Navigating Life’s Phases

Come good days, and come bad days.. Just like yesterday, when we kick-started the new year. It has been a new year, and I anticipated so much because it was just about to end my service year. That was just another phase of life entirely for me. It was so much different from the life I have lived.

Living in a state far away from home, catering for myself, living as an employee, trying to survive the odds. I was just so happy that in the first two months of the new year, I was finally saying goodbye to such a lifestyle.

Only if I knew that life is just about phases, most times we see our present life condition as a phase, and most times it appears to be the hardest one we face. But once it's over, then it looks so much easier.

The first quarter of the year came with a lot of joy and merriment. It was another remarkable year for me, just like every other year. And finally, my service year was over. I happen to face another phase of my life.

Little did I know that the responsibility that comes after might be so overwhelming. But despite that, surviving has always been the last option. Eventually, I happened to face some health issues. I guess that was due to the switch in environments. But now there is no going back.

Overcoming that was just another battle on its own. I had never expected to see myself in such a condition, but that was how my second quarter of the year surfaced. There was only a little that I could change, and the change I had to make was to stay strong and surpass the tough and trying times.

As each day got much longer, the hours of the day seemed to be more than the normal 24 hours we used to have. It was then that I gave much more value to my health. It's when you are healthy that you say, “There is no time”. Time has always been in surplus to the Ill ones and those in captivity.

Second quarter, apart from the battle for survival, I also had to take on responsibilities. As the first daughter and first child of the family, the weight began to feel much heavier. I knew it was already something I must do. I have no reason to relax, but I feel like relaxing.

In no time, we already zoomed off, six months already gone. So fast, so slow, so moderate, we all appreciate how we live it. Then all we have left is just the remaining half, and then the year is over.

I got myself very concerned about getting a skill that will help me in the future, and is much more like a second hustle. This has been something I have been working on for my third quarter of the year.

The last quarter is upon us and fast approaching. We are all hopeful it brings forth a lot of goodies. There are always moments where we get through in the beginning and a great ending, and nothing bad in starting great and ending great too. It has always been a choice we have to make.