But before I tell you how it has helped me, let me first give you a little back story 😉

You already know I like explaining how everything started so you people will understand me properly.

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When I entered university in 2023, I used to see people jogging around school almost every morning, especially on Saturdays. At first, I never paid attention to it. I would just look at them and continue my life 😅

But after I moved out of the hostel, something changed. I started developing interest in it. I wanted to start jogging too.

In fact, I planned to start in 2024.

Did I start?

No 😭

I even tried to convince a few females from one of the groups I joined to form a jogging team so we could motivate ourselves and go together every Saturday morning. Everybody agreed with excitement.

But as usual, nothing happened 🤦‍♀️

Now some people might ask, “Why didn’t you just go alone?”

My dear, if you know me physically, you will understand my problem 😭

I am a very shy person offline 🙈, very introverted, very reserved. Forget this online version of me that talks too much and writes long stories 😂. In real life, entering a crowd alone feels like a big mission impossible for me.

So the idea of waking up one Saturday morning and going jogging alone around school? Ah. My body rejected it instantly 😭

That was how I kept procrastinating.

2023 passed.

2024 passed.

2025 passed.

The jogging dream was still sitting comfortably inside my head 😭

Then one Friday evening, April this year, one of my new lodge mates dropped a message in our group asking if anyone was interested in jogging the next morning.

Immediately, I entered his DM 😭

I explained my whole life story to him. I told him I had always wanted to start jogging, but I never had anyone to go with.

That guy tried ooo 😭

For one whole week, he kept encouraging me and asking, “Are you joining tomorrow?”

And every single time, I came prepared with fresh excuses 😭

One day it was “I did not sleep early, so I didn't wake up early.”

Another day it was “The weather is somehow.”

Another day it became “I am not mentally ready” 😂

Until one Saturday, he practically dragged me outside.

What helped me that period was that school was on holiday, so the environment was less crowded. Plus, I had been indoors for too long. Morning till night, Monday to Sunday, always inside my room and pressing phone 😭

So I finally decided to go, just to do away with boredom.  

My people…

That first day of jogging, e sweet me oo, I no go lie 😭😂

But let me not make this post too long before some of you start running away from my story 😂

Do you want me to continue and tell you what happened on my first day of jogging and how I truly felt afterward?

If yes, let me know in the comments so I can continue from where I stopped ☺️