Hey Purpletubers,
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Before I embarked on my Nysc program, I had been working in the same role as I am currently, but I was just an expression of lifeless!, I went through everyday without getting to experience my days, I was indeed lifeless!
That company sucked the life out of me, it was demanding, I juggled timezones and the worse of all I couldn’t make out what I used my salaries to actually do!
I was tired, and eventually got laid off the company for some unrealistic reason they gave!. Till today I believe that the Nigerians that got involved with that company messed up the work system. I’m still recovering from the toxicity I faced in that place—ughhh I still shiver from the life I was living.
When I got trained to start working in 2023, I wasn’t prepared for the life I got hit in the face with, it was like I was beaten with a baseball bat on the head multiple times. I was battered, I couldn’t assimilate properly anymore, I was aggressive towards all the people in my life, it began to look like I was losing my mind. When I wrote the review of my year in 2023, I made sure to include I was grateful I didn’t eventually go nuts!
I didn’t work as a telemarketer for a year and it was because I was away serving my country, this was another part that damaged me in ways I’m still healing from, but it’s a story for another day.
I resumed work officially March 11th, 2025, and it has been nothing but a smooth ride compared to my first year as a telemarketer. I’ll be sharing with you guys what actions and habits I noticed has helped me live while still tackling tasks at work. Here are a few:
Leaving a toxic work environment: this has been the best thing that has happened to me since I started working. I have a boss that sees my efforts now, that even commended me on the team chat on Friday. That was exactly the what I needed to close the week.
Taking care of how I look physically: this 2025 I already made a mental note to romanticize the heck out of my life! So even when it comes to my cornrows I don’t play about it, and it doesn’t even have to be expensive to do this. When you look good you feel good, this works for me, I urge you to try it.
Planning my day: I take this seriously because I work with a different time zone and this tends to mess up my schedule. So my life is pretty much a google sheet on some days. This helps me be able to live in my time zone too, and I’m slowly achieving my dreams of being a content creator.
Up skill to perform better at work to avoid low performance and getting burnt out: I constantly learn how do better by asking ChatGPT ways to be an excellent telemarketer and skills needed to be one. I find resources to help either be it podcasts or YouTube videos. It reflects on my performance, because my numbers honestly has improved since I started doing this. I know there are bad days but I’ll try to not let them determine my good days.
Creating happiness in little things: I love reading chic-lit novels that make me laugh out loud, Sophie Kinsella never fails to do that, so I commit time to doing that so as to not overwhelm myself with seriousness. I literally created a mood booster playlist on Spotify, this keeps me going when I see myself getting really tired at work, even listening to podcasts helps me a lot, that alone is one of my favorite things to do. Eating great meals, I prep my meals or snacks ahead of time because, we can all agree an hour break split into 30 minutes and 15 minutes for coffee is not feasible at all to make a meal. I try to find joy in the meals I eat.
So you see how inexpensive these things that brings a spark of joy to my eyes are?
These are just few of the things I can acknowledge that has helped me back at work. If you’ve been feeling like life is moving too fast, maybe this is your sign to pause. Try these few things I’ve shared.
I’d love to hear from you—what’s one thing you do to slow down and be more present? Reply to this email or leave a comment and let’s talk!
My Socials:
I’ve been a bit active this year, and I’d love to connect with you guys.
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Scripture of the week:
This is something I’m introducing to my letters and I’ll love to hear your thoughts on it.
This week I’ll be dwelling on:
Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV):
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
Have a great week my loves.
I just had a long talk with my dad on how you shouldn’t be jumping at education without planning towards the journey, he has been on my neck about going for my masters and I’ve been telling him to chill!
I’ll let y’all know how it went, till next week byeee.
Thank you for the restack @Adéwálé Àtàndá