If your facade breaks, would you die?

When we stop crying, what happens next? A six-month recap of 2024

Hello friend!

Mighty fine day, isn’t it? It’s been a while since I last spoke to you but let’s have a mid-year recap while we can.

Now, if you’ve been here for a while, I made a promise to be vocal about my mental health this year. I haven’t been very honest you see. I keep saying ‘I’m fine’, or ‘I’m okay’ or just deluding myself into thinking ‘I’m just tired’

But I’m not! I’m overwhelmed, I’m stressed, I hate that things are going on around me and I can’t seem to control them.

In the past few months, I have realized a few things:

• I’m obsessed with symmetry. Of course, I knew I liked symmetry but this year, if I can make it so, it has to be symmetrical. Asymmetry bothers me and this might be stemming off the fact that I hate odd numbers. It just feels…wrong.

• I’m a control freak. This has links to the symmetry thing but if I can make you do stuff, it has to be done my way. Exactly from start to finish.

• I’m a huge fraud. So I go around helping people with their mental health and making a huge deal about it being one of the most important things in a human’s life but back to me? lol. Might as well throw confetti in my brain and celebrate the facade I’ve held solid for years

The past half year hasn’t just been discovering the parts of myself I dislike, it’s been really good too. Late last year, I wrote that I wanted to be TheGlobalHoney but so much has gone on in those few months that I can’t wait to tell you about:

• I interned at Cowrywise! Now, you know Cowrywise is the savings app for your money to flourish and it’s been my dream to work at the HQ since the ambassadors internship program opened up. I spent two months with them and it was THE ABSOLUTE BEST. You can read all about it in my blog post here.

• I modeled for a little bit. okay, cool your jets, I mean I modeled for Cowrywise. I was a part of the #FutureSelf campaign and it was splendiferous while it lasted. the other day at HR Crunch, someone recognized me off the poster and I had a mini celeb moment. you know how it goes…or not

• I became Dear HR. So while I worked at Cowrywise as a people operations intern, I got several nicknames. There was H-arrow, HR Junior, Bite-sized HR, Baby HR but my absolute favourite was Dear HR. Best part? Even though I’m not a certified HR professional yet, it has been awarded as an honorary title🙈 I have big plans for this name so watch out for the features that roll out in the coming months.

• I did baiday!!! Finally, I had two decades recorded on earth. I took a look back at my accomplishments this year and well, you can read about it here. Just know I had a wonderful birthday cause a whole lot of things I hoped for came about🙈 2024 is looking to be that year fr!

• I met my Role models! I met my HR gurus! There was Oga HR, HR Sis and Emmanuel Faith. Don’t let my words convince you, head over to Twitter for all the deets!

• Twitter became my favorite social media app. Hear me out, it’s chill. Sure it’s toxic but with a carefully curated feed, you only see what you want to. Plus the branding opportunities and connections? Top notch!

So far, most of my 2024 goals have been completed and, quite frankly, I didn’t see them happening this quick or turning out the way they did. Overall, I’m just grateful to God cause he remains the Heavenly Father and He’s always there. The people He guides you to, the lessons He teaches you lovingly, the hope He constantly brings you, what more do I want?

There’re six more months to go this year and my goal is to utilize them to the fullest. That being said, I’d be seeing you next time, hopefully with even more good news.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk, so long, farewell, have a wonderful day❤️

Cheers!

P.S. If it feels like this post didn’t come together like it should, ignore it. it was just one of those days <33