April's Pockets and Updates!
Hey, Guys! I apologize for going MIA on Monday. You can read Tuesday's and Wednesday's posts here and over there. Happy New Month, by the way! It's my favorite month of the year for some reason.
What are you up to this month? What are your plans? I pray they all work out great. Pleasant surprises only, April, and no deaths or sighs as we watch the News.
Imagine if you could reach into April's pockets and discover what it had for you....what would you want these surprises to be? I just wrote mine out and i plan to spend the day praying and planning towards these surprises! You should too!
Here are some updates and stuff to expect on PGI this month:
Updates
#1 We made it! We completed the 2 posts-a-day challenge! It was a fun experience. I guess one day we'll challenge ourselves to 3 a-day *crickets*. That's the way to work out your blogging muscles, apparently. For now though, we are back to one post a day, Monday to Friday. Thank you for your support during the challenge and every day ♥️
#2 This month I'll be trying one new thing every week. Who's with me? Last week, I made a new dish called Eni Kula, it's the Nupe version of Iru (Locust beans) stew. *kissing fingertips* Epic.
#3 We might talk about family a little bit more this month with Siblings' day on the 10th of April! They are our unsung heroes. No matter how much we get along or fail to, siblings are forever bae!
Have you done anything new recently? What are you doing for Siblings' day?
6(+1) Things to do before the end of October
11 more days in October! What to do? Here are 6 things to try before November comes along:
Evaluate 2015 goals
What were the top 15 things you planned to accomplish this year? Did you want to start blogging or designing? Did you plan to leave your job, get rid of some habits or a guy *side eye*? How much of it has been accomplished? Have no fear, there's still time for accomplishments! There are 11 days in october + 61 in Nov/Dec.
Write goals for November and December and set your deadlines
In the -ember months, I personally just switch off on goal-setting and chill till the following year to accomplish something great but there's so much time to accomplish so much still in 2015! I finally decided to write an exam I have been putting off in December. Yay! I'm seizing the -ember moment. No January is going to steal it's thunder. Set goals to be completed before the end of the year and start January on point.
Rewatch your favorite movies of 2015
For me it was the Avengers : Age of Ultron and Jurrassic world.
Nothing like Scarlett Johansson reminding me I can't dye my hair red, go to work in a leather cat suit and drive my bike under an 18-foot trailer on a regular sunny day all at once. I'd have to pick.
The lesson I learnt from J.world would have to be that family is more important than spending all your time nurturing a socially dysfunctional genetically-mutated pyscho dragon-dinasour.
Actually both stories seriously discourage you from creating crazy innovations that get out of hand and try to kill all mankind. Both also convey the fact that the cheek-bob hair style is back.
Have a before dawn- movie session on a Saturday morning
I have been trying to do this with Ed with little success. The plan is to have a complete lounging day beginning before dawn and watch a movie, probably Breakfast at Tiffany's. At dawn, we watch the sun rise from our balcony while drinking home-made herbal tea. What could be more awesome than that? Now that I've written this out I can see his reluctance. Lol.
After seeing the red moon, I've become more aware of the heavenly bodies, stuff goes on up there we hardly take note of. Maybe we'll just watch the sun rise and head back to bed.
Do something for you
Because you deserve it. 2015 is almost gone, a little pampering, huh? I, for one am in need of an economically viable exotic experience. Not sure what it is for now.
Do something for someone else
It's almost 2016! It's so exciting. Someone else probably doesn't see the excitement because they have lost hope of anything coming along with a new year. Reach out to people who need hope and give to them; time, money, love. October 22 is make a difference day, find ways to be a blessing to others!
Have a date with God
Contrary to popular opinion, dates with God does not involve dreary, long one sided conversations to someone you think might be somewhere above the skies, who may or not be listening as he has his giant white beard groomed by cherubs. A date with God really is like having a date with anyone else. I learnt this a few years back; grab your fave beverage (mine would be infusion tea), your bible and chill next to the fan/AC , in my case, the fire place and then soak yourself in the moment. No phones. No date has ever ended well with a phone between your faces. Best date ever!
What are you up to for the rest of October?