A skipped special day

Greetings!

One thing in me that I cherished so much is my mind. My mind has always been my asset and I don't joke with it at all. Though, there's on my mind, but even at that, my mind has always been my special diary where I store up things most especially things that are dear and so Important to me and that's why I have always guided it with due diligence.

The mind is something we must all guide with all our strength and due diligence, by doing so, we will all have a good mindset which will help us to do things right.

Having said so much about the mind, I would like to delve into the topic properly. There's many things that have skipped my mind in the past, but the one that got to me most was my birthday celebration. Though, I'm not a birthday type, but even at that, I don't joke with my day as it's one of the significant days of my life and because of this I used to celebrate it in my own little way just to appreciate God who has spared my life for 365days. Though, this celebration sometimes used to come with sober reflections, but I have never for once allowed that to override my joy.

The one that skipped my mind was my 30th birthday, this my birthday came when I was overwhelmed with the challenges of life and for this reason, I couldn't remember this important day which I have planned to celebrate in a grandstyle other than what it used to be before.

But I couldn't do so and this was because of the challenges of life that had taken over me back then. This was the period where my investments went south. Then I was into a partnership business with a close friend of mine and instead of the business going on well with this friend of mine, the reverse was the case and in that process, I lost all I have invested in and this led me into depression and I was equally frustrated seeing everything I have laboured for going down the drain.

So, it's during this time that I clocked 30 years of age, but I couldn't remember or get reminded of the date just because of what I was passing through as I was down depressed and frustrated. The situation was so pathetic back then.

So, on my birthdate, I just woke up as one of the normal day without even knowing it's my day as this birthday celebration had already skipped my mind. So, it's was later in the day when I decided to charge my phone to put a call across to my mum that I got a message from one of my financial institutions, first bank plc, it's the bank that sent me the first birthday message and this has been their own normal routine since I started to use their bank.

So, after the message, a series of messages followed and it's then that I got to know that the 26th of January 2021, was my day, but it's already late for any form of celebration as it skipped my mind before. Maybe if I had remembered before the date, I would have planned and put myself together for the celebration even if its little, but I couldn't remember because of the challenges of life that got to me.

So, since then, I have always make sure I put those things that are important to me in my diary and not only that, set a reminder on my phone so as to prevent such occurrence again, also, I have this sticky note where I have imprinted everything on and pasted on my room walls so as to save myself from the last occurence where my phone was not charged till later in the evening. So, even if my phone is off, I would still be able to check for the date manually.

Also, I have also decided not to make things weigh me down to the extent of being frustrated or depressed. And thank God that has been working for me as I have always taken my heart and mind from those things that would not allow me to concentrate on what's needed by me.

This is my entry to week 168, Edition 01 of the weekly Featured contest in the Hive Learners community.

Thanks for reading.

Picture sourced from metaAi.