JOURNEY TO SELF-CONTROL

So I remember back then in University, I used to embark on something I called Discipline and self-control journey.

The first time I tried it, I discovered that my intake of snacks was too much so I decided to reduce it. The strategy then was to start taking breakfast. By doing this I knew I’ll most likely not be hungry and even tho I wanted to do ojukokoro or kodeyi, the guilt of spending extra money will hunt me. Gradually I did it, one day at a time, till I was able to look hot dog in the face and say you loose and walk away…. Heheheh…  I was free!!!

The next semester (300 level Omega), seeing how that one worked, I decided to stop taking cold drinks. So here was my reason: I just became Assistant Choir Director and as per choir nah... no cold water, no popcorn etc. (all them rules..... rme). I wasn’t really a fan of popcorn so it really was not a big deal, but cold drinks, that I was a fan of. But I had people to lead and I had to lead by example, so that had to go. It was quite hard cos it meant after a long day of walking under Ota hot sun to EIE and back, I couldn’t take even cold water.

But mans gat to be strong mehn. I don’t know how it happened (okay maybe I do… I held myself mehn loool, I would buy drink before going out and leave it in my room, by the time I got back, it would be warm so I could drink it…. But sha it was not nice o ) but I did it and I stopped taking cold drinks….. yipeeeee!!!

Next semester came (400 level Alpha) and I decided to embark on another one (as per strong geh… hehehehhe) and that was to stop taking drinks completely (haaa… yesso… lol)…

See ehn, I hate coke, yes I do... (I’m in my house, come and beat me) in fact I’ve never bought coke with my money in my life (you can call me weird), but mehn I could drink Fanta and lacasera even when it is hot (remember I had stopped cold drinks). Anyways I knew it had to stop or reduce to its barest minimum at least. Honestly this one wasn’t that hard like the previous ones (maybe cos I’d gotten a little used to the entire process). But how I majorly survived this was I increased my intake of water… in fact I started taking water to class, I’ll either empty pure water into a container or even carry pure water to class (it was that bad). But at the end of the semester, I succeeded….. yipeeeeeee!!!

Now to the moral of all my talk: at the end of everything, who got the benefits…..? Me, yes Ebun! How you might ask… I discovered I didn’t spend like before, I sang better, I didn’t have cold, I stopped having constipation and I lost weight (that was actually the best part). Generally, I was healthier, I mean, I had breakfast everyday which is the most important meal (according to nutritionists).

It was to my advantage mehn.

So all these happened from 2014-2016 and even tho I’ve maintained most of the habits, I’ve really not embarked on any self-discipline journey. I think I’m ready for another one (actually I need it).

Guess what it will be on….. SOCIAL MEDIA!! Its sooo obvious im getting addicted to SM and its affecting me seriously. Like I spend more than 10k in a month… abeg who has money to waste… mtschewwww.

So here’s the plan, I’m deleting my IG tomorrow (let’s start with IG). I hardly open snapchat these days but once upon a time snapchat was practically my life (it was actually my best social media platform) but it has been replaced by twitter ( I really don’t know how that happened). I’m really tired of spending soooo much.

So I’ll be deleting my Instagram app for 2 weeks (let’s see how that goes). I’ll have to be accountable to my blog.. Lol. I’ll be sharing my journey here and it will be titled NO IG 19^th-24^th Jan. see what I did here, lol... I’ve reduced the date already to 5 days.

I will do it, I can do it.