Who else feels like it is stressful to paint a picture of yourself to the world?
I missed the Hive learner hangout over the weekend and I have been staring at this topic since yesterday. My fiance asked if I have written my entry for the week 2 topic and my response was, "no, I don't know what to write" and she said, "sit in front of the mirror and write what you see".
Those who are feeling the same way about the topic should do just that as well.
I can't write everything about myself, don't be surprised there are things we do not even remember about ourselves and you are about to know more about me from the things I remember very well.
I am Olakanmi Damola George by name, the first child of Mr. and Mrs. George. I am from a family of ten plus my siblings from another mother, my mom gave birth to four boys and my stepmother has three girls, I happen to be the leader of the pack of giants.
I count them as a family because I love them wholeheartedly. Surprisingly we haven't met before but we have maintained a cool relationship; thanks to social media. I weigh about 100kg the last time I checked and was 6.4ft tall.
The height thing is hereditary and every member of the family got it.
I hail from Ekiti state but lived in Ilorin as an infant. My family has lived in Lagos ever since we moved from Ilorin due to my dad's transfer from work to Lagos.
My mom took homeschooling seriously and it paid off for me. I started with the Nursery class and it was one of the reasons I had quick education. I attended Yetkem primary school, Lizben Junior high school, and Nightingale Academy as my secondary school.
I made my way to Lagos State Polytechnic to further my education five years after secondary school. I studied computer science and graduated with a second-class upper, it was quite a long time due to life challenges but it is better late than ever.
I was born into a family of two religions, my mom was a Muslim while my dad happens to be a Christian. We were never forced to choose one but mom converted to Christianity and her kids followed her wherever she went.
I am a Christian who misses church a lot but holds God tightly in his heart. I have always believed more in living in the way of Christ than just being called a Christian.
Working in one of the big IT companies was my target when I choose to study computer science but things didn't work as planned. I have switched professions a few times, it all started with teaching.
I became a printing contractor at a point and also did work as a salesperson. At the moment, I work as a writer and a farmer. These two jobs give me so much happiness and I hope to grow bigger in those fields as a work towards growth.
I am engaged to an Hiver, she is a beautiful lady on the platform.
I do not have a stable hobby except for football, cooking, and story writing. I deal with mood swings a lot and the things I find interesting today might not interest me tomorrow.
The hobbies mentioned are what don't get affected even when my mood swings. I love music as well but sometimes, I just want to listen to anything.
I have a lot of dislikes, I hate to see someone being cheated, maltreating of kids, and domestic violence in relationships, I dislike traveling, and attending parties makes me sick.
I dislike being taken advantage of which happens to me often, I dislike people exercising their power badly on people.
I am poor at keeping friends, I am unlucky with friends because I usually don't meet people who can see through me.
Being an introvert, I barely go out and the people I meet as friends are the opposite. Not matching their social energy makes me fall out of their circle easily. I have a very few friend list which includes my family, the kids in my environment, and other few people.
I am glad I have a few aside from my family, that make me feel human. The ones I refer to as friend are those who understands me a lot and in fact, I haven't met some of them before; we met online and somehow became tight friends.
Honestly, I am nowhere near the best version of myself, and whenever I think of what makes me stand, the thought of myself being a work in progress comes to my mind.
I don't have much to what everyone sees or knows about me than these few things listed below.
I am a dedicated person; All my life, I have always been dedicated to things I set my heart on. My career, family, relationship, relationship with God, and the well-being of the people around me are part of what I have dedicated myself to and I always pray to God for strength to keep up with my dedication.
I don't give up; Being the first child comes with responsibilities and it can be very tiring to stand as a pillar that some people rely on. The journey of my life hasn't been easy but giving up has never been an option for me. Even at my weakest moment, I still strive to keep pressure forward. I don't like challenges but they are inevitable as long as we are alive. I embrace them when it comes my way and even in the face of defeat against challenges, giving up has never been an option.
I love kids; My love for children is huge and kids returning the love has made me receive lots of beautiful compliments. Everywhere I find myself, I get familiar with kids first and I have liked that since I was a teenager. I don't have mine yet but when the time comes, I pray it is a set of twins.
I do not keep grudges or wish others bad; I am a lover of peace and do not like conflict but even when you don't cross others paths, that will surely cross yours.
I have had serious with people but I don't hold grudges and I still choose to relate with them until they cut me off. I believe that things like that are bound to happen and allowing them to affect our relationship with people is a choice for us to make. I don't see them as an enemy and I just keep a good boundary with them.
Being supportive is one of the things I find myself doing even when I don't have enough and it's funny how I don't easily find support for myself when in need. I have had issues with supporting people but I don't see a reason to stop doing it and sometimes, I have been told I was doing too much for someone just because she is a lady and we don't have any attachment.
Recently I was wondering why we humans are on earth, and why do we have to struggle to survive and eventually die at the end.
Why do we have dreams? We chase after them all our lives and end up leaving all the achievements for someone else when we are gone. My dreams and aspirations are quite simple, I just want to be happy and see others happy as well.
Helping people, and touching lives the best way I can is all I wish to do here on earth. As long as I am happy, I can take responsibility properly, make friends and family happy, and spread love to people, my dreams have been accomplished.
I have the interest of my coming generation at heart and I will do my best to make life easier for them as well. They don't need to go through what I went through just to die in the end as well, too bad nothing matters when we are shoved into the ground for an everlasting sleep.
