BUILD IN THE STORM

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2025 tried me, the storm hit so hard last year, a lot of 'we regret to inform you' messages, a lot of drama and life twists . It reached a point I thought I was fully done, like totally done. I bet it tried many of us, that was the year where most organizations 'stopped work', millions of people lost their jobs, many families resulted in chaos and break-ups because their sources of income collapsed, but if you are reading this, it means we made it through. Cheers!!

Above all the trials, one lesson I'm carrying into 2026 is to build when the storms are up. I know most of us have already written down their goals for the year despite not knowing what the year has for us, we keep hoping for the best.

Usually when the year starts, we set ourselves to do certain things, we write down our goals and start working towards them then maybe along the way the storm start hitting us, when that time comes this year we should promise ourselves to never abandon our vision.

There are days that will seem so heavy and feel like the final, there are days that we won't feel like getting out of the bed and feels like it's too much to handle, maybe to a point you will feel like you're drowning in the button of an ocean. 

Or maybe you've even started the year with the storms, right from day one. Maybe you are just starting to get it together for the year, trust me you are not alone. I am also at the stage of just starting to get it for this year. So if you are just starting to get it or you don't even get it at all, just know we have to build in the storm. The best thing to do during the storm is chose wisely what to build and that is yourself.

Can you ask yourself, if you didn't have your job, your family or your community, what do you have?

It's you!!

This year we are all focusing on building ourselves, whenever we will feel overwhelmed and tired, we have to keep pushing ourselves, remember life will never wait for you to be okay, get up, carry your burden and keep moving.

And when you reach to a point when you ask yourself, Is it worth it? remember you will never know until you reach the destination. 

Building in the storm comes with a lot of sacrifices, you will have to make very tough decisions, remember when it feels scary to jump, them you have to jump.

Building in the storm comes with getting your priorities right and cutting off that doesn't suit you.

When we build in the storm, we make stronger foundations and when the storms cools off, we thrive.

Happy 2026