The Power of Trying: Silencing Bruno

Ever wanted to try something new with so much zest but something persistent keeps telling you not to? If yes, that's fragile Bruno!🤣 But why is his name Bruno? I just can't tell😅

I've learned to silence 'Bruno' in my head and I'm discovering new things. Let me share one experience with you.

You see that design on the wall of the photo above? I created it and from no previous experience at all----all because I silenced Bruno in my head😀. That voice that keeps whispering, "Jane, don't do it", "Aldo, you can't do it", "Fred,it will end in shame" is what I call Bruno. You get the point now? So back to my story.

I had just graduated from college and was happy to get a job and leave home. I was all happy because that is the expected sequence of things in the community where I was born. One is expected to live with one's parents, go to high school, move to college, graduate, get a job, move away from parents' house and get married as soon as possible. And that was just how my sequence ran. But before long, my excitement about moving away from home took a downward spiral 😥 Why? I'll tell you.

I had just got a job in another state upon graduation. It was the week before I began the job. I had quickly rented an accommodation and packed in on same weekend. But guess what? It was an empty room, just me and the few things I travelled down with. Depression started taking a step towards me 😔

With little money to take care of my needs before my first salary arrived, I felt helpless and discouraged. However, one morning, I woke up with the idea of casting my bucket just where I'm standing in the stream. By that I mean starting with just what I had at the moment. I jumped up to action but hey, 'Bruno' was watching all that while.

It came and whispered, "Don't even try it, it will end in premium shame." I felt cold on my feet😔. But on a second thought, I decided to pay Bruno no mind anymore. So I went ahead. I had some coloured papers I had gathered from somewhere sometime ago. I got a pair of scissors and just started cutting ❤️ shape on them. In a giffy, I had some designs in hand.

But the problem was what to do with them. Something just told me to decorate my walls with them. I set out to get an adhesive for that and just then, I felt I should write on each piece before sticking it to the wall and that I did.

I wrote all forms of self motivation that could run into my head that moment and I stuck each piece close to the other. I had a Frozen design somewhere in my bag. I quickly traced it out an crowned my ❤️ shaped designs with it. Boom! I had a beautiful design just beside my bed! Just like that! At that moment, my confidence quickly wore a tuxedo suit🤣🤣

From that day onwards, bad Bruno avoided me and I just couldn't stop till I had just enough designs of my own in that room.😜

And I went on and on to decorate and organize my little room myself.
You just can't go wrong with a little trying of hands on something good, with Bruno out of your head of course 😀