Current A/N (26/09/24): updating this entry at 6:22 am after I've not slept an entire night is really ironic. Someone send help please.

23/09/22 CTD
01:25
Aww...
I'm writing.

"Evergreen" by Westlife is playing in the distance. There's clubs and happening spots in my neighborhood. Some nights are louder than others 😅 but we manage.

Do you like Westlife? I know the band split up. That's where Justin Timberlake came from, right? Do you like them?
These guys are playing some old classics. It has me running back to the 90s and crying my heart out as though I'm in some sweet rom-com where there's lots of heartbreaks before the couple finally makes it to their happily ever after. 😭
The 90s were fun. They were beautiful ❤️ and romantic.

GAH!
They are playing Celine Dion now "My Heart will Go On". Are you in love yet? I know I am.
I don't think I'll ever hear that song and not think about "Titanic". Gosh! I got to sleep. I have to. Why aren't I? Celine Dion!

Now they are playing "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran. What do these guys want to do to my gushing heart? 😭❤️

01:49
I knew it. It was all a lie. Too good to be true. The sweet and slow music was only a teaser. They've began playing their insufferable unnecessarily loud music with lot of bass and no words. I'm done. There goes my millionth attempt at getting sleep.

23/09/22
13:00
Don't ever underestimate the dilemma of being afraid to sleep during day because you know you won't be able to sleep in the night yet you're struggling with loads of sleep from having failed to sleep the previous night. You end up sitting through the day tired waiting for the night so that you can sleep. OR
You give in to the urge of having an sweet afternoon nap that will last for 5 hours and face the consequences of lacking sleep again the night to come. Since the night sleep is still a gumble even without the afternoon day nap, I suggest you take the sweet 5-hour day time siesta. You got to have something. It's not really an all-or-nothing gig.

26/09/22
19:04
Boy o boy! I'm writing not this book though. There's another project I'm working on. The thing about being multi-faceted is that you're caught up in the conflict of what you'd want to let go. I want it all 😂 in a way. I write. I make crafts. I run a charity. I'm in a choir. I do fitness. I'm a preacher of the word. I'm so many things that I can't let go of. So, I create a balance between everything. Last week was too busy. So is this week. I have an overnight on Friday. I spent the entire day today making cute little crafty keyholders for my charitable business. That's why a Little-Up like making 40,000 word count on a project I've been doubling with all my other projects means so much to me. I just wish that I get to share it with the world at one point. Writing for me is a passion. Even if I don't get published, writing is something I'll do till the day I can't do it. It's in me, I can't help it. 🙌

Comment ❤️ if you want the title of the project I'm working on.

20:12
A few errands later and some typing, here we are.
40,682 words in. 🙃
One Little-Up after another, this baby will be done in a few more Little-Ups. I'm so proud of me.

Do you have a Little-Up you got in today? 🙃💕

28/09/22
0:15
Here I am with another episode of 'no sleep'. It's totally my fault. I gave in to the sleep temptation at 3 pm yesterday. I slept for two hours and these are the results. Now I got myself thinking about my balance between wearing pants, skirts and dresses. I think I do quite well even though I get comments from people that I wear more pants (shorts to be exact) than I do dresses or skirts. I don't know mehn. It's a 'whatever it is' kind of thing. I like comfort clothing. If I could wear comfort clothing to formal events and not receive damning looks from fellow event attendees, I would. I can't because to some how you dress to an event is either a sign of respect or disrespect to them depending on what you're wearing. Since it's not my event, I do what I have to do to make sense. It is not my event after all. They have a point.

Here's a photo of my dark room. There's totally nothing to see except for the dim light on my phone.

0:37
I've written some. Cool stuff, right? This is a fun project for me because it's talking about my life basically. I enjoy sharing what has worked for me. Getting to do so through a book is fun. Crazy, but fun.
Are you single or taken? 🙃
How's that going for you?

0:40
A thought struck me. I'm looking forward to the day when self-help/motivational books will make it to the wattys 😂. I'm kidding. Of course, I know the criteria. 50k words and above. So, that puts a pinch in that radical thought. A 50k word self-help book is a bit overboard in my opinion. Unless it's Robert Greene. I'll excuse him any day. His books are thorough and small biographies of so many other stars. It makes sense that they are that big. 😅 Otherwise, any other self-help book should be between 10k and highest 30k words. The best size being 10k.

Thoughts?

22:33
Another late night is upon us folks. Not writing this time but choir practice. The afternoon nap I had is worth it. It's going to reap faithfully. Eager as I am. I love singing for the Lord. A privilege it is for me.

05:21
1/10/22
Just returned from an overnight! It was wonderful. Such a great move of God. Happy new month 💗 everyone. It's October. New doors. New levels. New miracles. A step ahead into greatness. It is your time to shine. Hallelujah! Here's to glorious writing and winning. I didn't write today/yesterday. My best friend graduated. Woohoo! And I had an overnight like I already told you. Tomorrow/today I have my sister's intro-visit of her spouse to her parent's home.

5/10/22
9:34 am
Have I been doing all else except writing? Yes. I've been video capturing and editing some public relations for a charity that I'm the projects Manager for. I'm making bracelets as well for sell for the very charity. I have choir practice tonight. I'll be going on ground at the base of the same charity. I have to do home visits with a friend of mine for the children we are hunting sponsors for. They can't afford to pay for their school fees. I guess you get it when I say I've not been writing. I'm at a printing shop. I'd like to print out bookmarks I designed to see how they turn out. If they turn out great, I'm adding them to the charity merch we are making. People have been responding wonderfully to the keyholders and bracelets I made.

6/10/22

10:24 am

Howdy!

Let me tell you something, let me tell you something. Choir practice got done at 1:00 am yesternight. I got home about two hours ago. I've been able to write some though not on this project. On the other 40k project I shared with you a while back. I'm pleased to say that every time I write, I feel happy. Every time I get a line, sentence or paragraph in, I'm pleased with myself. The project that took me to the graphics shop yesterday was to have a few bookmarks I designed printed out. They came out so nicely. I'm pleased with myself. If you see a huge paragraph in this particular update, know this one thing that I am typing from my laptop. 

Okay, I will proceed to update some of this project. See ya!

10:43 am

A man just harassed my sister on the streets. He held her hand. He made a scene. I am so glad she has a voice. She educated him. Here's the lesson in this: We are all created with the ability to defend ourselves in our own way. I am created with the stature that scares off a bully. They look at me and know that I can beat them up. Then for a person like my sister, she's created with the voice to talk a bully down. She's not afraid to put a person in their place and she'll do it coherently without fumbling with words or them breaking while she talks. Me, on the other hand, I can never hold an argument to save my life. But do I look like I could break your kneecaps? Yes. Can I do it? Maybe yay, maybe nay! I guess we'll have find out. Use who you are to defend yourself. Comprehensive discourse or protective aura...a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do! 

11:00 am

I know we are fighting so hard to make this world balanced for both men and women. In my head, I feel stuck in the middle of believing that it will take forever to make this dream a reality. It is still a man's world. Most Men still treat women with disrespect. They feel in their sick heads that women owe them all the good things while they (men) treat them with all this disrespect. 

15:42
I had a nap. A sweet nap. I just got. Before that, I was able to write some. ❤️

21:45

Have you watched "Honors' Society"? I think it is one of those nice cliché high school drama with an interesting twist. A cliché with a happy ending but with a cool twist that doesn't make it so cliché. Get it? 

I think people underestimate the fact that writing is not for the lazy. It is really isn't. They underestimate the drive it takes a person to flip that laptop and type things swirling in your mind. The motivation dies sometimes. Sometimes there's too much motivation you know the moment you begin to write you may never stop. You won't feel satisfied until that chapter or scene is well done. You think about the work ahead of you so you end up choosing not to start at all. Smooth, ain't it? I'll go write now. 

23:02

I've been writing some while I listen to Pentatonix music. There's a way their acapella version of most songs sounds much better than the real songs. I usually go to check out most of the songs they've done and I end up preferring their version of it rather than the original version. I was adding to the other writing project I shared with you. So, I was not writing this particular project. Now that I have mentioned it, I might as well just go ahead and update this as well. Today's been a good day. 

23:38
It's been a wonderful writing session. I've spent the last few minutes since I last updated you working on this project. Wonderful, ain't it? Agreed. I've also noticed that as the year's coming to a close many of the wattpad writers are getting back to the app. I guess it's been a helluva of a year. I'm glad to have some of my writer friends make a comeback. Some of them are updating their works or modifying them which is wonderful.

7/10/22
11:52 am
I dare you to not ask me what time I slept yesterday. I'll tell anyway. I slept at 5 am. I woke up at 9 am. Am I sober? No. As usual sleeping in the afternoon again means the pattern is repeating itself in the night. I'm going to sleep anyway. My eyes are weary.