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Ramadan Kareem!

Yup yup, I'm pretty late on the "Ramadan Kareem", but I started this post on the first day of Ramadan and I haven't been able to finish it. Well, looks like it's kicking off quite well. As you have noticed, I've been suffering from the "not-quite-feeling-up-to-blogging" syndrome and have definitely been reading any article I stumble upon to get rid of it, so pleeeeaasse stick with me. For those that come here still even when I decided to take a leave without notice, thank you!!! I see you!

However even in my disappearance(s), I still make sure to keep up with other bloggers immediately I receive their updates (By the way have you subscribed to my blog yet? If not, please do!) and I absolutely LOVE how insightful and fun their posts are. Makes me sometimes look at my posts and be like "Duuuudeeee, why aren't you putting up more insightful posts?"

Please leave a great topic idea or topic ideas in the comment box below of anything you'd love to see. I know you're reading....hehe. Pretty please?

Also this is my birth month! #JuneBaby and my birthday is in ten days! Whoooop! I sort of mentioned a certain gift I want for my birthday in this post and I'm still very much open to that miracle hehe (You never know how whoosh-y these things might decide to turn out). Should I do a post on the list of things I wish for my birthday? My fairy godmother/father could be out there oh! Eyyy e fit be you oh! Hehe

Without digressing too much from the topic and in the spirit of putting up insightful posts, these are the topics from different bloggers that I've been finding insightful and fun so far (The ones I've read ni oh):

1. Sisiyemmie

You guys know how much I LOVE Sisiyemmie, right? I especially love her posts and their variations. It's always an interesting read, whether all text or the posts with embedded videos in them. Check out these posts on:

1. Ikeja City Mall

2. Honey Barbecue Chicken Wings

3. Sisi Weekly Episode 49

4. Inspiration and Positivity

5. Yummy Suya Scotch Egg Recipe

2. Berry Dakara

I watch some of Berry's "pre-posts" on snapchat and then it's amazing to have to read them in texts. I recently just started frequenting her blog and her posts x vlogs are really amazing. Some of the ones I found really delightful are:

1. Hilarious links

2. Agbada on fleek!

3. Glasses and their comments

4. Amazing travel tips

5. Glam and giveaway Vlog

3. Tuke Morgan

There's this feel to Tuke's posts: She'd write them so well that it'll feel like you're there. Then after that, you'd feel like having the same experience for yourself - or more. I especially love these posts on:

1. China from her eyes

2. Nok by Alara

3. The beauty of Kimono

4. This time on Ghana weaving

5. Beetroot at the palms mall lekki

4. The Shakara Girl

Dami is pretty chic with her fashion and lifestyle posts. Though she specializes in fashion, her non-fashion posts are also always interesting to read. I first noticed her on Instagram and have been stuck to her blog name since then. See below these posts on:

1. For Personal Growth, try:

2. On Tomato scarcity and management

3. Stocking your wardrobe without going broke

4. DIY: Yarn Porn Heels

5. The pretty off-shoulder trend

5. Pinkpot Designs

Wow, Chaitra is one blogger that I'd say I get most of my inspiration from. They probably don't manifest here, but they're absolutely there. When motivation wears off, I go back to her site. The posts are sitting there, right? So why not just go back and re-read it?! It's like she's in your mind and knows what you need. One time, I almost read her whole blog because there were such informative and inspiring materials on there! Another interesting part is, she sends you a monthly photo pack for free! Super gorgeous photo packs! This poster is from one of her packs. See how beautiful it is?

Just check out these beauties:

1. Photoshop tutorials

2. Tools for business growth

3. Photoshop Alternatives for non-designers

4. For bloggers and creatives: 

5. Your clients and your online business

6. The Cocopolitan

Sometimes, I like to find bloggers I haven't heard of through comments and that was how I got to know about The Cocopolitan. The name was really intriguing, so I went over to her website and it was so clean and the posts were just yelling "click me!" hehe. See some of my faves:

1. Monochrome fashion

2. The beach and oversized shirts

3. Denim and dungarees

4. Pink Suit, Pink Suit (I hate oink, but...this is good!)

5. Fashion hacks (Ooh I love hacks! This one is a personal favorite)

7. Cassie Daves

She does more of personal fashion and lifestyle and is also fantastic at it. There are loads of tips to learn from, including blogging.I made a review of her Blog planner in April. You should buy it if you haven't, they're amazing!

1. Style crush

2. Instagram hacks

3. Capsule Wardrobe

4. Summer style and Bejewelled Bud

5. Another Off-shoulder trend

NB: For more consistency, I've decided to only be putting posts up on Mondays and Thursdays. I really would love to keep this space going and I always appreciate your support!

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Till next time,

xx

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Thank you all for visiting and leaving your comments. Without them and you, this blog will be invisible. This is the other part of the story. I hope it's worth the wait....Much Love!
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....Almost all of them (even all of them sef) kept pining and going on about the fact that I was a rare beauty.
And how they'll be honored to hold my hands in public.
To shake me,
Or even talk to me.
Trust me, I tried convincing them I was just like them;
They just wouldn't believe me.
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One of them -- *Dexter -- even wrote me two whole poems!
Could you imagine?
That was sweet;
I loved poems; and he had found out somehow,
But it was just filled with the same old stories from *Dylan, *Ryan,*Brian and the rest.
It was overwhelming.

I decided to just wait.
I took sometime to think on how to go on this journey.
I had to;
It was the only part of my life where I shared and expressed feelings with someone else.
And that department needed organizing.
It needed some amount of focus.
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I had resolved to look for "different" instead of "perfect".
Perfect was boring.
I had finally found my own way, and had decided my "preference".
I just waited;
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I blocked my ears from the overwhelming stories and their tellers.
I was calm.
Told myself not to try rushing.
That it was going to be alright.
That I would do just fine.
Afterall, if I didn't console myself,
Who would?
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Then, just like finding water in a desert,
I found him.
He was himself.
Calm and hilarious at the same time.
He had numerous other reasons for wanting to be with me.
He was a thinker.
A natural.
His creator was his highest concern; just like me.
He wasn't a bore like I was.
I always looked forward to talking with him.
We had meaningful and productive conversations.
We flowed.
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He wasn't all I wanted;
Which made him all I needed.
Still, I had found him.
I was more than happy.
But I always had it at the back of my mind that two things could happen to a relationship;
It either ended after some time,
Or it lasted forever.
For now I didn't care which of them was going to happen to mine.
Till whenever;
I was going to enjoy it and be just glad.

With this special discovery, I had conquered all my worries.
I had found my different.
My perfect.
I had found *Joey.
I had found my me.
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Enjoyed it? Would love to hear your comments.

Thanks always for stopping by.
Mostly appreciate them.
And as always,
DO come back!!!

P.S -- Asterisked names are fictitious. they are not related to anyone in particular.

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