Goodbye 2011 !

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Wow! I haven’t put up a post since August. I apologize as this is due to my laziness and procrastination. Also, I lost interest in a lot of things including putting up posts on here. That can also be attributed to my laziness which gets worse as I get older. 😦 I really can’t help it though. Well, I finally mustered the strength to type this final post for the year. I guess that’s a good thing yeah 😀 .

It’s the last day of 2011 and at this point I can only thank God for his mercy and his sustenance and for bringing us this far. I’m not an overly religious person but still God has been so wonderful to me and my family. This year was a very tough one for me and my immediate family. There were a lot of trials and tribulations at different points but I’m thankful because we survived them all. I’m grateful for not losing any loved one this year.

It’s been a long 12 months and I’m glad to finally be alive on this last day in good health. I learned a lot this year, met so many amazing people, made new friends and lost some, went through very trying moments, fell in and out of love and my eyes were opened to so many things. At the beginning of the year I had my New Year resolutions but I’m not even sure I achieved all of them. I usually write them down but I really couldn’t be bothered this year so I can barely remember them. Still, I achieved a lot, resolutions or not. I’m thankful for the people who pulled me up from my moments of ultimate lows and helped me appreciate who I am.

I really cannot rehash everything that happened this year because too many things happened. I can only relay what I learned. I learned not to rely on too much on people because they may turn round to disappoint you in the end. I learned to always be thankful for my life no matter what because someone somewhere doesn’t even have half of what I have. I learned that when you’re too nice, people tend to take advantage of you. I learned never to look down on anybody because there’s a reason we are all in our current individual situations. I learned to not try too hard with people, if they were really interested, they’ll find a reason to remain in your life. I learned to take optimum advantage of today because nobody knows tomorrow and anything can happen. I started to see myself in another light and I learnt never to think low of myself and to never let anybody’s words bring me down. But most of all, I learned to be happy no matter my condition or situation, to smile even when I don’t feel like or when I’m in pain, and to prove to myself that I can overcome whatever difficult circumstance I find myself in.

I had a lot of fun moments and some memories I would never forget. My friends and I took so many risks and did so many things that now I look back and wonder what we were actually thinking at the time. Lol. Memories for yearsss! I worked somewhere during my summer vacation and my work experience and the people I worked and interacted with daily, generally changed my outlook on life. I’m grateful to have worked there and I made friends I am willing to keep for life. I also found love. Ha-ha! But my love life was short-lived and I’m grateful yet again for that.

Generally, it was a challenging year and I’m glad for it to finally be over. The year has completed its course in our lives, now onto the next one. I’m setting targets for myself this New Year and hopefully I’ll achieve most of them. I really want to start getting involved with activities and making good use of my life while I still have it. I’ll try not to let laziness and procrastination get the best of me in whatever I’m doing and so I resolve to put up more posts. I’ll work towards being a better and stronger person. I also intend to have loads of fun, make new friends and create memories that would last for a lifetime. So many people died this year, we love them all and may their souls rest in peace.

Hopefully, 2012 will be a good year for everyone and for Nigeria and we can finally experience some peace in the Nation. My prayer is that God keeps us all till the end of next year (surely the world cannot end in 2012, there is too much to be achieved in subsequent years lol) and many other years in good health and faith. By the way, Final Year next year. Whoop!

Cheers to the New Year! 😀

Have a great, fabulous, awesome, life-changing, beautiful, blessed year.