A Leaf From A Friend's Book

There is this friend of mine Merit,like I met her here on Hive, She’s the type that just minds her business and drops her content like clockwork, whether she is in the mood or not, whether she gets plenty upvotes or not, she still always shows up.

At first, I just used to watch her from the side, and then one time, I even asked her in our Discord server, “Babe, how do you keep writing back-to-back ehn ... Abeg don’t you get tired?”

She replied me with them that I can still remember clearly,
She said, “Sometimes I dey tire oh, but I just remind myself that this space rewards consistency, and I am not writing for votes, I am writing because I enjoy it, The rest go just follow.”

So that line stuck with me really hard.

I remember one week like that this year, I was so down, Life was not even life-ing well, I did not even feel like writing, I didn’t feel like doing anything, but somehow, I remembered what Merit said and so I just picked up my phone and wrote one short post, the next day, I wrote another one. Before I knew it, I was already forming a habit.

One day I think some times last month, she messaged me on WhatsApp, “Ah ahn, treasuree, I dey see your consistency oh! I’m proud of you!”

I laughed and replied her , “ Bae i just took a leaf out of your book, that’s all.”

Since then, I have been more intentional, I do not wait for the perfect time or perfect topic anymore, I just write my mind, clean it up small, and post, and some days the post go do well, some days it go just waka pass. But at least I am showing up.

Funny enough, this consistency also started affecting other areas of my life. Even with my offline tasks, I became more focused, It is just like once your mind knows you are serious about one thing, it starts to get serious about other things too.

So yes, I took a leaf out of Merit's book, and I am very glad I did, she probably does not know how much that little advice helped me, but it did, like alot

See sometimes we don’t even need long speeches or motivational quotes at all, just by watching someone live out the thing you want to do is enough motivation on its own.

Now I’m telling you too , if you see someone doing something right, no shame in copying small, just take a leaf from their book, plant it in your own life, and let it grow.

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