I didn't have any idea of what to write because it is one of those days when I am in my feels and also not feeling up to it. I feel a little bit sad because it's an estranged friend's birthday and as much as I would want to wish them a happy birthday (probably send a gift), I am not quite sure of the reaction. It's also quite interesting because we have two different ideas/views of what the cause of the issue is and at this point 🤷🤷🤷. (Happy birthday to you)
But while contemplating on whether to write or not, I thought about the need for my resolve for this blog - making sure that no 2 days go by without my writing something. This is considering different things happen during the course of my day, and it's worth reflecting and sharing in a place that's much saner than Twitter (now X) - here. At that moment, the word consistency popped in my head, and I was wondering what I'd consider to be the most consistent thing from my everyday life, and my answer was a clock.
I use a Withings steel HR health watch, and it's one of my favourite gadgets I've gotten myself over the last 4 years. Beyond my love for the sleek, minimalist, and functional design, I love that clocks/watches are very consistent. Have you ever thought of this?
Someone said, "Even a broken clock is correct twice in a day." Even though it was a joke, I found it interesting because it's true. For a clock, it does not matter the number of cycles the seconds, minutes, or hours hand has made; it just continues to work. So far, there is a battery, and everything mechanical is fine; it keeps working.
Beyond the fact that a clock works, I also love the fact that we can trust what it tells us when we check the time. In this moment, I think that is the level of consistency I want - showing up with accuracy such that people and businesses can trust me.
There is very minimal value to a clock, however, consistent if the time it is wrong. 3 core factors that could be responsible for this: dead battery, mechanical fault or wrong setting.
For this blog post, I didn't want to write just anything else; I would have posted the lyrics of my favorite song at the moment (So Much to Say by Ademola Eleyin Makinde). I wanted to share something quite interesting, and the summary is that there is much more to being consistent; you can also be excellent.
Be consistently adding value!
God loves you!
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