One Move, Many Delays.

So it’s funny how the year is not even over yet, but people have already started shifting some things to “next year”, see you will hear someone say, “I will start in 2026, ” and you are just looking at them like, “but we still have weeks left o, what happened to now?” and omo honestly, I can’t even judge anybody because I have joined them too, Life has a way of humbling all our sharp plans.

For me, the biggest thing I pushed to next year is getting a new apartment, I didn’t plan to stay in Lagos at all , you see Lagos was supposed to be a quick stop, something like “let me branch small and continue my journey” , but somehow the stopover turned into an extended stay, you know when you just tell yourself, “I will be here for only two weeks,” and the next thing, months have passed and you are still there, blending into the environment like you were part of the furniture all along, that is how Lagos held me.

When I moved back from Uyo, the plan wasn’t even to settle in, I didn’t come with that mindset of “let me start my life here”, So, of course, the idea of getting a new apartment was floating somewhere far in my head, I wasn’t mentally or financially prepared for that kind of responsibility, and Lagos, being Lagos, didn’t waste time reminding me that rent is not for the faint hearted.

Along the line, other things started popping up , expenses I didn’t budget for at all , unexpected runs, small emergencies, random spending I later regretted… you know the usual,every time I thought about saving towards the apartment, something else would show up to collect the money, and at some point, I just told myself, “You know what? Let’s just not stress it, It will come when it will come.” I am not even rushing it anymore, I am slowly learning that adulthood is basically you writing plans and life editing it with a big red pen.

So now, the apartment goal has packed its bags and moved to my 2026 resolution list, and I don’t even feel guilty, you see sometimes postponing something doesn’t mean you have failed, it just means your plate was already too full and you weren’t ready to carry extra load at all, and besides, there are some things you push to the future not because you are lazy, but because you want to do them properly, with sense, with planning, and with peace of mind.

And honestly, I know that I will get it next year, I am not in that panicky rush, I feel like when you are calm about something, it finds its way to you without stress, For now, I am just taking each day as it comes, putting small small money aside when I can, and not putting myself under unnecessary pressure.

So yes, that is my own postponed goal,the year hasn’t finished, but the apartment matter has already started warming up for 2026 , and honestly? It’s fine, Next year is still loading, and me, I’m loading with it.

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