Hello Friend!

Glad you’ve found me!

My name is Joy, I am a mum of two adorable girls, married to a very gorgeous Igbo man, and we all live in Nigeria.

Aside being a wife and a mum, I wear other professional hats. I am a Medical Radiographer by degree and a dressmaker by hobby. So yes! I juggle between the Health and fashion industry. Amazing right! I also run a YouTube channel where I teach my audience how to make their own clothes.

Recently, I added the blogger badge to the list of professions I can fit into. This is why you are here.

Because of all the heavy task of navigating motherhood, and my career, it can be very hard taking care of myself and refilling.

So in this blog, I help busy work from home Moms like myself prioritize self care, personal growth and manage their finances by creating an effective work-life balance.

 

MY JOURNEY SO FAR

A brief background story of my journey to this point!

2022 was my year of awakening and 2023 will be my year of becoming. Becoming the woman of my dreams. Becoming the ME in me. That inner child longing to be unleashed, to be free from limiting beliefs and fear.

My transformation began in December 2021. I had reached out to an online community of like minded women because I felt stuck!

Stuck in business, marriage, motherhood and life in general. I needed and wanted something more than just waking up everyday and going about crazy routines just for survival. I wanted to feel alive, fulfilled and purposeful.

I had began to loose taste for most of those things that initially appealed to me. Things like gossiping, having a structure-less day, meaninglessly scrolling through social media, being busy for the sake of being busy, binge watching other people live their lives and wishing I was them.

I was flat out tired of being a spectator. I wanted to play in in the game of life and play it well. I wanted IN.

So back to the online community I reached out to. I poured out my heart and frustration, and amidst all the advises and concerns, a comment stood out. ‘Whoever this lady is, please reach out to me’. Reluctantly I did, and what should be a coaching session started off as therapy.

Yes! Therapy!

I needed to let go of so many limiting beliefs. I needed to unlearn a lot of things that my background, upbringing and society had unintentionally imposed on me. It started with a mindset shift. A very truthful but brutal one! A complete overturn!

What should have lasted for two months took over a year because girlllll…it was difficult changing the norms I was used to. The main culprit to this difficulty I would say was FEAR.

Especially the fear of ‘what will people say’.

My Coach did her very best, until she let me be for a while for me to truly make up my mind on what I really wanted to make out of life.

I started to look within. Most times I cried. When I thought of all the things I would have been and done by hadn’t because of my insecurities and fear. It made me so sad!

Every day, I wake up with a strong desire to become the best version of myself, and 1 year later, that desire has not waned.

I started taking the bold step to stretch out of my comfort zone. I started putting myself out more often. Most of the things I did, I did them afraid, especially starting this Blog!

Being a people pleaser, I started saying NO to things that didn’t serve me or brought me closer to my goals. I absorbed all the information I needed that could help me.

YouTube was my best friend. I watched videos on self help and personal growth and development. I bought self help books and reignited my love for reading. I went full beast mode on researching and downloading useful resources that will help me on my journey. Most importantly, I Prayed.

I started Journaling for the first time in 2022, I started exercising regularly. I became more intentional about my thoughts, words and actions. Gradually, I’m becoming a more refined version of myself.

I started the very hard task of self discipline and did a full blown turn around. I am still struggling with my habits as this has not been a walk in the park. One thing is for sure though, I’m definitely not where I was December 2021.

I have two adorable girls, and one of my major fear was not being a worthy role model for them. Losing my mum at a tender age of 6, I didn’t have any mother figure to look up to.

Most of the things I learned were through books and observation. No one sat me down and thought me all I needed to do to be a woman of worth.

I am not saying this to spark pitiful emotions from you my lovely readers, but just to give you the background information on why personal growth, self care and motherhood is such a huge deal to me.

In this blog, I will also be sharing with you my financial journey. At the time of writing this, I do not have up to $1000 to my name, but I believe that with all the knowledge and information at my disposal, if I keep at it with consistency and focus, I will build that wealth far beyond my imagination.

Yes! I believe!

Phew!

I feel like this is one hell of a long read for a ‘get to know me’ blog post. Well, now that you are here, we will have series of post to get more acquainted.

Thank you for sticking with me up till this very end.

I welcome you to my blog once again.

With Love,

Joy