2024 in Summary

This series of posts is already looking boring 🫣, So I started thinking about what to write before my 24th Birthday the beautiful thing about reflecting on my whole year is how much I am grateful for, God, family, career, friends and the many little miracles that happened through the year to my friends, family and I. It’s a beautiful thing to reflect on and count one’s blessings. I had a retreat with some friends at the start of the year to take stock of what we did last year and plan on some key things for the year, throughout the retreat I was just filled with joy with how far my friends and I have come. I guess it’s time to break things down to give stock of the year, Join me 🫣.

Over the years, I have slowly understood the reason why we have a family and how much I need mine, earlier in the year I was pissed at my dad for something I can’t remember why and the most interesting thing happened, I started thinking of how timely God has used him to bless me in many areas of my life even when I did not want to admit, let me do a short list my first laptop and camera can sum it up, for some people it might just seem like a laptop and a camera but those two devices helped shape my career decision and my love for technology and photography has not stopped 🫣. My sister is hands down a huge motivation in my life with how she carries herself, her work ethic, her dedication and how she makes the role of the firstborn look so seamless 😂 ( trust me I can’t even do half of what she does) She’s like a superwoman. I probably already wrote this in the previous edition but I have 2 mothers and fathers 😂 ( Don’t try to wrap your head around it) I always consider myself so lucky cause I had the best of both worlds and God really knew which type of parent I needed per-time, the technologically inclined mother when I started my career, the entrepreneur mother when I consider starting a business, the disciplined father when I try to indulge in vices ( don’t ask me what 🤐) The dad that gives the most timely gift just when I need them. If you are reading this and grinning like I am now 😂 please take time to tell your family how much you appreciate them how instrumental they have been in shaping your life and how God has used them for your own sake; even if you don’t see the benefit at the moment, with a bit of reflection it should make more sense.

Friends have always been a crucial part of my life I see them as angels, brothers, sisters, teachers, guides, lessons and many more. I sometimes wonder how people choose not to make friends and in some situations, I see it from the perspective of trauma or past experiences. Still, recently I was talking to a friend and I was recounting to see if I have had terrible experiences with friends and till now I don’t think I have. Back to the main topic, I made several new friends this year and it has been a joy ride for me, I learnt new things about myself in ways I couldn’t have imagined but I appreciate every moment spent with them or communicating. If you are reading this and didn’t make a new friend this year 🤔 ( or last year) ensure you make a new one this month. I learnt something interesting this year, your friends need help, it’s probably something I did not realise as much because I always felt since I was doing fine in some areas then my friends were fine but that has not really been the case and I have slowly tried to see a way to help but one step at a time.

My relationship with God has been an incredible one this year, I have always seen my service as just a thing I did cause of the way I was brought up but I learned something interesting from a series of teachings we had in church ( The Power Of Service) my service to God is a way to worship him and also an arm to winning souls for Christ. I grew in the knowledge of God this year and wished I did more and still working on improving but it has been a beautiful experience for me.

I will break down this other area of my life into different sections cause it spans into various areas. Work has been a more crucial part of my life cause for as long as I can remember I have always been working and also enjoyed what I do which I always consider a blessing cause I know a lot of people that don’t have the benefit of working and enjoying it. I do 3 jobs and have always done more than one at a time which is always stressful but I still find it fulfilling, be thought process of doing more than one is because I see each job serving a particular purpose; my main 9-5 helps pay the basic bills and also helps give room for me to focus on other areas of my life, at the moment I lead the technology team which pushes me to stay unto of things to improve myself and team as much as I can. My Contract job with another organization helps me do interesting but tasking things, like building things at the edge of technology, this year I worked on a product that I enjoyed building cause I knew the majority of people in the country haven’t built it and also it was fun solving the problem cause I didn’t have anyone with the experience who have built such before. Finally, my own company I co-founded with my friends is the 3rd which fills the gap between building for the future and also solving a problem at the same time. Beere, the name of the company was derived from the Yoruba word Ibeere which means the beginning; I see this as a platform for solving problems first and putting the experiences we the founders have to make every solution crafted for the end users.

I noticed a pattern this year where I found myself in a position of leadership where I had to lead teams to solve problems and make an impact in other people’s lives, one constant thing for me was having someone or a group of people to consistently answer the burning question of how I make these crucial decisions I have to make. My mentor has been a catalyst in my life that has increased my level of productivity and even generally in my life. I probably learn more from him by observing, how he lives, the way he relates with his friend’s wife and how he handles his jobs. He says “Do hard things” Which sometimes is scary but also a form of motivation to me cause I sometimes ask myself what will Pi do. If you don’t have a mentor please try to get one, can’t add more than that.

A quick break 😂🫣

Trying to summarize my year is probably the only journal I keep 😂 but it helps me have a proper perspective of the year as a whole, I try to look back at the year for my wins, loss, or mid moments. I appreciate living my 24th year and look forward to the interesting things that I will achieve in the new year.

Happy New year and I wish you an awesome one.