Introduction
It’s been a whole year since I last posted on my blog, and my life has changed drastically. For starters, I am no longer a South East Londoner. That’s right I have moved out of my family home and now live in East London.
While I didn’t know this at the time moving out was probably the best decision I could have made. The impact on my mental health has been phenomenal, I now feel more in control of my life and the decisions I make. For instance, when I was living at home, I found it extremely difficult to be motivated to go to the gym and stick to a healthy diet. Within the first 8 weeks of moving out, I have managed to lose 8KG, and attend gym without fail.
I hope my absence hasn’t been too hard for you all, and I suppose I owe you some sort of explanation as to why I was gone for so long. The honest truth is, for the last year I have been distracted. After being locked up for 2 years, I have spent the last 8-months living my best life which hasn’t left a lot of room for writing (or anything else for that matter). But don’t you worry I am fully back now and intend to write a least one blog post every week!
So, seeing as it’s been such a long time since I’ve written it’s only fair that I give you an update on the most important aspects of my life.
Friends
This year I have made so many new friends, the kind of friends you know are going to be in your life for a very long time. I’m not going to be cringe and list them here, but they know who they are. Appreciate you all and look forward to the many good years to come.
As for old friends, I think I’ve done a decent job at maintaining those friendships. But there’s always room for improvement. If any of you guys are reading this, know that I value our friendship highly and will make more of an effort to see you guys! The only frustrating thing is that some of my closest friends live outside of London, so seeing them regularly is a myth.
Another thing I should probably mention is that my boy/girl friendship ratio has become skewed. It’s funny because when I look back to university and even my sixth form days I always had more male friends than female ones. Alas maybe the increase in the number of female friends I have is a metaphor for the change in my personality.
Work
I hate when people ask me how is work going. It’s one of those questions that should be rhetorical but isn’t. Depending on my mood and who is asking I give one of two answers. I either say, “it’s decent” or “it’s going”. I guess what I am trying to say is that work isn’t really something I enjoy talking about outside of the office. Don’t get it twisted I enjoy what I do, as a software engineer, I get to do the thing I love the most, which is solving problems. However, the bureaucracy and politics that come with working for a big company makes it my least favourite thing to talk about when I don’t have to.
But all in all, work is decent, I am still at Goldman and don’t regret the decision I made to join the firm. I am also still learning new things every day so don’t see myself leaving for a while.
What’s next
To be honest, this year is a complete and utter write-off, I haven’t done nish! But I plan on rectifying that. The hard-working, driven and focus Tobi is back. The plans I have for the end of this year and next year are still in the works but just know I am aiming for the moon. Till then keep reading and sharing my blogs with friends.