My achievable achievement

“When the week begins, think of how you will end it. Start your week with joy.”

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Is there any word like what I just used as my title? Well, if there isn't, it means I just made up something. An idea that just popped in my head and I picked it up immediately so I wouldn't forget.

It was another great week we just used, and we are already in a new week. There are things I did enjoy achieving last week, and I will be sharing them with you, my fellow readers.

I stocked up my cupboard with foodstuffs

God has always proved to be a great provider to me, and it makes me wonder how loving He has been in taking care of me. I never thought myself to always buy in quantities, and not have to buy little from shops around my area.

I go to the market once a month and I get everything all at once. So when I need something urgently to prepare, I won't have to start waiting for shops to open, especially in the morning. I have everything in my cupboard except for pepper which I keep making a new one every three to four days, depending on how large I make it.

When I returned from my travelling on Sunday, I made my budget and went to the market, and this definitely would last me a month before stepping my feet at the market again. Getting to the market, things were so costly.

Those items I was familiar with, just like these in the image, got increased but I don't have a choice. No matter how the economy is right now, we would not starve ourselves, right? The only thing is to keep praying to God for provision.

I managed my three Blogging platforms

As some of you know, I am into three platforms; Readcash, Hive and Blurt. Believe me, it is not easy being consistent on these three as it is tasking. One thing I am always happy about is the strength I get to manage them. God has been my strength indeed. I am grateful for what I was able to earn from them and I know that the little I got from these platforms last week would become big later.

I made a new dish

Something I always love is to try a new recipe, but most times, I do not have time for it. I would always watch YouTube videos for different meals, and I would end up promising myself of trying it but in the end, I won't attempt it. I was happy I did something last week. I did it for Hive Learners creative Sunday which has been posted on my blog. You can check it out. The name of the meal is Garden Egg Sauce with Yam.

I only ate this meal twice when mom was alive as she was the one who cooked it for us, and that was when I was still in secondary school and I never tasted it again until last week. Such long years!

I enrolled in two free online courses on Udemy

I have always planned and determined on becoming a better blogger, writer and even freelancer, but I still want to take courses and become better before signing up on Upwork or another site where I would find a client and make money. I took two courses on freelancing and blogging. I realized there is more to writing and since I learned something new, I have been observing and taking note of articles I read and the ones I write myself.

Part of what I learned is getting to know the four ingredients to writing better, which are; simplicity, clarity, elegance and evocativeness.

I read books and articles

Yes, they say if you want to be a better writer, you must read a lot and write a lot. Reading is like charging up your muscle and it keeps your brain fresh and getting to learn new things globally. I don't want to stop learning. Being a graduate shouldn't make me stop reading and learning, especially for someone like me who wants to be smarter and can contribute when people are discussing.

If I never read online, I wouldn't know that Gmail is about to be replaced with another email called Proton Email. You can check it out here

Gmail is dead and something new is replacing it.

So, I keep reading to enlarge my horizon. I keep reading to contribute to meaningful conversation. I keep reading to know things from my own space here and lastly, I am reading to keep engaging my mind to explore beautiful things.

So far last week, these were what I achieved and looking forward to another awesome week which already started today. I wish everyone a pleasant and glorious week.

Thanks for your time.

Image by Sharon from Unsplash

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