Lately I’ve Been Loving…

Hey Guys!

Wagwan? What’s up? You Gucci? How’ve you been lately with all that is going on this year? Personally, I’ve been good. I feel like I’m in a better place in life and I’ve started to focus only on things that make me happy. With that being said, let’s get into today’s blogpost on random things I’ve been loving (doing) lately.

1. What I’ve been doing

I’ve currently been into journaling, I can’t stress how much this has helped in terms of controlling my anger and “talking to someone” ( I’m fine guys, a babe just needs to write down her feelings without disturbing anyone, nothing serious). I can’t remember who I read that spoke on journaling, but I’m glad I did. I’ve also been sketching (not as much as I will like to, but it’s something) cause I find that I’m calm when I do that, I don’t know what it is but the fact that your idea comes to life and you look at your work and smile at what you’ve done (can’t believe I’m smiling right now), also this sketch book I got from Claire Idara has been a life saver! It serves as a quick template for fashion illustrators.

I’ve also been taking pictures, and I don’t mean to brag but I think you should check my Instagram I’m actually in love with how my feed is coming along, it’s not so perfect yet but gradually 😉, I’m also proud of my consistency.

2. What I’ve been listening to

I just want to thank Instagram for the music feature on stories cause I’ve added so many songs to my playlist. One of my favorite songs right now has to be Comfortable by H.E.R (if you haven’t listened or heard about this song, now you have, go and feed your ears and remember I put you on 😉). I also love Loved by You by Kirby, Dear No One by Tory Kelly, That’s why I Love You by SiR and I can’t forget Rise by Dinachi (listen to these songs and tell me you don’t love them).

I’ve also been loooving Podcasts, my faves are I Said What I Said, Jesus and Jollof, Keeping Up With The Average Nigerian Youth and my personal favorite is Two Truths, No Lie with Hafsah and Olivia, I look up to both of them in terms of fashion, influencing, pictures and style so when they started their podcast I was hella excited!

3. What I’ve been watching

We are still “quarantining” so it’s no doubt that I have a section dedicated to things I’ve been watching or things I’ve watched that I loved. Netflix and YouTube asides Instagram have been my go to apps when I’m bored and I’ve been loving some shows and channels lately. For Netflix, Blood and Water is top on my list (I mean, have you seen Thabang !?❤️), love the drama and suspense on this show and I can’t believe there’s going to be a Season 2! I also really enjoyed Queen Sono (another South African series, when I say I’m South African believe me!) it’s action packed with a woman as the lead role, she also gets to fight and remind you who’s the boss!? Count me in! I’m currently watching Dead to me and so far so good (I’ll probably give a review when I’m done).

I’ve been loving the contents that these YouTube channels have been putting out lately, channels like Vivian Okezie – she’s an Abuja based YouTuber that shows Abuja from her perspective and her edits are top notch, no form of mediocrity, Arnellarmon – I love everything about her, so I can’t see any content from her and not love it, she creates beauty related contents and her body? Goals, Iamdodos – her latest videos have been it! Especially the style related video, and finally my absolute fave Naakie Nartey – she gives such a calm vibe, her videos, her edits, the way she talks, I honestly see myself in her (creepy alert!).

That brings me to the end of today’s blog post. Hope you enjoyed it? What have you been loving lately? Should I update my list? Let me know in the comment section.

Thank you for reading to this point. Stay happy and stay safe. Xx

-Chika❤️