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Leaving grey behind.

Hi guys! It's been quite a while and I'm sure you've missed me. Yes, reading minds is one of my many talents. I'm just that cool. Well, I'm back now and you don't have to miss me anymore.
You should know that grey is one of my favorite colors. A psychologist might tell you that it's because it's dull and I'm too shy for interesting things but all that one na okotomeuw. For many of you who have never met me, I'll let you in on a little secret, I am very shy. Shhh it's a secret don't loud it👀.
I still love grey but you know what I decided to start doing? I decided to choose yellow more often. By choosing yellow, I don't mean that literally. I mean that I have started to put myself out there more.
For me, putting myself out there is doing the little things many of you can do without thinking too much about it. Sadly, not all of us are that lucky. Some of us are naturally cursed with the ability to overthink. So you know what I started doing? I started putting myself out of my comfort zone. Which meant me doing all the things I never could have imagined doing.
Unlike my 2019, my 2020 is filled with so many amazing milestones. First of all, I finally published a book online. And it got really awesome reviews. You can read it for free via this link.
http://pabpub.com/books/80
Then, I finally got the courage to dye my hair (that one went so wrong because the barber decided to do his own color on my head) but you know what? That still worked for me because I had to have such a bright color on my head and people started staring at me. For a shy person, you know that could not have been easy to deal with but I actually found that I love the attention.

I began to talk more in large settings and that includes doing things as simple as answering or asking questions in class, even though that's probably easy for many of you, it used to be extremely hard for me.
Then (drumroll please) I did the one thing I had always wanted to do. I ran for a post in my hall of residence. And guess what guys? I lost.
Sure, it stung. I mean I put myself out there and got rejected but you know what? I don't regret it. Like many of you, on the top of my list of fears were failure and public speaking (funny right? I'm a mass communicator, public speaking should be a part of my DNA, but it's not.) But in less than a month, I failed and spoke in public. Now, I realize that those things are not as bad as we paint them in our heads.
So join me, let's fail and win together because honestly, a lot of people don't even have the opportunity to do that and if we waste our lives being too scared, we keep failing those ones who don't even have the opportunity to live in a world where being scared is an option.
Stay safe guys, Covid-19 is real.


Comments

  1. UnknownMarch 24, 2020 at 3:57 AM

    Sweet
    Almost like I was there every step of your story 💀

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  2. LeelianMarch 24, 2020 at 7:33 AM

    I enjoyed reading this

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  3. Queen EstherMarch 24, 2020 at 9:37 AM

    Wow, I really enjoyed reading this

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  4. OmotoshanMarch 25, 2020 at 1:16 AM

    You have such beautiful way of putting words together and i am happy for your beating your fears

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  5. UnknownMarch 25, 2020 at 12:55 PM

    Anjie go to medium with your piece, you are indeed a badass writer and I have my money on you. By the way my favorite color is grey and yellow ✌

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