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!

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

Ibiyemi Balogun

Mar 13
6 min

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...

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

Ibiyemi Balogun

Dec 29, 2022
6 min

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...

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

Ibiyemi Balogun

Jul 4, 2022
5 min

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...

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

Ibiyemi Balogun

Jun 16, 2022
6 min

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...

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

Ibiyemi Balogun

Dec 31, 2021
5 min

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...

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

Ibiyemi Balogun

Jun 15, 2021
6 min

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...

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

Ibiyemi Balogun

May 12, 2021
4 min

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...

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

Ibiyemi Balogun

Feb 12, 2021
5 min

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!...

Year-end Reflections for 2020 a year like no other

Ibiyemi Balogun

Dec 31, 2020
5 min

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...

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

Ibiyemi Balogun

Nov 20, 2020
5 min

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...