I tried to avoid writing by watching Instagram reels for over two hours, hoping a magic would happen. But this page was still staring blankly at me when I chose to go to sleep, and it reminded me of this post you’ll get to read now.

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I have spent days trying to develop something for you and have only made about twenty percent progress. Not because I don’t have anything to tell you. It might not resonate with you.

As much as I want you to read, I also want you to learn and feel, but all the drafts I have come up with need to do more justice.

Today, I went against whatever is holding me back and wrote this so that you know you can make beauty out of chaos, and the only thing it takes is that you decide.

There’s a process for anything you do, especially the things you enjoy doing. You might not think much of it or even realize it, but you create or do better under certain circumstances than others.

You still need to improve at what you do. It’s because these things influence your creative process, and the sooner you realize this, the easier it is to fall in sync with your strategy.

Here’s what I mean. Usually, I write from my experience. When something unusual happens, I’ll always ask these questions.

Why did this happen?

What could I have done?

What does this mean, or what can I learn from it?

Analyzing these thoughts begins the process, and the endpoint is what you get to read. But lately, I have fallen into such a routine—the same cycle week after week—that it’s become boring except for the occasional Lagos drama.

This is where there’s conflict. Boring is peaceful, but it doesn’t aid my creative process. Something might be good but not great for you, and settling for just the good is depriving yourself and the world of the awesomeness that lies within.

Whatever you do, there are no limits except those you create yourself because it’s you calling the shots all the way.

So, I have nothing to report because nothing of note happened, but I have convinced myself that it’s worth writing. Because I create from chaos, no chaos means chaos.

Contrary to what you might think, familiarity with your process does not mean limits; instead, it allows you to tweak events to work for you rather than against you.

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I wrote this on May 7, 2022. I don’t think otherwise yet, and this is what I also meant to tell you today. I was trying to sound different and wasted too much time.

Here’s a song from Niall Horan – The show

Enjoy your week and the holidays ❤️