mid-July, I lived in an apartment far away from the buzz and liveliness of the city, so to speak.

I’ve never really had an issue with being by myself, so I didn’t think much of it until I began to experience horrible network connections and very scarce electricity. Needless to say, I was in a village.

I am an optimist (borderline delusional but I’ve found that it’s the best way to live), so I quickly looked for the bright side.

Offline, I related with the most amazing people. I laughed hard, got annoyed and had the time of my life with them. I smile hard each time I think of them.

It was also at this time that I was introduced to Farcaster, a decentralised social network. On the few occasions that I had an internet connection, I would connect with people there. I met people who have now impacted my life greatly. It was (still is) a gold mine of wonderful connections and amazing experiences for me.

I also got into other novel activities (for me) like learning to draw, listening to classical music, scriptwriting and observing people when I went on solo ice-cream dates so I could write stories about them. Reminds me of my incomplete story drafts *yikes*

I also took to reading biographies and stories of great people, and during my research on one of those days, I came across The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. From then on, my life changed. My. Whole. Life.

This harmless looking book rocked my whole world. It changed my psyche. It refined my views on spirituality, creativity, God, confidence, serendipity, and how to actually be someone who creates things. I went to deep levels spiritually and psychologically because of this book.

It was the therapy I didn’t know I needed. I learnt about morning pages and artist dates. I forgave people I didn’t know I hadn’t forgiven. My whimsy returned. I fell in love with life all over again. I returned to my hobbies from when I was a child. I began noticing beauty in the mundane. I remember telling my brothers once that I felt so light.

I believe God sent that book to me at that point in my life for a reason (I think I know why). I am a changed woman I tell you.

Everyone is an artist because we all create things so yes, this book is for you (if you haven’t read it of course)

As I enthused in the last phase, I was (and still am) transformed. I finally had the courage to take the steps I had been too terrified to take.

Firstly, on August 3rd, 2025, I moved to Lagos. To you it may seem not big of a deal. But to me, an ex-anxiety-ridden young woman, this was a big deal.

One of the things I learnt in my isolation & enlightenment phase was God’s providence. I am convinced that when God wants something to happen, the whole world and the people in it will evolve and move to make it happen, no matter how impossible it may seem.

Coming to Lagos was quite underwhelming and disappointing at first. It took some time to adjust mentally (about 3 months). I was still unemployed and I wanted to change churches (for the second time in my life).

These 2 things occupied my mind and almost made me spiral. I prayed and believed for it and the answers came.

In October, I joined the CCI community, and I got a job I didn’t know would be a good fit for me, in a way only God could arrange, with the best colleagues ever.

I pray to never ever forget the beatitudes, lessons and wisdom 2025 imparted to me.

It’s 1:32 am, Friday 12th December, and I’m writing this in my notes app, still in awe of God and everything that He made happen this year. I am immensely grateful that it is impossible not to tear up each time I think about it. I am deeply grateful.

I pray you get to know and fully grasp the simplicity yet exceeding great wisdom, beauty, grace, mercy, love, in short, the fullness of the Almighty God. He truly is the only true God and the Answer to anything.

2025 has been a blast. 2026 will be even greater!

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