I almost began to feel another flash of impatience when I received the email for module registration on Wednesday. Immediately, I clicked on the link to register because it had about 15 spaces left. The speed with which the 800 Euros was deducted from my University bank account...faster than the speed of light.
The module will be officially made available on the University portal tomorrow - Monday. But my greatest fear has been confirmed...I will be writing assignments all through the Christmas holidays! *wailing* :-(
No fire works for me this Christmas. (sighs)
So what do I have planned as I retake this module you might ask?
1. No Africa Magic Yoruba till the 27th of December - This just feels like 100 days fasting. No matter how my day goes, I make it a point of duty to watch at least 20 minutes of any movie showing on Africa Magic Yoruba. It still beats me why I still can't speak Yoruba fluently without my intonation giving me away. Mr Hubby has given up on me on this one. :-(
2. No work email after 1.00am - Yes...I take work home...there are really no work hours with me until I am too tired to sound coherent in an email. Yes, I know all the talk about work life balance blah blah blah...please feel free to attack me in the comment section :-)
3. Pounce on the module from the first minute of it's opening - The moment the module opens tomorrow, I'm sending in my first assignment, and will begin to put the second assignment together. I will be sure not to make the same mistake again.
4. Be kind to myself - I must admit, I have been hard on myself since I was informed that I had to retake this module. I had beaten myself up over this...blaming myself that I had settled for what was not academically familiar. This time, I will be kind to myself as one of my blog readers - Temitope George - Olaoye advised in the comment section of my first blog post. Thank you Temitope.
Got any more tips for me? How best do you think I should begin again? Please drop your tips and advise in the comment section below.
And to some of my blog readers who have contacted me via email and in person, saying they don't know how to drop a comment on this blog, please see the pathway below:
Scroll down to the end of the blog post - click on comments - scroll to the end of the comment section - you will see an empty box watermarked 'Enter your comment' - Type your comment in the box - go to the comment as drop box - you can drop a comment with your name, your gmail account ID or anonymous - click on publish - wait till you get a notification that your comment has been published.
Till next week Sunday, God willing...
Well, sometimes we make mistakes and allow certain situations to get out of control, it is all a part of living life so the first step is to accept your fallibility.
ReplyDeleteOnce you are able to do that, it speeds up the process of getting back on your feet after a fall. The summary of my yarn is that it pays to not be hard on yourself. Staying upset about the past never changes a single thing!
Learn from the past, take the lessons and apply them going forward and never let the past rob you of the future you can have.
Cheers!
Thank you so much Temiloluwa.
DeleteTomorrow, today will become yesterday...giving us all an opportunity for a fresh start. Here's wishing you the very best in your tomorrow😊
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!
DeleteHello Ada. Good to hear you have re-registered the module. I think the best point is number 4; "BE KIND TO MYSELF"! If you are kind to yourself, you will still watch 10mins of your African Magic, enjoy Christmas and don't take work home!!!
ReplyDeleteYou will succeed.
Hahahahaha! 10 minutes of Africa Magic Yoruba is just enough to read only the synopsis of the movie o! :-) Thank you so much!
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