Almost 30! :)

Hey good people,

Hope you have been keeping well. Been a while since I was on this platform  anyway lets get the discussions going.  So am almost 30 and so are  most of my peers. :) not like 30 is a disease but anyway life is moving pretty fast to say the least.

Am in one of my campus groups and some guys are always like lets just mix and match here cause the pressure is real people getting married  having baby number two  and for some of us not having met someone yet leave alone planning something long term  the jungle has all sorts of people you know :) and what you want and desire is not what everyone wants everyone seems to have their own intentions blessed are those that met their matches while in campus or along the road and are still going strong. We shall get there. I bet there are still challenges in those relationships yes? Some work some don.t right?

Then there is work and investments You start seeing your peers secure big positions the cars grow bigger as well. Maybe you are still in an unstable work place with the economy set up in our beloved home country and you are like Jesus just take the wheel. Or you start thinking where is there a balance between passion and money  like where is the line you do something that you love and make less money or stay at a job you don't like and make all the money in the world for the lucky they find both a job that they like and money combined.

You start looking back at what you have invested in and where your priorities lied when you were younger and you realize all the decisions you made consciously or unconsciously have led you to where you are today.


I guess there is no timeline to anyone's life  just as long as you put one foot in front of the other doing what you love things fall in place at some point at the right time so long as you keep your head above the water and trust the process and your attitude is everything..

Just my random musings more to come would love to hear your thoughts  and if you are past this stage how did you get by? Please share. Asante!

Love and love
Miss Wainaina

Trust the proocess

Howdy!

Hey people! Hope you have been keeping well. These streets have been very quiet. Maybe that's because there's been so many transitions and changes :) which am very thankful for.

Are there times when things are going great and then somethings from your past keep nagging you at the back of your mind? either failed relationships, mistakes from your past, past failures that sometimes can even be a hindrance to your progress? Well, I have a had a couple of those moments and being in my mid 20's they are so rampant with the uncertainty of the future in this ever changing world.

I am learning to embrace the past failures as a learning process and slowly learning that it's all about your mindset. Life is responding, so if you are like me  still trying to figure out things hold on, change your mind set it gets better from here.

Love and light,
Miss Wainaina

HoARdiNg

Wassup good people!!! :)

Hope you have been keeping well in 2016 and the new year is proving to be great! :) Mine is still living, learning, loving and growing and can't wait to see what the next few months of this amazing year holds.

Over the last holidays something really interesting got my attention. We happened to be renovating and de-cluttering the house during the holidays.(I really do hate cluttered spaces )not just because am claustrophobic but  also because am a firm believer that  a space has the ability to determine your energy. The less cluttered the better.

On the other hand ,my dearest mother whom I love sooo much ( Sorry mum) :)has a sentimental attachment to the  oldest things including my items. Hence,over the year during the weekends I'd remove some of the items in my room or her room that I felt we didn't need and either dispose or keep aside to give away :D

My dearest mother would however always sneak the items back and give an excuse like she's keeping the items for a friend or "those are nice shoes they just need to be taken to a cobbler " name it :D


Fast forward to the renovations, we had to move things around and for those who have been in the same position you know it's like moving out but in the same house and most times it can get hectic, tiring and draining and to top that we had my mothers hoarded items in a closet where she'd return almost everything I took out throughout the year :D Being extremely honest when we got to that closet  she used to hoard most of those items I agreed to take them out only if she'd to be the one sorting the items by herself because it was her idea to have them there in the first place. Needless to say it took her more than a week to do so :D

So where am I going with this? It made me wonder how many things or people have I been holding onto such that I have no space in my "closet" for anything new.I don't want it to take days,weeks leave alone years cleaning out a closet because I've been holding onto things that don't add value.

Needless to say,  my mother is now the first person to say, "take that out, I don't want to go through what I had to go through over the holidays."and this makes me sooo happy :D

Is there anything you're probably hoarding that isn't adding value? Let it go trust me. It only get's better past that relationship that didn't work out or that job that you didn't get or what so and so said about you or just anything just LET IT GO!! Are you an emotional hoarder or do you know someone hoarding things they shouldn't? Share and spread the love :)

Love and Love,
Ms Wainaina :)

Hang on

Hey good people,

Hope you have all been keeping well since I last blogged *gasp* it has been about five months but am back with a bang. Am excited about Christmas just like most of y'all :) As we are about to usher yet another year 2016 I got myself thinking about the goals that I had made this year and previously in relation to what I have achieved this far.

Am sure the people who managed to achieve most of their goals are happy but the rest would be like there isn't even a point of having those things called goals. Am not even doing anymore resolutions it's the end because they have probably been disappointed by themselves or maybe things just aren't working out as they should.

Well, I happen to be part of both sides am proud of some major achievements in some aspects of my life but in some aspects am just like bleh! Wth? Why do I even struggle to do abc.. Am sure some people can relate.

As children and growing up we all had BIG dreams and somehow as you grow up some look so far fetched because of our current reality. When I was growing up in my head by the time I was my age right now I was supposed to have gotten married, got a six figure salary, have a great  successful career, moved out living in my five  star  ( Mary Jane house ) for those who can relate, driving my S-class mercedes, you know those great brilliant dreams.. which are good but then sometimes that's not God's will for our lives at the time. It's a process and a journey and sometimes a very painful (growth) journey.



Well the good news is there's hope irregardless of what your reality looks like so long as our hope is  connected to the right source. So BELIEVE that all these things are yours irregardless of the current situation and start thanking God in advance for the same and don't forget to ACT upon your dreams. The impossible is in the untried. Fail until you stop failing in all aspects when you fail you learn and LEARNING=GROWTH.



There's an interview that Oprah once did with the famous actor Jim Carrey that's really inspiring about the power of belief. You can view it on this link.

Hope someone is inspired :)

Love & Love
Miss Wainaina.

Dear Jesus

Hello!!!

Hope you are all really good. Well, I have been and I thank God for everything. This post is titled dear Jesus because I know I have things to say just don't know how to put it :) am sure we've all  been in those dumbfounded positions in our lives.

In a world that is lately constantly being defined by what people portray on social media. It's easy to miss the important moments and miss the different  motions life has got to offer. Social media has a way of making you compare someone's best to your reality.Which is most times an illusion.:)

Trust me no one ever wants to put up a photo when they are seated on the floor against the wall wondering where their next rent will come from,or crying themselves to sleep because they cant control their drug addiction or more so cry in the bathroom for hours wondering if their abusive spouse will ever change it's always "fun times" so to speak on IG and fb. I totally get it nobody in the world wants to show the world their dirty linen because nobody has time for that.This is for those people who are probably thinking"what in the world is wrong with me?""why can't my life be like so and so's he/she looks so perfect?" trust me most of us have our own struggles and insecurities but we choose to focus on the good.which you should too and quit comparing yourself :)

That's it for today :) Until next time.

xoxo
Miss Wainaina.

Stuck

Hey good people,

Hope you have been great keeping well .Loving, laughing and living each moment. :) Well, I have been especially the last three months God has been super amazing. See, a few months ago I felt stuck somewhere that didn't promise growth or fulfillment but being the tough nut I am and not being a quitter ( I have never been one) I pushed through my "being stuck" to the point where my body could not handle what was going on and things went south.



That's a story for another day, however I need to address the issue of feeling stuck or being stuck. I know there are so many people out there stuck in a relationship, job, career or in a friendship that is no longer fulfilling and has become extremely frustrating. What am about to say may sound crazy but once you get to that point. It's better to follow your heart and do what you please no matter how hard it is. Jump off the ship and  learn how to swim in the endless opportunities there are in the sea where you will learn how to swim or get a floater.



Sometimes we feel like we owe it to ourselves to be with someone or stay somewhere because its the rational thing to do but  if it doesn't offer you happiness, passion and fulfillment do yourself a favor walk away before all the red lights go on trust your instincts they are always right. ( Easier said than done though.)



I used to think giving up is being a failure but sometimes letting go of things that dont make you happy is very courageous. So peeps anything that no longer makes you happy, better, wiser, fulfilled, peaceful is not worth your time. Let go and don't get stuck there's really so much to life.

These being my few last words before I turn 17. I hope someone somewhere is encouraged. In case that's you you're going to be okay trust me. :) It's never that serious.

xoxo
Miss Wanaina

Instant gratification

Hello good people,
Today I would like to highlight about instant gratification.According to Wikipedia gratification is defined as below;

Gratification- is the pleasurable emotional reaction of happiness in response to a fulfillment of a desire or goal.

Instant gratification is hence defined as;

instant gratification is often used to label the satisfactions gained by more impulsive behaviors: choosing now over tomorrow



The opposite of Instant gratification is referred to as deferred gratification.

Being part of generation Y, I know I have been a victim of instant gratification  as we all want things to be done now now and that is why we have fast food restaurants, microwaves, electric trains, smart phones, social media, wifi almost everywhere just to mention but a few. 


These all being good for us and efficient and time saving we have translated the same now now effect to other aspects of our lives such as relationships, business and work. We want something to work now now yet anybody can tell you for a fact that building relationships takes time, hence you start wondering why a guy hasn't proposed and its only been two months yet you hardly even know him and in case he does you realize that you cant stand him when it's already too late.



The same applies at work, you find that the younger people want to climb up the ladder and earn a six figure salary now now and when they don't they get very frustrated. The same also applies in businesses, young entrepreneurs with start ups want to have a Mark Zuckerbag story at this very moment yet the reality is that some things take a while actually most important things take a while.


This is the reason why the saving culture is dying  among the young because we get money and want to spend it now, this is why we cant have conversations with friends and family because you need to know what's happening now on social media at this very moment, this is why before you enjoy having your food it's on instagram now because people have to know  what you are having now, how will they know when I don't post it? And the list could go on and on :)

Patience and deferred gratification is a virtue let's all try and practice it. We shall all have a more meaningful and fulfilled life.

That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by.
xoxo,
Miss Wainaina