Thursday, December 6, 2018

My 2018 profile:This is a small profile of this year about my details and my life goals

Name   : Adione Constance Mmesoma . H
Stage name  :Consy Adione
Sex  : Female
State   : Anambra State.
Country  : Nigeria.
Relationship Status  : In a relationship
Religion  : Christian
Denomination   :Roman Catholic
Career   : writer
Degree : B.sc Parasitology and Entomology 
Dress sense :Cooperate and more simple wears.
Likes  : sleeping, Reading and Writing, Watching Movies, Playing Music, Reflecting, Discussions (Gist) etc
Dislike   : Stress,  Insult and embrassment,Disappointment, False accusations, etc
My colours  : Royal blue, Black, Purple, White, Green.
My best Bible verse : Commit whatever you do to the Lord and he will establish your plans. Proverb 16:3
Achievements for 2018  :Discovered my writing career, DRIC Alumni Asst Secretary, NAPES Secretary and Having a personal blog.  
My short term goals: To be the first to buy my mom a nice car, To further my studies abroad on a scholarship, To be a bless to my family.
My long term goals  : To be successful in my career and in my profession,  To have a fulfilled relationship and finally To live a simple classy life with my own family.
I am grateful to God for bringing me this far and helping me achieve something this year. I pray that by God's grace I will achieve more 2019 in Jesus name Amen.
Google account  : Constance Adione
Instagram : Consy Adione
Snapchat  : Consy Adione
Facebook page  : Consy Adione, Constance Adione




Wednesday, November 21, 2018

How I started my writing career: This is a summarised story of how my calling found me.

Seriously, I don't even know where to start from. I don't know if am actually writing a story about myself or maybe I just want to express how I feel, but I shaa know that am writing. Am trying to pass a message across so i need to start from somewhere.
At first I wasn't really good at writing that's if am good now. I don't like writing to start with but I know am no longer the same, I have improved a lot more than before. My journey started way back after my secondary school days while waiting for admission into the high institution.

All of a sudden I got motivated during my prescience days in unizik after listening to a networking seminar about trying to make good use of our time and opportunity online as a youth. During my holidays that year 2016 after my prescience I started reading articles on how to make money online which I thought about and decided to be a writer.
Back then, I had a blog in mind but I didn't want to open a blog then get frustrated and discouraged along the line based on what I read, so I felt I wasn't ready for that. I wasn't sure of what I was doing and even if I should, I wouldn't like to start with a free blogging site so I could take it very serious tho I knew I had no money to do that. After much thought I said to myself let me try using Facebook page since is also free. You know, when It becomes successful I can invest in opening a website of my own. 

The next thing that came to my mind was what will the page be about and which name should i use for my Facebook page.
I began thinking, I didn't want to use my name, I wanted something different and unique. When I came up with the name  "Travel with current @consy adione" I thought of writing my inspiration behind the name which I wrote but didn't publish it because it was a small piece so I will use this opportunity to put it down here.

Writing the definition of "name" was the first thing I did, I wanted to refresh my memory and also the memory of my audience.
 Name is a word or set of words by which a person or thing is known, addressed or referred to. It also means the combination of words designed, distinguished or widely known to be spoken of in a particular context based on the intended meaning of the owner. When I read the second meaning, it gave me hope because I got what I wanted about being distinguished based on the intended meaning of the owner, I felt maybe I could write about what i meant on whatever name I finally decide on at least to satisfy peoples curiosity that will be wondering the meaning of the name and get their mind cleared.
I was going through my God's heart beat and came across a sentence that got me so I picked three words "Travel with current " from it. After a while I started thinking what those words meant and how it relates to what was doing and what if someone should ask me what's the meaning of travel with current, which means I should have something in mind to say. After much thinking I came up with the simple meaning " moving in a positive direction ".

Then I started writing a few articles which I posted on my page and I got few of my friends to like my page. I was reading an article on naiji.com one day and I saw a link for guest bloggers which i applied and sent some of my work for publication. I was really happy that I finally got a website that can help me publish my work tho I wanted a website that will be paying. I asked if I could be paid and they said it depends on how consistent I am with my work. Hmm, that was kind of discouraging to me, i was in hundred level that year and school was in session that period. It will be hard for me to meet up with time and be consistent as a newbie in writing. I decided to try and keep up somehow in anyway so my work could be published even if I don't get to be paid. Maybe I can find another website that will pay later. I had a friend who was into creative writing that i asked to help me find a website that pays for submitting article which he introduced me to the website he uses to submit his stories but then I was finding it difficult to sign up plus the too much terms and conditions that I didn't understand and my phone was having problems with other things involved. At a point, I got frustrated and felt like deleting everything and just be, especially when I was finding it difficult to get a website to publish my work after naiji.com stopped publishing my article when I took a break for some reasons.

Ever since i started  this writing career or hobby if i may call it, I write during my holidays to keep myself busy or maybe write when I feel like especially when am thinking about something on my mind. I thought of searching for another website again to publish my work since I still find my self writing least once in a while. 

Finally I found one that is free which i registered for ezine@rticles and sent five of my articles because they needed to review five works for starters in order to move to another level if any of the work is qualified for publication. For three months and few weeks I have been waiting till today to hear from them but I didn't get any message yet after sending messages three times about getting a feedback from them but nothing changed. At least, I was hoping to know if I did well or not but I don't why they are taking much time to review an article, than snubbing me like that. I felt really bad about that , after having the hope of starting somewhere and putting effort to improve better than I was.

Seriously, I felt like giving up  and stop stressing myself on something that won't work out after trying so hard for it as if it was my career tho my family and some of my friends knew about my writing and stuffs like that. Whenever I get a notification on Facebook from my page about posting something to engage with my audience, I will say to myself if only they know how confused and devastated I am that am finally ending my writings.  I couldn't  imagine achieving nothing after all the struggles that  I went through. I guess, that was the reason why I couldn't delete my page tho I knew I had no plans of making good out of it.
Sincerely, from the bottom of my heart am really grateful to God who brought me this far in my writing career. Later on, I thought about opening a personal blog which I can use as my journal to share ideas, adventures, experiences, updates, reviews, stories, videos and photos or something more to making a positive difference through my own views and influencing lives, that is being a model of my own. No matter how I think about it, I know there is improvement and change ever since I started writing. I have learnt a lot and more to learn. Not long, I realised that I have fallen in love with writing maybe that was why I couldn't give it up or should I say is my calling to be a writer. One thing leads to another, my quest for money made me discover my potential to be a writer which I never thought will be a talent after all the hindrances but by God's grace I was able to get here.

Circumstances of life can make us discover a lot of things which might not actually be talent. I want to encourage other people out there that we should always take the challenge and embrace the opportunity that life gives us. I know I wasn't able to detail this story,is just a summary of what happened. Honestly, to me writing goes a lot with many things, I see it as more of a research thing because of the reading, thinking and most of all, it makes me to kinda be conscious of my environment and people around me. It is a way of expressing ones thought and helps you let go of things. The more you get to write the better you become. I believe and I pray that I will really make good out of it. 

I would like to seek out your support on this journey. Don't forget to show me love by commenting and sharing this post to motivate someone else.




Monday, October 1, 2018

Sickness that comes slowly without being noticed.

You will be surprised to know the sickness am actually talking about because you won't expect what am referring to. I know right now you are thinking about a lot of  sickness in this world but you are going far.
Yes, I know the usual meaning that comes to mind when sickness is mentioned but am sorry to disappoint you cos am referring to BOREDOM.
Feeling tired and impatient because you have nothing to do kind of makes one feel sick, bored with or annoyed about something that has been happening for a long time and wanting it to stop. These things usually starts slowly without you even noticing until you get fed up.

 I think that is how I feel, yes am sick and tired of staying at home doing nothing. I was thinking that I will make good use if my holidays to achieve something better but I guess I did not. I just keep repeating things again and again like am moving in circles. I feel like am losing hope within me even when I have tried encouraging myself. My dear this life is not easy at all if you can feel it. I can only tell myself that there is always a story behind every successful man. All these my years of trying to become somebody successful are my years of experience and building my story to tell the world.

This long vacation is kind of worse for me, I can't believe this is really happening to me right now. I feel like crying but that's not the solution. Thinking about my life and how boring this Holiday is for me with nothing working out for me is making me feel a little depressed about my future. I still tell myself that God is in control but you know we are humans and won't cease to think about the future even when things are good.
Seriously, this long vacation made me to at least experience what is like to be bored. I used to say am bored or boredom has killed but it never did. Then I was just getting a tip of what is like and maybe am still getting a tip of it but being home alone is another side of it. Am so sick to death of all the things am used to doing at home, oh my God! I mean every single thing I do  no exception. You can imagining that to know how critical my case is and you can only understand if you have been in this situation before. I know someone might say am wired or maybe am not OK but am damn serious and I know that am not the only one out there in the world that have this experience.

Hmm, you might be wondering "ok don't you have siblings at all". Yes, of course I have siblings and I am the third child among five children in my family. Pause for awhile, I want to say something. To me and my one and only sister,wondering about something means going to wonder land with that funny face having your eyes looking upwards like this 😌tho it can also mean for us that you are saying rubbish(the emoji). I really miss her and her wahala πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰ sister like no other.
Let's continue but am tempted to ask where did I stop tho I is not necessary here. My siblings were usually around especially my sister but this time is just me,my brother and my parents at home but they leave every morning for work with my brother and come back in the evening making me stay alone during the day. Yea, I know you might be thinking is not home alone besides is not even a big deal because I still have people around but my dear you're not in my shoes to know how it feels like. This really got me to the point of getting lazy day by day. Let's say if my laziness was fifty percent, it has increased to seventy five percent if not more than. I feel like am in a small deadly dull town wandering around aimlessly. Nobody to talk to, nobody to annoy or will annoy me, nobody to laugh with or play with. Chia! πŸ™†Is this how boredom is, hmm I pity old people that stay alone at home especially in the village. No wonder they need people around, attention and care because boredom dey break bones oo. I could remember when my grandaunt was staying with us, she was always looking for things to say :get this, what's that , come close, where are you going, let me see or even tell you stories you are tired of listening to. Then we felt she was disturbing and looking for fault but I get it now. Lol, we miss those her drama now when we remember her.

Guess what came to my mind now, just imagined how housewives use to cope tho their condition might not be like mine but is similar or maybe worse than mine. Hmm, with this am really happy that I have experience or maybe have a feeling of what is like to be a housewife even tho am not. I swear that life is not funny at all and i don't wish any of my friend or my sister that because you will be getting lazy like I said before and things will seem a little difficult because you will get tired of the same routine everyday of your life, Ahh! Human no be machine naa, that you will program to do a particular thing.
Anyway, I think is rare these days to see a housewife with the way our economy is. Everyone is struggling hard to make it in life be it male or female so there is no room for housewife, that was then things were good.

Recently, I met one of my primary school friend that stays nearby which I usually goes to his place if am going somewhere and he sometimes comes to mine if he is that bored but it still doesn't help matters because everywhere is just dry and worse if there is no light. Something got me when I was discussing with him and he said "am tired of staying at home, I want to travel and go some where else". In my mind I laughed, so am not the only one that feel the same. The funny thing, is that I have said that a lot to him and each time I tell him that he will ask me" travel to where" and I will answer ,I don't know just want to change environment.
This made me realise that things keep changing no matter hard it is to believe. Enjoy every moment of your life because it may never come back.






Lol, I remembered the conversation I had with my course rep which I uploaded and I laughed at myself. Hei ya, am now feeling like is a punishment tho is still part of it shaa cos I don't like stressing myself.
Last last, I have to enjoy it is just a matter of time besides I will soon be going back to school.
This is all I can say about my boring holiday experience maybe might still add more if necessary.
One more thing, thinking of the title to give my story πŸ’­ . Thanks for reading πŸ˜‡πŸ˜‡, I will sort that myself.
I hope you found something interesting about this story,felt penning it down to share for people to read and you can also do same dear.
I want to send shout out to my wonderful and lovely family, my small world and my muse.
Bye for now.πŸ’ƒπŸ’ƒπŸ’ƒπŸ’ƒ
Kisses 😘
Love u all. 😍😍😍😍

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

4 Basic Tips To Improve Writing Skills.

Here am trying to explain how to improve and make your writing better but that doesn't mean that you must follow this pattern of writing for your article or speech to be good. Yes, you can create yours to be different and unique provided is nice and your audience like it then you're good to go. I called it basic tips to improve writing because they are the  important things we consider while writing that helps us make a good decision writing.

Tips To Improve Your Writing.

A writer is a person who uses written words in various styles and techniques to communicate ideas and to produce works of literature. Writers produce various forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels,short stories, poetry, plays, screenplay and essay as well as various reports and news articles that may be of interest to the public. Some writers may use images or multimedia to augment their writing. A writer can start by learning, sharing thoughts, ideas and links to information for reflection using online tools. One of the easiest way to sharing learning online is through discussion (comments).
As a writer I make use of Facebook and online journal. I feel that is the best platform I can use to reach people and share my ideas and thoughts.

Reflective learning journal is an online tool which can be used to think about ideas and record thoughts about learning. Reflection is really important in learning which helps the learner to understand what is being learnt using concise language for retention. A great way to discover and share relevant information online is to keep up to date with educational development and opportunities in your field of study and share information about your field of interest and start to follow people in the field that you find inspirational.
Reading about other writers is also necessary to help motivate you. Coleman (1997) said that a level of individual success at work was characterized by emotional intelligence or skills of social awareness and communication.
Below are factors to consider in formulating ideas and script to be crafted into written article.

Audience
Considering the age of your audience or readers will help you tailor the content and style of your article to their level of understanding and always present new information to get their attention. Know the kind of language that fits your audience and choose a fitting vocabulary for an effective communication. Invite questions, comments and respond to feedback.

Purpose
Define your purpose of writing, do you want to persuade, inform, instruct or entertain your audience. Then analyze your purpose, make it clear and precise to enable you choose a topic. Your purpose of writing will also help to choose your audience and the style of the article.

Subject
It requires choosing a topic or an idea that serves as a subject. When choosing a topic, you should at least pick something that you like or interested in to make it easier in generating ideas to write. Take your time to brainstorm and put down your ideas. Be detailed in your analysis because readers are keen about quality content which you have to clear their impression. Also research on the topic for backup in your points with facts.

Quality
The standard or degree of excellence in your writing should be high and the minimum words for an article is 350 words which you should observe. Try to organize your writing in an orderly manner for it to be clear and concise. Elaborate more on the important points listed. Rewrite your script to ensure correct spelling grammar and other mistakes. Then read it out loud to make sure it sounds natural and for a better review.

I hope it helped in what you're looking for. There is a lot to learn visit my website http://travelwithcurrent.blogspot.com for more information and articles. You can also like, follow and share my post on my Facebook page travel with current @consy adione.

Monday, September 10, 2018

6 Simple Reading Strategies For Students.

I must say that reading is something we do in our everyday life whether you are a student or in the labour force. You will observe that a day can't pass without you reading something which must not necessary be a book. Example it can be a bill board on the road, a message in your phone, a newspaper, an advert on TV etc. We do these things at easy on our own comfort without any difficulties but as a student there is a lot more than that. Reading as a student requires self discipline and determination to make efforts to achieve your goal. In this article is the six simple reading strategies for students that will help to guide you.

In school, students need to learn and remember facts in order to reason and understand them. Students in the course of their development learn several skills as assessing themselves to see if they are understanding, and working out how much time they will need to study something to enable them choose an effective plan of attack to study or solve problems. A student, involves his/her capabilities, knowledge and experiences in the act of reading and for him/her to comprehend what is being read. The following are Strategies used for effective reading.

Motivation
Motivation is one of the most prerequisite for learning. A student must have either an interest or a reason why he /she wants to read. it is this motivation that will serve as the driving force that fuels his/her intentions to read and comprehend it also helps the student to concentrate and will retain the interest of the student. Teachers need to know ways and means of encouraging students learning and ways of motivating them. However, students differ so much in what will motivate them.

Goal setting
Before setting your goal, you need to ask yourself some questions. Why do I want to read? Is it for fun, Is it because my teacher asked me to do so, Is it because am bored, Is it because I want to gain knowledge or to pass an exam etc depending on whatever it is. Your purpose for reading helps you to determine a reading schedule and how serious you will take it. This way a student can learn to read faster and also develop a reading culture. Most students without a reading culture have ended up performing poorly in their examination. It takes discipline and determination to develop a reading culture and also to focus on your goal.

Conducive environment
Find a conducive environment that suits you when reading to avoid distractions so you can take your time and feel relaxed to observe carefully the points that can help you understand what you are reading. Your environment or what happened in your environment while reading can also help to recall what you read when you remember it tho it doesn't work for everyone.

Areas of interest
This question"where do I begin" is always in mind when you want to read a book especially if you don't have any topic in mind. You don't have to read a book straight starting from page one. Start anywhere or begin with a familiar topic or interesting part of the book to avoid boredom and lack of interest to enable you achieve the goal of reading. This will help you keep the zeal burning to finish that particular book.

Visualization
Try to pause for a while and interpret what the passage is all about by asking yourself a few questions like how, why, when and what does the writer mean if necessary. This requires imagination to help you visualize your reading using visual imagery to picture whatever you have read. Applying the meaning to teal life situations can also help to understand and realize some other things you didn't notice at the beginning.

Memorization
This requires frequent assessment and practice to enable you to remember what has been read. You can also write a summary of what you read in your own words and try to teach other people to help you commit what you have read to memory, Which is when the information read is transferred from short term memory to long term memory.

All these points listed might not work for everyone especially if you have tried it but sincerely it affects everyone as a student in one way or the other if you have noticed. The only thing I can say is, self discipline is very necessary to achieve your goal if you are really determined to make it.


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