Man in progress and other written storms…
Between my many passions, especially designing, every once in a year, I find time to write MIP - Man In Progress.
It is a collection of my year notes - things that happened through the year that inspires and motivates me.
I have been writing MIP since 2013 and I have a truckload of good feedback on every edition, people stopping me on the road, sending me random messages and talking to me about how much one edition or the other had helped them in some difficult scenarios they have had to navigate as young adults. It’s inspiring, even to myself as I have had to go back to read some editions in some scenarios I found knotty.
I do this because I believe a mind that is stretched by shared or lived experiences can never shrink to its old dimensions.
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el-Dorado: Found Where The Sky Grows Wider
MIP12
This twelfth note feels like flying over a landscape I could only once imagine. Taking flight across a great ocean — the kind you measure not just in miles, but in what it asks of you: courage, patience, leaving pieces of familiarity behind and showing you your own reflection – the very emotions you carry inflight. It is more than water; it is a mirror. And in its depths, you might see a thousand questions and a million more answers – depending on where you look.
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The Wisps of Soot
MIP11
I’ve learned that more often than not, responsibility reveals capacity. Whilst it may be very inconveniencing, crippling and even burdensome, it is usually an unceremonious announcer of weight, stature and maturity.Last year, I wrote about my website crash and file loss, even though it’s not fully recovered nor functional yet, my writing and posting this is my firelight from my wisps of soot.
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The Only True Way Is Through
MIP10
Come for the wit, stay for the lessons.
First off, apologies to those I’ve offended by the singular reason of choosing this title. Those that have some bit of struggle articulating the ‘th’ sound, worse if you have ‘rhotacism’ – the inability to pronounce ‘r’. Even worse still, if you’re from Eastern Nigeria, with deep mother tongue interference, you might want to sit this one out entirely.
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Iconic In The Field, Like Solomon's Seal
MIP9
It’s a daily creed to be phenomenally unique, and it takes a lot from you to be just that. It takes discipline, self-awareness, self-leadership and taking yourself very seriously. This includes constantly working on yourself, honing your craft, developing yourself in every way possible.Make sure that everything you do–how you show up, how you act, what you say, what you do–is a reflection of who you are, so your character and spirit are consistent across every situation.
It has nothing to do with ego, but a confidence within you that elevates your relationships with everything else. You’ll stand out by being modest but happy with who you are.
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Ad Infinitum
MIP8B
After answering positively to the question of “Have you made your intentions known to the sister?”, we were given our marching orders – proceed on a 3-month hiatus. Before you think how absurd it is for us to subject ourselves to that, understand that we both were fully aware of what we were getting into with them and we sort of made peace with whatever, also, we were not forced.The final day right before we started, we drove to some quiet place and sat in silence for the entire evening. In no time, I could hear her sobbing and sniffing, needless to say it was the most distressing situation I’ve been in in forever. The sadder part was my helplessness – I hate to think about it.
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