7- FOLD HAPPINESS

This is just right because one thing that I know that I am is; happy!!!

However, a topic like this makes you want to head-dive into it, and if you don’t take a minute, it might come out, superfluous. So here’s me, taking a likkle time to have deep thoughts;… hmmm, 7 things that make me happy, …. 7 things that make me happy, hand on the chin, Holmes’ position…. (This is ment, lol). I might jump right into it, though, as much as I want to sound deep and really retrospective, I think things that make you happy should roll out of your tongue, I mean they make you happy right?

So raise a glass of wine to 7 THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY!!

1. PAPER

Yes, money, lol; making money, receiving it. Nahh, I wasn’t going to say anything Vin Diesel was gonna say. I recently discovered that having good money in my account makes my heart skip and I feel like my heads are in a cloud full of cotton candy. It could be because I have been used to having little or no money at all, hence having it feels like a major milestone. With our glasses raised, here’s a toast to the journey of making this money good.

DISCLAIMER: I still don’t have this money ooo, this would have been a good time to insert my skill set but I want you to get to the end of the article, so I would not.

A picture of me as a fine girl with small money

2. OMO-LEBI (Family)

Okay, a little bit of Vin Diesel because I love my family to death. Most importantly though, I am happy because I have been privileged to have the purchasing power put a smile on their faces. I feel a gush of joy when I get my siblings excited over credit alerts and listen in amusement that most certainly would never wear out when they start to hail me like a newly-appointed King. This feeling makes me feel like life is absolutely worth living. I know, money still made it here, I already expressed how much money makes me happy so you can’t be surprised.

3. MY GEES

I have had a history of being very unlucky on this front in the past. I should write an article on bad experiences I have had, I can guarantee that you’d cry and say a word of prayer for my heart. This is a happy post though, so I am focusing on the friends that I have now. I have had the privilege to be vulnerable, proud, and foolish amidst these guys. It is a heavenly feeling to have people who can share your dark moments and collectively glee in your happiest moments. Cliché-ish much but the times spent and the full chested laughter we share has to be close to what heaven feels like.

I love this quote cause I am cheesy and I had to test my design skills again, enjoy….

4. FOOD!!

A filled belly or a promise of that and you can get me to marry you. I believe strongly that food is the only reason I am not a multi-millionaire. Food doesn’t just go to my stomach, it travels to my heart and turns on the happy switch. From a healthy vegetable soup laced with all sorts of protein to a big bowl of Ice cream laced with rainbow sprinkles, the smell or sight of food and I am tap-dancing (Yes, I can tap-dance )

Stole this picture from Olumide’s vacation pictures, I am sure this is what vacationing is actually about; FOOD !

5. GROWTH

In the words of Lord Zino “Cause no be where I dey last year be this, If I talk, you no go believe”. I have definitely taken a giant leap from where I was last year. Growth in my career, in skills, emotions, relationships, and wisdom. I am most happy because I was kneaded by life, like dough in the process of making bread for a toothless royalty, but I am soo much better than I thought I could be, it blows my mind to think about it.

6. MY SPACE

I rented an apartment!!! Every adult knows that that has to be one of the giant steps in declaring your independence alongside getting a job or making a butt load of money. Waking up in your house, your room, your bed, things you worked for and built for yourself has got to make you happy and it sure as hell makes me excited. Life becomes easier if you can easily look around just to remind yourself that you are probably on the right track and it is going to get better. I am inserting a picture of how my space was, when I moved in, definitely writing a post to fill you in on the awesome progress that has happened since then.

Sometimes independence starts like this (don't come for me , I couldn’t resist)

7. Finishing and publishing my FIRST article

So many battles; Am I good enough? How do I start? Am I going to be consistent? Who would even read this? But if you are reading this and you have gotten to this part you have cleared a certain good part of my doubt. After starting and not finishing articles or cowering out from posting them, I finally did it!!!. I know I am happy because I have taken 5 different dance breaks in the process of writing this article and I am a terrible dancer. If you did read up to this point, please leave a comment, I would love to know, while you are at it, please tell me what you are happy about, I would love to be part of your happy pill…..ars.

I guess I am supposed to write something motivational to finish this article on a very high note but as a Gen Z that I am , trust me to disappoint you on that front. One thing, I can say though, enjoy the happy moments, because life is beautifully crafted with bumps big enough to almost suck the air out of you. According to Lord Zino again, “So, for now, I’ll make do with what I have. This blessings more than half”.