Woke up this morning thinking of what today's TMNS topic will be. Checked my email then saw this mail I got from the creator of the 10 Day Blog challenge I partook in. Imagine me scrolling down to see my name on the list of winners! Ah are you kidding me? I won something? That has never happened to me mainly because I don't even subscribe to giveaways or play lotto in the first place. The challenge was something new for me and I didn't partake for any win. I did it because I wanted more content on the blog and to see if blogging twice daily will grow the blog.

If you followed the challenge on my blog, you would notice I stopped and didn't post anything from day 6-9. Day 5  was tough for me because of my state of mind and I remember writing that I posted because I needed to stay committed to the challenge. Nobody put a gun to my head to subscribe to it so I owed it to myself not to give up. Now imagine, next couple of days were tougher. Apart from me busy with Graduation day plans, I was just not in the mood to carry my laptop and check the blog. It would have been very easy for me to give up after missing four days of the challenge but you know what I did? On the 10th day, I made up for all the days missed and finished right on time on the final day! Wow! I was crazy to write six (including the daily blog post) posts in one day but this story right here is an example of "NEVER GIVE UP".

If I had accepted defeat and complained about how stressful it will be to write six posts in one day, my name would not be on that list in the picture above. One thing about a journey is that it can happen in the time you planned or in a longer time but the time should never ever determine your will to continue the journey. Be determined for your own sake not because your clock is ticking and you have to be successful at a particular age. It's already enough pressure to partake in a journey now compared to adding extra pressure of time. If you end up not finishing the journey at the allocated time, you will give up and not push on. I would spare you the famous quote of "quitters never win and winners never quit" which is 100% true but instead leave you with this quote
"If you quit, you will start over"

I believe the fear of starting all over will keep that will fired up for your sake. Another story of when I could have quit was when I started Dedun's Cakes. I was overwhelmed with the orders and struggled to keep up. Unfortunately, I got "support" from people advising me to quit it if it's affecting school. You just know Facebook is my online journal and most used social media platform. I was on the verge of writing the demise of Dedun's Cakes until the night before, I thought "if my mum can do a lot of things at once, I can too" I channeled the energy my mum had in her younger years and got up on my feet. You know the status I put out instead? I wrote about a giveaway so more orders can come in. Since then, thoughts of quitting never crossed my mind.

When you feel like quitting, challenge yourself and go back to the basics of why you wanted to partake in the journey. Stay committed is what I always preach about. On another blog post, I will really expatiate on things one can do to avoid quitting.

Love,
Dedun