Maybe it's being the first and only child of my mum, or just the natural resilient person I have built myself to be, one way or the other, I've learnt to encourage myself even when no one is there's no one there for me. The quote "be your own greatest cheer leader" is something I grew into.
It's surprising and amazing how inanimate objects and even nature can actually teach humans how to live. Thanks to my hair, something I knew before became more real and practical to me and I'll love to share it with you.
Truth be told, I wish I had an elder one, who I could always cry to whenever I was stuck, and needed to hear words of encouragement, but I had to wake myself out of that dream and face reality, thanks to my journal anyways... It has been with me through thick and thin, I love you journal.
I have a very special gift. I can make my own hair myself (not every style, but the basic ones). I remember when people used to be scared of such ladies because they thought they used to put their heads on their legs to make the hair 🤣. Please I'm not a witch, I'm a daughter of Zion, glory 🙌.
I made this hair myself some over a month ago, I was motivated by a YouTuber, Seun Okimi and wanted to keep it for two months, as it will help me grow longer hair, but the spontaneity in me decided to show up and I just made a decision to lose the hair all of a sudden.... and that was when I started thinking about my life.
I don't know who sent me to do veeery tiny braids with my hair, I was staring at it in the mirror and was now thinking of how to loose it. Well, since the hair just stared back at me and refused to loose itself, I started losing it and... many unbearable hours later, I packed the hair I've loosed together and I realized I can as well say I've not loosed anything at all.
I became discouraged. You know when you put a lot of effort into something, expecting something worthwhile and what you get is not up to what an ant can take at one bite... Well... Maybe I'm exaggerating, but it was really discouraging.
I really wanted to stop, but almost immediately, a quote dropped in my mind "progress is progress, no matter how small, keep going!" Whew mheeen, that quote was stuck on my heart like peanut butter sticks to bread. It felt like I was not doing anything, but in reality, the one that I've loosed is one down from the rest and it can't come back.
Then it got me thinking about how we give up on some things most times especially because we can't see the results immediately.
Quitting the gym because you still can't see your packs after 1 week, giving up on your diet because you still weigh the same after 1 month, giving up on that girl because she hasn't said yes after three weeks of official wooing coughs, giving up on having better habits because you can't see changes yet.
You can be tired and that's fine, take a break and then come back. While losing my hair, I was hungry and had to step out to get something, my hair was a total mess, but I found a way to change that mess to a message (a new style).
When I got back, I was tired, plus my arms were on fire 🔥 (from loosing the hair), so I just left the style like that and decided to CONTINUE LATER. So don't quit when you're tired, pause and then CONTINUE LATER.
All I have to say to anyone trying to achieve something, but isn't seeing enough results is: PROGRESS IS PROGRESS, NO MATTER HOW LITTLE, if you don't stop moving, you'll surely get there.... just as I eventually finished losing my hair.
Finally, little results can discourage you, but let it push you so that you can produce more results, don't let it result to no results.
See you at the top
Cheers 🥂
Cheers, although I've never heard of a woman getting their hair done themselves, but the hair isn't bad, I've never thought of using a clipper to cut my own hair, I'll look like a crazy person.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 It will be really awkward for guys... I can imagine that 😂.
The hair was already over one month here.
If you check youtube, you will see a lot of girls making their hair themselves.
It's really common, i have two sisters that can make their hair themselves, even difficult styles like crochet, my husband also cut his hair himself too with his clipper anytime he feels like it, i saw it as normal thing, now thinking about it, i think they are super cool.
In reality, we wish to have what we don't have. I am glad you embraced yourself despite you don't have an elder brother or sister to cheer you up, perhaps when you are sick. But do you know there are those who have elder brothers/sisters but yet still those elders can't perform their roles as the seniors?
Meanwhile, it's nice to know you plaited that hair yourself. I only know of some guts who could barb themselves but for a lady to Plate herself? Uumm...surprising.
Hmmm true, we just have to be thankful regardless.
Whao 😂, I don't know why people are surprised about the hair part, it's a very normal thing on YouTube, a looot of ladies make their own hairs there.
Thanks for stopping by
Lol, why won't male folks be surprised. We are not into that and we hardly check on that. Most ladies would definitely be aware of that anyway.
Oh true true.
I understand now.
Good👍
I don't understand what eyes some ladies have that they can make their own hair. I used to try to cut my hair by myself as a kid, but I always looked terrible.
Either way, the point is to keep going, no matter how seemingly impossible it may be. We that are looking for seix packs have seen motivation for the day.
😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 The six packs part got me
And how you converted losing of hair into a motivational speech is brilliant. It just like to achieve a goal, continue, don't relent, with little little steps, you will reach your goal. Thanks for sharing this.
You're welcome
And thank you too ma'am 🤗
giving up on that girl because she hasn't said yes after three weeks of official wooing coughsThis got me laughing, do guys still try hard to woo girls nowadays? once you ask a girl out once and she doesn't seem to vibe with you, the right thing to do is move on, but three weeks? that is funny... The world has evolved
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Okay boss! 🙌😂