Happy New Year! No Gree for Anybody.

Where exactly are we running to? Even 2024 no wan gree for anybody, na wa!

Mooooooooood!!!

If I do not send out this newsletter, I'm pretty sure some people will come for my head.

For example, Lois sent me this tweet just to spite me.

You win, ma'am. I will change in 2024 or not. *Evil grin*

On the other hand, Simba won't let me rest. 

Because what is this message? Lmaoooo.

I feel you, fam! I'm writing the newsletter already. Happy now?

It's 2024 !??

How is that even possible? 2023 just went from January, February, March, zftgmwfovxgtesnftrffr, and December.

No jokes! 

I've read a couple of end-of-the-year reviews and for every time I scroll, I mouth a God abeg. In as much as for some good number of people, 2023 was their year, but it wasn't the same for others.

Can I say the same for me?

I wouldn't want to dive deep into the happenings of 2023. It was a whole lot

I'll just give you a highlight of what went down.

January

I got a remote job that would soon become my worst nightmare. E shock you!? Ever heard of the saying, not all that glitters is gold?

I had to go through the stress of writing thousands of words to struggling with PayPal to receive my payment. Hei God!

Mind you, I didn't have a laptop (I had sold the one I used to have). I was using Pretty Boy's laptop which would soon develop an overheating issue that will make it shut down at will.

I really struggled mehn.

Wo, I don't even know how I survived. GOD DID

February

On Valentine's Day when everybody was doing me and mine, you and yours, and gbogbo ti gbo, my phone crashed on me twice.

I was still struggling with my job and was seriously praying for a new laptop.

March

My area was having light issues so I spent the whole month going to a workspace.

Paying #400 for every time I go there to work.

Shout out to GteraHub! Una sha chop my money wella.

April

My friend, Mercy was getting married so I abandoned work and travelled to Abribra aka small London in Abia state for the wedding.

For the first time in my life, I experienced what it felt like to be in another person's village and I looooved the experience.

I had so much fun at the wedding and left Abia state with two toasters constantly calling me till date.

Uncles please, I didn’t go to that wedding to find husband. Have mercy on me.

May

I packed my bags and decided I was leaving Uyo for Kano State. I didn't have a laptop, I had a job that was stressing me so, I just wanted to go home and cry to my parents.

A good samaritan will now send me over 300k to get a new system. E shock you? E shock me too.

I can remember writing it down in my prayer journal during the Hallelujah Challenge in February that I didn't want to buy my laptop with my own money. I did that with faith and prayed about it.

God answers prayers, fam. He does answer prayers.

June

This was the month I became really lazy. I spent most of my time drinking Kunu, sleeping, and fantasizing about starting a newsletter. Yup! I did start sending out my newsletters in June.

My friends went all out to support meeeeeeee. *Faintssss.

You can click HERE to read the very first letter I sent out.

July

I think I came to this life to eat Gideon's money. Yasssssss! I spent most of July trying out eateries in Kano state; courtesy of Gideon. 

I'd randomly call Glory just to rant about my laziness.

P.S: My babe was in Law school at the time. The Law! The bench! The bar!

I salute you ma.

I became really sick and collected drips for the first time in my life.

August

This is my birth month. The month started out pretty well with Baby Favour bugging me about my birthday. She even had to follow me to my shoot. A very solid babe!

On my birthday, I and my baby girl for life and almost birthday mate, Favour would talk about how broke we are.

"Yomabasi, we don dey old ooo. We no even get money. See as birthday dryyyy."

I would get a call from Blu who is now a very important part of my life.

Ended the month really sad when I found out that I wasn't going to go for  NYSC with my mates.

September

Channeled all my anger and sadness into the Web3 space. I had gotten a recommendation from Austin to work as a content writer for a Web3 community.

I began to research about the crypto space and connected with Luna. 

I forgot to add that my babe, Favour sent me a new month's note (the very first of its kind) and I screameddd!!

See, I'm always the cheesy one and not the other way around.

I would have loved to show the content of that note but my phone crashed again during that period and I lost everything.

Did I mention she carries my matter on her head like gala?

She'll always share my newsletter and urge her friends to subscribe.

My baby girl for life!! Lysm my Chidiebere. Coman take all my moneyyyyyy!

October

Blu would always tell me to participate in thread contests but I was scared about not being good enough.

I decided to give it a try after much persuasion and took part in my first-ever thread contest. You guessed right! I was among the winners.

I participated in another thread contest and was still among the winners.

Isn't God good!? He is.

Oh! There've been nights I've cried and worried about the ill happenings around me but in all, I'm grateful for God's mercies and the beautiful friends He surrounded me with.

November

Mannie would accuse me of ghosting him and I'll call to apologize. I began to live in constant worry and fear because it seemed as if God didn’t want to answer my prayers. 

I’ll call my friends just to rant. I don’t know why they didn’t get tired of me because I was tired of my constant bickering. 

Seeee, it’s one thing to pray and it’s another thing to patiently wait for the answer. 

Again, I am grateful for the gift of the amazing friends I have. I’m definitely buying y’all two two Benz each. Amen? Amen!

I reconnected with a friend of over ten years who is now an officer of the law. He wouldn’t fail to always remind me that the Air Force is a noble job.

Shout out to you, Officer Kolo!

Putting it out here: Officer Koko promised to gift me 50k if I visit up to 10 states in 2024.

If you people see me trekking from Kano to Jigawa, don’t be worried. I have 50K to winnnnnnn.

December

The month of our Lord Jesus Christ. A bitter-sweet month, I must confess. Relationship people wanted to wound us with pajamas pictures. I was not jealous. Rubbish!

I attended a blockchain event and I’m proud to announce to you that I was the social media manager for that event.

I posted some tweets that looked like a cry for help and this sparked a couple of reactions. Made me connect with an incredible mind like Joel.

Wo, I won’t say much. Just have rich tech friends.

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I thought I just wanted to give a highlight. What is this epistle I just wrote?

Let’s just say I’m trying to make up for all the times I ghosted y’all. Hugs!?

Don’t lie, you had a nice time reading my 2023 recap. Why? Because you too like gistttttttt.

Let me point out a few things 2023 taught me.

1. There is no taking God out of the equation.

2. Surround yourself with Godly friends

3. Shun imposter syndrome and try, you never can tell how far you can go.

4. Trust God with the whole of your heart.

This is 2024!

And the unofficial slogan for the year is, No Gree for Anybody. I take God to beg you, no gree for anybody.

It’s the fifth day of the year already and some people have finished reading 5 books. I kid you not!

Some have written out business plans and have started implementing them. Others have set goals and are working tirelessly towards achieving them.

I know a friend who just registered for the gym and has been consistent with it.

In as much as it is beautiful to set goals, pray for consistency. I promise you that it’s not every day you’ll wake up and feel like reading the bible or praying.

But then, let’s ride with the no-gree-for-anybody wave.

In 2024…

1. Hold God tight.

2. Pray oooo. Pray!

3. Be nice to people.

4. Spread love as much as you can.

5. No gree for anybody

6. Send me all your money.

7. Read number 1.

8. Read number 5.

Wise words from Min. Dunsin. No gree for the devil!

My heart is full…

Thank y’all for the looove!

I want to sincerely thank over 200 of y’all gorgeous people for sticking with me. I do not take the show of love for granted. 

I love y’all with the whole of my heart and I’m rooting for you. 

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Bible verse of the week: “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.”

Psalm 23:6

Song of the week: Undignified by Dunsin Oyekan

I’ll say bye for now till I write to you next time.

With love,

Fortune.