Pay Them No Mind….."Mentiee Obiaa"!!!

I am slim. Well, some people think I am thin, but I vehemently disagree. Despite my disagreement, I have made it a point to jog for about 30 minutes at least 3 days of a week. I decided to do this because I developed a habit of eating very late in the night. As result of that poor eating habit, I think I saw a little bulge develop below my chest and above my abdomen. Others thought otherwise but I wasn’t ready to be that slim guy with a pot belly. Imagine how awkward and awful I’d look. In this era of the packs; 2, 4, 6 or 8, and with all my faculties working effectively, why would I want one big pack preceding my every movement?

My alarm clock woke me at 5:00 am today for me to hit the road and burn those accumulated calories. After snoozing for 20 more minutes, I rose from my bed, changed into my jogging kit, and stepped out for the jog. Something didn’t seem right today. It was the weather. I looked up and saw the clouds had gathered and was showing off the pale orange colour it usually does when God decides to bless us with early morning rain.

Growing Up......

I received the terse message informing me of my dad’s ailment on Thursday evening whiles at choir rehearsals. I ‘whatsapped’ my sister back and asked what the problem was. “Fever”, she said. I quickly brushed that aside without even replying the message. My sister and cousin accompanied him to the hospital on Friday, as I was told when I called to check up on him in the morning. Let me hasten to add that I did try severally to reach him on Thursday evening when I closed from rehearsals, but was unsuccessful, before I’m labeled an ‘uncaring brute’ by those who don’t know the kind of relationship I have with my dad.

There’s this young lady where I work who has developed a penchant for taking offence at my every tease. Those who really know me will tell you that I like to do that a lot – tease others, albeit not the harmful kind, and also enjoy being teased. The situation is so bad that she would not respond to any of my pleasantries when I try to offer it anytime I go to her office to transact any business with any of her colleagues. As a result of that I also developed a habit of not paying her any mind when we met in the hallway, staircase or anywhere.    

Say No — to Say Yes to What Matters

Today I want to share a very simple, yet very critical time-management skill that usually is underestimated.
But not having this skill can seriously sabotage your best efforts to get things done and to move towards your goals in life.
The skill I’m talking about is to say no — primarily in your mind — to everything that is not what you really want.
Sure there are a gazillion opportunities out there waiting for you to jump on them. There is so much information and advice waiting to devour your attention. And of course, there are dozens of things on your to-do list waiting to get checked off.
But what is the one thing that is all about you?
What one thing is expressing your core dream?

KEEP WALKING......

It was one of those days I had to arrive at work just about when the sun was rising in order to meet a very tight deadline I thought was ‘impossible’ to meet, but I did anyway.  And after trying my best to complete a portion of the report, I was somewhat tired by brunch time, so I needed to, as it were, ‘stretch my muscles’ outside the four walls of my shared office. 

I had just walked in and resumed my seat next to the Sony radio/cd player when Nat Brew’s ‘history-telling’ tune – ‘W) gb3 j3k3’ was just about ending on Adom FM’s multilingual presenter, Ohemaa’s show. I liked that tune so much that I had to access Google’s popular music video portal, YouTube to listen to it again…and again… and again….throughout the rest of the day and week actually. I had heard this tune since I was initiated into puberty, but it didn’t really make sense to me like it’s been doing over the last couple of days.