Halfway through the year, experiences and lessons.

Hello, everyone.

I welcome you to my blog. This year is halfway through, and we are in the second half and the third quarter of the year already. Sometimes it still feels like the year started yesterday; the memory of how we were wishing each other a happy new year is still very much fresh in our heads, and for that reason, many people still feel they have time on their side and are busy procrastinating and postponing when they will get to start working towards the goal they have set for themselves to achieve this year, but the truth is that slowly the year 2025 is coming to an end, and before many who feel there is still time will realize that, it will be too late already.

Many individuals still feel so relaxed with the mindset that they have time on their side and still a few months before the year ends, but when you look at how long it takes to actually achieve a goal, the failures, the disappointments before you finally get it together, you come to realize that the number of months left before the year ends might not be enough, and you need to get to work now and see it through before you run out of time.

At the beginning of the year, we all had goals we set for ourselves; some we have achieved, and some we are still working on. Getting to start working on these goals or achieving them came with a lot of stress, and this stress came with a lesson and, most of all, an experience; both the goals we were able to achieve and those we were not able to achieve taught us a lesson and gave us an experience. Some of the experiences and lessons we are grateful for, and some we are sad about and wish we did not have to experience such a thing.

7 months through the year already, and it has been a real rollercoaster. We have all had our own fair share of experience of what it is like to have a goal set and work towards achieving these set goals, the disappointment that comes with not being able to achieve goals at the right and appointed time, the joy that comes with being able to achieve set goals, and the obstacles one has to overcome just to achieve these set goals. So far so good. The year has taught me resilience. If you really want to get anything done in life, you have to find a way to stay resilient no matter what the world and life throw at you.

At the beginning of the year, around January, I felt like it was the end of the world for me because everything was happening all at once: my house rent was due, I had school fees to pay, and I had to raise money for my final year project. That is one time I faced setbacks, and I started asking myself questions like, "Will I come this far and then not be able to continue? What if things don't go as planned?" One at a time I attended to all, and today I can boldly say that period of my life taught me patience, resilience, and, most of all, to trust the process.

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