Yikes 2!
So, my acne
treatment from my mwitu Doctor seemed to be working but l unfortunately
didn’t notice something until it was too late. To understand how this happened,
l may have to tell you about my routine during that time. It was more of work,
sleep, remember to eat and repeat. To be honest l used to be consumed with my
work that I forgot to eat at times, i had a job that consumed me and l liked
it. I was a workaholic and worked till odd hours and more often than not, ended
up consuming one meal a day or just a snack. Funnily enough l always remembered
to sleep or it was more of my body giving in to its physiological need. I lost
10kg within a month!
‘My child you
haven’t been eating!’
These were
among the first words my mum said to me when l went to visit them at home.
Dad’s reaction was more of, ‘He! Kwani there was no food in Nairobi?’
Mum then told me to ask my boss to work from outside Nairobi so l can regain a
healthy weight. After talking to my boss on working outside Nairobi and taking
one week leave of absence, I then suddenly felt the weight. It seemed l
was hiding behind work, i was depressed and work had become my escape route. I
was to use my one week at home to heal and regain my whole me.
Orusungu, my parents’
Ugandan househelp, made sure she called me for meals and whenever I didn't turn
up after everyone had eaten, she brought it up to my room. ‘Orusungu is
coiled from luyha word to mean one who just speaks English.’ I never
actually felt like eating but had to as mum would call from her workplace to
ensure l ate or dad would drop by at lunch hour so he can eat with me.
After a while, being at home healed me inside out; l talked, laughed, prayed, played
and jumped. I even added 5kgs. This was the pause that l needed. I was
able to resume back to work and had reminders for breaks, this how my workdays
looked like:
|
Time |
Tasks |
|
8.00am -
9.00am |
-Breakfast -Respond to
emails |
|
9.00am -
1.00pm: |
-Work on
urgent tasks1 -Have a snack |
|
1.00pm -
2.00pm |
-Lunch break -Respond to
emails |
|
2.00pm -
4.30pm |
-Work on
other tasks -Have a snack |
|
4.30pm -
5.00pm |
-Plan for the
next day tasks -Respond to
any pending emails -End of work
hours |
|
5.00pm -
6.00pm |
-Exercise -Prepare
dinner |
|
6.00pm-11.00pm |
-Eat dinner -Snack(healthy) -Read a novel -Watch NEWS -Sleep |
Writing about this was so hard and i took many breaks from writing. I wanted to throw in humor as l always do but couldn’t bring myself to. That moment in my life was hard, I didn’t know something was eating me alive until I gave my life a pause. Remember to take pauses but never stop.
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