THE ESTHERIAN BLOG

Hello beautiful humans! First of all, I'm so excited and honoured to be part of this! I'm grateful to my very good friend Seyi (xoxo!) for giving me this amazing opportunity to share my thoughts, experience and memories with you guys (except my deep darkest ones lol). My name's Adaobi Chinenye and I go by Aeon (the nickname that nobody really calls me) and I'm still a student. You might get glimpses of me from my posts so stay tuned☺️ Writing has always been something I wanted to do but I've been scared and nonchalant about it. I loved literature back then in secondary school. Funny I became interested because of my brother. I accidentally stumbled upon one of his writings hidden away for a while, complaining how he was treated badly by our relative (he made look like a novella). He just folded and put it by the side zip of the box lol. When I confronted him to start writing, he told him he had little time for it and we left the matter there.  I started writing poem...

I am starting this from a place of literal high; I made the fluffiest pancakes I have ever made in a while, and it feels so good. I am not sure if I could recreate it, though. Something I have learnt to appreciate for is the ability to look back at my journey, to look back at what led me down a certain path. I have learnt to be grateful for whatever catalysed where I am today and I know that most times; the catalyst is never something pleasant. I mean, at the end of 2019 during clinical posting (S1), I had an idea to pursue something I have always loved to do, blogging. Not only that, but I know I can't write about other people, do a lot of movie reviews or write medical articles well, but I know I talk, maybe a bit too much. I am an over-sharer and I share because; I believe it helps people feel seen when someone they know is going through something similar, also a few people say I give wonderful advice and I have a good vibe (this last one depends on who and when). So starting a ...

Last week, I put up a post about growth and why it is necessary to start growing instead of always seeking an escape from challenges and opportunities to grow.  I forgot to mention that you can, and you should take breaks especially when you feel overwhelmed, but don't run away from anything that can cause you to grow.  Since I started talking about growth in my last post, I touched on something people make mention of time after time and this is my thought on it. These are the things that signify growth (milestones and memorabilia). Milestones are important events that are significant in the development of someone or something. Memorabilia are things worth remembering, they are what I call portals to the past, things that ground you to certain memories, places or events and help you travel back in time whenever you want to.  Source: Pinterest Different people will have different milestones. Now excluding developmental milestones (about the growth of the physical indiv...

  Source: Pinterest I want to share the two things that motivated today’s topic. The first one is something a friend said to me as we were answering a trivia question about people that choose to escape their realities or problems instead of facing them. He said I think this refers to you. The second is from an article I read on medium, a quote that left an impression on my mind, and it goes like this when you avoid expressing your feelings, the mind interprets it as dangerous . When you keep running away from something, the mind interprets it as dangerous. The Estherian Remix    If I can take anything from my pre-teenage years, it would be the simplicity of life. Jon Bellion did well to call it “ the wonder years ”. There was this safety bubble and the reassuring knowledge that no matter what goes wrong, my father would always come through for me. But as I grew older, I learnt things were not as easy as I thought and my father will not come running to save me. I faced sit...

It is a little exciting that we are in the second quarter of the year, 2021. Although I was not consistent for a larger portion of the first quarter, I am back, not fully anyway . I mean, I have two days of exams left and then the result before I can finally return to my regular posting schedules. I have missed writing non-academic stuff, so I had to run here to put up something. Source: Pinterest I would like to ask, how have you been? A lot happened this first quarter for many people; there has been a breakthrough for some people doing the things they always wanted to do, many faced a lot of disappointment, some are still struggling to get things to start, and for others, they face the option of starting all over again. I believe I missed my category; the people waiting to see what would come out of all the investments (money, time, etc) they made in the first quarter and how to balance the new realities they are finding themselves in.  Just as we face the uncertainty of the new...