Rebrand

Quick one, ever felt like you’re stuck in one place and no matter how much you try, there’s little or zero progression? Like you just can’t seem to get it right, everything just seems to work against your favor and you don’t even know what to do anymore?

Well, guess what...I have, very recently, and if there’s one thing I know, it’s that it is very normal to feel that way. It is normal to feel like you’re not progressing, especially not at the rate you know yourself capable of, like you are stuck in a merry–go–round and no matter how much effort you put, result is surprisingly still the same. We even start to blame ourselves and our luck cause dhurr💁🏽‍♀️ it’s the easy way out.

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SO WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE THAT? – YOU REBRAND!!!

Let me tell you my rebranding story, lol, please promise not to freak out nor tag me a “weirdo”(if you’ve promised, you can read on, if not go back and promise)🤓. One thing I’ve discovered about myself is that my emotions reflect in my primary environment, what am I saying really?

So here’s how it works for me, if I’m happy and you visit me at home, you’d notice that my place would be so bright and extremely clean, it’d reflect how I feel at that moment, my smile would almost match the brightness of the light illuminating the room. On the other hand, if I am mad at anything whatsoever and you visit me at home, you’d notice that my place would be in a total mess(lol, don’t worry, you won’t ever get to see it, I don’t let people see me in that space), I’d scatter my wardrobe(on reflex), the room would basically give you a hint of how I am on the inside. The one that occurs more than the others is when I’m in a state of indifference, this one is actually my favorite. I’m not happy neither am I sad, I’m just at peace with whatever, when I’m in this state, I let darkness flood my room, I try to block out every source of light and just be there, the room would be clean but I’d let books wander carelessly out of their shelf, just so it’s not too perfect and I’d just be reading or listening to a podcast or something. Now let’s get to the rebranding part of this story, whenever I feel like I’m stuck, and not making much progress in my life for example, I intentionally scatter my wardrobe, my friends know I don’t play with my wardrobe, having my clothes neatly folded is one of my favorite things, so you need to understand that for me to scatter 'em, it has to be really important. After making a mess of the whole structure, the room, everything, I sit for a while and observe, I just let myself be, no pressure, just be. Then I start to rearrange, in a way I haven’t done before, I reposition the table, the bed and even the littlest things. I change the folding pattern, I basically make something that I haven’t made before out of everything and tada! I’m good to go. Not only does that act of restructuring help me deal with my emotions but it affects other aspects of me, I suddenly have an idea of how I should go about certain stuff and how I should change something about my writing, input a thing or two here and there and then watch how everything unfolds. More often than not, things start to look brighter, I suddenly get better jobs and alladat, from one simple act of REBRANDING.

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You need to understand that rebranding doesn’t mean destroying what you’ve already built, it’s more of improving what is already in place, in better and newer ways. It’s being dynamic and not static. It comes with understanding that change is a constant that you can’t shy away from, that you shouldn’t shy away from. Rebranding is changing the approach without changing the message(if that makes any sense).

In rebranding, the first thing you need to do is BREATHE; I know this isn’t the easiest of things as you’re clearly in a space you are not so comfortable with but violence has never been the way out, has it?(except for the Bible of course, 'the violent taketh it by force'😅). As I was saying before the Bible interrupted, you have to first breathe, that way, you can think clearly about what and what not to do, what you need to work on and what new strategies you have to apply to get desired result.

After that what do you do? - I DON’T KNOW🤷🏽‍♀️😂wait!!! don’t give up on me just yet😩😅maybe I do know but you see, what works for Mr A may not exactly work for Mr B, so I can’t say what you should or should not do. You would have to figure it out on your own and trust me, when you do, it will only get better.

Just Breathe❤️