2022, A shitty year.

Mercy Idowu
2 min readJan 1, 2023

Happy new year folks. I am not one who likes giving excuses so I wouldn't want to give any, but ngl I was lazy this year. Grateful to God for last year, and my friends, and family. 2022 wasn’t all that great for me but I pulled through. I cried I laughed, I drank garri and I ate good food sometimes, lol.

I met new people who I am grateful for and would want the friendship to last forever. I had few wins and many losses which I would want to document so I can come back next year and see how far I have grown.

My Wins:

  1. Became more active in the Ilorin tech community
  2. Graduated school without issues (carryovers and all that)
  3. Hosted 3 tech events which I am very proud of and I want to explore that hosting this year.
  4. Got into a Startup (Foosion), with amazing colleagues and bosses.
  5. Did Hng internship and was disqualified at stage 8, I cried though but it is still a win.
  6. Met people who I admired and I went out a whole (this is huge for me because I came out of my shell)
  7. Learning Spanish consistently
  8. Life, man i am alive, my friends are alive and my family member too!!!!
Google I/O Ilorin, Omegabiz, Atlassian anniversary.

My losses:

  1. I don't have money, yes I am still broke temporarily
  2. My career growth is stunted, but I am definitely giving it all the work I can this year
  3. Got a lot of rejection letters, this year would be different!

What I look forward to:

  1. I want to be a design god because I love design.
  2. Looking Forward to my Nysc (I want it in aviation because I still love aircraft)
  3. Getting design Jobs and making money.
  4. Buying mumcee a car this year, she turns 50!!!
  5. My power bike, maybe?

Word for the year

Proverbs 12 vs 11: A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person who chases fantasies has no sense.

Here’s to working hard this year. I pray the universe aligns in our favour.

See you soon amigos.

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