Adulting Lessons

This is a collection of thoughts, lessons, stories, and all those late-night conversations you have with your friends after a long week. Those conversations where you discover things you have to unlearn, how far you've come and where you are potentially heading over wine well...... gin & tonic. Let's talk about it!

"What will people say?" might be KILLING your purpose

The fear of man has plagued me for many many years. The fear of “what will people say” has held me back more than 1 time on this journey...

Ibiyemi Balogun

Jul 235 min read

My finances are a mess….or at least it feels like it

My finances are a mess..... It’s not an infringement on my character, it’s not a shortcoming, it’s not even an insecurity….it’s simply a...

Ibiyemi Balogun

Apr 144 min read

Having a scarcity mentality might low-key holding me back 🙃

I’ve been wanting to write about this for a few weeks now, but I was hoping it wasn’t true. Alas, it’s true. Before I get into all the...

Ibiyemi Balogun

Feb 195 min read

A letter to my younger self on my 32nd birthday.

Last week I was talking to a 22-year-old who coincidentally was born on my birthday May 12. We had such a great heart-to-heart about...

Ibiyemi Balogun

May 12, 20247 min read

I guess i'm afraid?.....Lessons from my solo trip to Kenya

My therapist said something to me that has stayed with me. She said, " Ibiyemi, I think you might be in your “walking on water” season....

Ibiyemi Balogun

Apr 26, 20246 min read

I packed my bags and moved back to Nigeria (temporarily)

2023, the year that I couldn’t have predicted….. I don’t even know where to start from. At the end of last year, my mom planted a seed in...

Nov 16, 20235 min read

Lessons from my 1st ever solo trip to Mexico

It's my last day in Mexico on this trip that turned out to be my first solo trip! All I can say is that God has been faithful! Having...

Apr 5, 20237 min read

Can we talk about STRIVING? are you doing too much?

So for the last month or so, I’ve felt like I have been running on a hamster wheel to nowhere. Like nowhere. The amount of “projects” I...

Mar 13, 20236 min read

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, and the Life-Changing...A look back at 2022.

I knew going into 2022 that it would be the end of an era. Like I just knew that it was the “last year” of this season of my life. I...

Dec 29, 20226 min read

Become an entrepreneur they said…..it would be fun they said….

This entrepreneurship journey has been wild…. Nobody tells you that when you become an entrepreneur you are suddenly the I.T guy, the HR...

Jul 4, 20225 min read

Living your "BEST" life seems like a scam_ramblings of a tiredt millenial

The last couple of months have been so busy with travel and I love it BUT I also deeply hate it lol….hear me out, I love the meeting up...

Jun 16, 20226 min read

All I want for the new year is good habits……year-end reflections :)

After 3 years of juggling multiple roles especially with being a full-time worker and part-time MBA student, a lot of things fell through...

Dec 31, 20215 min read

Driving miss Ibiyemi......get it?! like the movie ;)

I’m not sure why I’m choosing to tell this story now other than the fact that I think the holy spirit(God) just told me to do so…..only 2...

Jun 15, 20216 min read

Chapter 28 is officially over …….Hello, 29!

What a year it has been…. I heard somewhere that your birthday is like your own personal new year’s! You get to reflect over the last...

May 12, 20214 min read

Dating in a Pandemic…….story of my almost Valentine 🤣🥺

5 days before what was supposed to be my first romantic Valentine’s day and the dude bailed. Get your cups because this TEA is HOOOOT!...

Feb 12, 20215 min read

Year-end Reflections for 2020 a year like no other

It’s the last day of 2020, the year that showed me pepper, but also brought A LOT of sweetness by the end of it. I’ve been saying it all...

Dec 31, 20205 min read

Wow, the last couple of months though (Life update?)……..I have no clever heading....

I found myself feeling guilty about not posting on the blog in the last 2/3 months….. Lately, my mind has gone to the narrative of “Well...

Nov 20, 20205 min read

"A cup that is full overflows" _finding rest in the chaos.

I have a weird relationship with rest, I’m not sure how to do it and I think that is quite embarrassing. I understand it theoretically...

Aug 28, 20205 min read

The grass is brown! Well, maybe lime green….. Let’s talk about comparison culture why don’t we.

If we all checked our Instagram consumption, we will see that on average we are spending about 3-4 hours a day just scrolling through the...

Aug 13, 20205 min read

Managing all the hustles…….

It seems like each day is about 3 seconds long! I wake up, spend my quiet time with God and then its meeting after meeting, class project...

Jul 23, 20202 min read