2012.

Of Joy.

Ayo graduated.

Shalewa got married.

The viral "Happy Anniversary, Etisalat" poster

Quite a number of encouraging and inspiring emails

Helped someone land a job.

Helped someone get a scholarship.

Daring the devil in some really crazy ways and enjoying the outcome.

Of Toys.

Kindle Fire

MacBook Pro 15"

iPhone 5

Of (awesome) Apps.

Flipboard

Pocket

TED

Google Drive

Fancy

Instagram

Of Events.

Being a best man

Being a groom's man

Getting worried about mum's health

Properly ridiculing a police officer for his indiscretion.

Of low Moments.

Not making it to the two major events I had hoped to attend outside the country.

Facing some unscrupulous clients in which it took me a lot of restraints not to hurt their feelings in a way I'm capable of, and especially because someone's intimate relationship was at stake. And so, I had to take in some crass comments about my person. (Tolerance is a virtue).

A tiff at work (a certain Tunde, amidst other skirmishes, threw at me the most laughable jab that my angst is because I "wasn't promoted." This will still play out unless... !). Even worse was the most unnecessary & stupid apology I was compelled to make.

Of a generational issue that manifested in form of an MD who, being ignorant of what "epic sh*t" means, embarrassed me. (I was only propping up a team).

Finding out that a supposed close friend has a shady history with those I've once and I'm intimate with.

Every time I was in Lagos traffic!

Of People.

My siblings, Solape, Segun Oladiran, #TeamKwirkly, SOJ, Olumide Abimbola, Benson Eluma, Gbola Adiamoh, Pius Ojemen, John Ajayi, Lanre Okunola, Tunde Dosekun, Chike, Buki Bassey, Naomi Lucas, Celine, Kome, Blessing, Taiwo Badejo, Opabisi Oluwaseun, Collyde, Ope Aikomo, Ivan Raszl, Waldemar, Sebastian Jerez, Peter Fogtdal, Sunkanmi, Dr. Abiri, Nadine Nedrebö, Funmilola Akinòsì, Olushola Aromokun, Tony Hertz, Jacquie N Kariuki, The Lumors, The Oderindes, The Odeniyis, Tosan, Funmi Ibiyode, Wunmi, Laide Olabode "exschoolnerd", Funmibi, Bajo Dada and Ify, Ohimai, Sam Adeoye, Opabisi Oluwaseun, Tolu Agunbiade, Dr. Olaniyi Owoeye, Omokeri, Seyi Owolawi, Ayeni Thegreat, Jesse Oguntimehin, Bibhuti, Usher (the electrician), Kenny (the driver). And of course, Oluwababy and Homer Simpson.

Of Inspiration

(PS: Not exhaustive)

Paul Graham, Aaron Levie, Andrew Sullivan, Ezra Klein, Ajaz Ahmed, Carl Johnson, Salman Khan, Susan Cain, Chris Anderson, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Ken Robinson, Ji Lee, Simon Veksner, Scott Goodson, Scott Belsky, Seth Godin, Chris Guillebeau, Jeff Goodby, Steven Johnson, Jonah Lehrer, Jason Fried, Tunde Bakare, Rei Inamoto, Lee Clow, Salman Rushdie, Eric Schmidt, Andrew Keller, Maria Popova, Nicholas Kristof, Pete Cashmore, Andy Borowitz, Seth Macfarlane, Alex Bogusky

Of Books

(PS: Each book is linked to its Amazon page. They're all highly recommended. The list excludes some that I borrowed and I can't remember. I quite invested in books. These are the ones I've read. I know someone will ask why the books are particularly non-literary)

"Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd" by Youngme Moon.

"The Wit and Humour of America, Volume 1"

"Velocity" by Ajaz Amed & Stefan Olander

"7 Dirty Words: The Life and Crimes of George Carlin" by James Sullivan.

"Leeclowsbeard"

"The most hilarious quips and one-line liners... "

"Mortality" by Christopher Hitchens

"Hearts, Smarts, Guts and Luck" by Anthony K. Tjan, Richard J. Harrington, Tsun-Yan Hsieh

"Start-Up Nation: The Story of Isreal's Economic Miracle" by Dan Senor & Saul Singer

"Steal Like An Artist" by Austin Kleon

"Lying" by Sam Harris

"The New Small" by Phil Simon

"Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" by Susan Cain

"Tribes" Seth Godin

"Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite" Paul Arden

All the Wired, FastCompany, RollingStone, Monocles I bought as well as magazine apps on the phone.

Hi 2013, let's get better.

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