To the Ones Becoming

A voice came to me as I walked into my CDS venue late. “Juliana, they would need someone to help them take photos and make videos today. You should volunteer.” Normally, I would beat that voice down to stupor until it couldn’t raise its head anymore. But this time, I didn’t. Before I explain what happened next, I need to go back a few hours earlier. It was a Friday morning, last week. I was on my way to my Community Development Service (CDS) weekly meeting. I am subscribed to Oladimeji Ajegbile’s  Figuring Life Out . To be honest, I subscribed simply because I know how committed he is to helping people, especially young creators, grow and scale. Anything Oladimeji has to say, I will read. For the first time, I decided to read one of his reflections. It was titled  Your 20s Don't Last Forever . I read it as I commuted to my CDS venue. One of my goals this year is to learn how to read in public spaces, maximizing free moments for reading instead of social media. So I gave the ne...

I have heard and learned what commitment is before. But a few days ago, I learned it on a higher level. I am currently on a public reading accountability journey, and I was supposed to write a general review of everything I read this week. But I couldn’t help myself, I had to write a separate reflection for this one chapter alone. Chapter 19 of The 12 Week Year is profound. I found myself exclaiming out loud, highlighting almost every line. Truly, I almost highlighted the entire chapter because everything stood out . And I knew it would be a disservice, to my present self and my future, to reduce this chapter to just one key principle using my usual review template. ChatGPT had advised me before I started this reading journey that if I tried to write out all the points from a chapter, I might stall, and for someone trying to build momentum and consistency, that advice is valid. But this chapter? This chapter is everything . We say things like: “I am committed.” “One of my qualities...