Small wins.
Ever heard the phrase "celebrate your little wins". Well if you haven't, then I'm sharing it with you today and so you have heard about it now but for those who have heard about prior, I have a quick question...
"What exactly qualifies as a little win?"
I would like the answer to this question because I think that some people are hell bent on exaggeration. I think they took their lessons on hyperboles too seriously.
During the week, I had several encounters with certain people and their small wins. The first happened on Monday. A male colleague sent a group message to our WhatsApp platform, asking all workers to wait behind after the close of work. I was immediately ecstatic as I thought the wait behind thing would involve food. Believe me, I never go wrong with food. At 3pm close time, I and some other colleagues were seated and ready to await the buffet party as I had imagined in my mind, only to see this colleague come in empty handed but he also carried a placard with the number 7.
Hey, what's the placard for and where is the food?" I asked.
"There's no food and this placard is to show everyone my little win. I have gone seven days without taking a carbonated drink. It is seven days today?" He replied.
"What the heck are you telling us? Okay how did you do it, I mean stay soda free?" I inquired more.
"Well, I stopped drinking the sodas but used them instead to cook my meals"He answered.
I have never felt like punching the wall so hard like that day. Like what the fluff...you kept us here after close of work just for this.
"Hey guys don't be angry he said, I want to celebrate my small win" he replied but this earned him an eye roll from me though.
Two days later, I was in class discussing the transport system with my students when another colleague of mine interrupted me to get my attention. I felt like posting her but she looked very eager to talk with me, claiming she wants to share some good news. Hmm, if it is good news then count me in. I stepped out of the class and went with her to a quiet corner so we could talk.
"So what did you want to discuss with me" I asked casually.
"Guess what!" She exclaimed.
"You know I'm not good at guessing. You better spill or I'll leave"
"Well you see, I was feeling feverish and so my mum called a nurse to look at me. The nurse later said that I would need to take some drips to calm the fever down. I have never taken a drip before and so I pleaded with her to pass the drip through my butt. She agreed and that was what happened" she replied.
"You mean you took drip through your butt, this is crazy" I remarked.
"Yes, I really did and it was my first time ever to collect a drip. My butt still feels sore" she kept saying.
I looked at her like she had grown two heads on her head. "Either the nurse is a quack or you guys were high on weed" I finally said after some minutes of staring at her wierdly.
"See, forget about that o. The important thing is I finally took drip for the fist time in my life. This is a win for me" she replied me feeling serious.
"I cannot believe you took me away from my class for this. You're quite hilarious. Who takes drip in their butt?" My poker face wasn't funny as I spoke to her.
"You will not understand it now, wait until you fall sick and then you will know that anything is possible" she concluded and walked back to where she came from.
I stood at that spot speechless at what she just spouted. Like really, drip in the butt, oh no, oh no, oh no no no no no. I took in three deep breaths before walking back to my class and rounding up the teaching.
What will Musa not see at the gate?
Thank you all for reading. Shalom
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Hahaha, I'm almost rolling on the floor. Did I just read "taking drip on the but"? Oh this is crazy and risky too. I can't imagine this at all. What a crazy small win 🤣
And for the other colleague that called you guys to celebrate his staying off soda for a week, that's quite commendable. It's usually not easy to achieve that, for those who have been addicted to it.
Hmm, my sister the thing shock me o. If not that I didn't see any cameras ehn, I would have thought that I was being pranked😁
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STOPThe problem with little wins is that they are very individual, so people should celebrate them alone. That's where the people in your stories messed up: they wanted everyone else to celebrate their little win as well. You responded appropriately, which is a little win for you, you should celebrate! Maybe, just for a little revenge, you could ask your entire office to stay after work and share in your celebration!
Seeing your post here in Comedy Open Mic was a little win for me, thank you!
I like your perspective on little wins 👍
Yes, we all get to have our own little wins, so cheers to you.
Thanks for your fun comment
So, I was told to wait for this? Sincerely, I would get mad at him. What the heck is this?
Sincerely, even if we are told to celebrate small wins, it doesn't mean we can gather people around to share some silly things when we could celebrate on our own.
Some people still do not understand what that phrase mean. If your small win is so big that it deserves hosting people to come around for a celebration, that's so great but when you have such small wins as the two scenarios up there, please celebrate it yourself and not share that as a small win.
Who takes drip through the butt? 🙄🤔
My dear that's the exact question I asked myself after she left me. Like I'm I still on Earth. Some people can dish lamba die 😂😂😂😂
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