Haha I remember writing 2024… like yesterday. It’s funny how days crawl and years fly. Last year was an experience.
I feel the same way I felt last year..I didn’t want to write cause I didn’t know what to write about but HERE WE GO.
I made the biggest steps in my life this year. I had to leave the comfortable life I had for a little bit more stressful one. I was looking for ‘experience’ they were looking for cheap labour. Perfect match. Nevertheless, I’m proud of my time there. I got to socialize more, touch grass, and meet different people. Funny, lazy, weird, intelligent people. I learned to look life in a third person perspective. It was fun while it lasted though.
There’s something I also clocked (clocked this word clock too lmao) last year.. I didn’t want to make a ton of money and be rich or to get a better job as much as I wanted to be good. I wanted to be very good, talk about worldclass. It was an obsession, it was a drive and it led me to places, trying out different things. Did I become worldclass? NO! Am I closer than I was in 2024 YES!! That is a W in my opinion.
“Run fast alone run far together“ I randomly do/commit to things without thinking first. I don’t know what type of breeze was blowing at 11:00pm of 26th December but I sent this text. I wasn’t faithful to my promise my laptop had an issue around March and I lost all the momentum I had the past months. That didn’t stop me from making 26 posts and gaining some traction on LinkedIn just that I wasn’t following the time schedule I set for myself. Hacker is a nice guy and I probably owe him at least 20k😭😭.
I showed you that so you can see that community is everything. If he didn’t remind me (even though most times I ignored) I wouldn’t have that urgency to post again. I cant possibly talk about how many many times my friends I told to keep me accountable have helped me. I can’t mention them cause I didn’t ask for permission to.
I spoke at devfest ajah too about Ai routers and now I’m too lazy to keep on writing. I’ll make another post about that and some other stuff in detail next time. I wrote this post cause I had to and its 4:21 now.
I also created some whatsapp groups. cracked builders and rustaeceans. I am glad I didn’t overthink and just did what was in my mind.. we are set to do great stuff in 2026. Random advice?? Just Do It
This post barely scratches the surface. Summarizing 8,760 hours of life into one blog post was an impossible task from the start. But I still made a post.. And I was consistent.. That counts for something right??
While it was a great year, it wasn’t a perfect one — and that’s fine. I learned that momentum is fragile, discipline beats motivation, and community quietly carries you when you start slipping. I learned that being “good” is harder than being “lucky,” and far more rewarding.
I didn’t become world-class yet, but I moved closer. I spoke, I tried, I failed, I showed up inconsistently, and I still showed up. That counts.
2025 reminded me that growth doesn’t always look loud. Sometimes it looks like choosing discomfort, losing momentum, finding it again, and refusing to quit.