Clocks/Watches: on Consistency

I didn't have any idea of what to write because it is one of those days when I am in my feels and also not feeling up to it. I feel a little bit sad because it's an estranged friend's birthday and as much as I would want to wish them a happy birthday (probably send a gift), I am not quite sure of the reaction. It's also quite interesting because we have two different ideas/views of what the cause of the issue is and at this point 🤷🤷🤷. (Happy birthday to you)

But while contemplating on whether to write or not, I thought about the need for my resolve for this blog - making sure that no 2 days go by without my writing something. This is considering different things happen during the course of my day and it's worth reflecting and sharing in a place that's much saner than Twitter (now X) - here. In the moment , the word consistency popped in my head and I was wondering what I'd consider to be the most consistent thing from my everyday life and my answer was a clock. 

I use a Withings steel HR health watch and it's one of my favourite gadgets I've gotten myself over the last 4 years. Beyond my love for the sleek, minimalist and functional design, I love that clocks/watches are very consistent. Have you ever thought of this?

Someone said "Even a broken clock  is correct twice in a day" and even though it was a joke, I found it interesting because it's true and for a clock it does not matter the number of cycles the seconds, minutes or hours hand have made, it just continues to work. So far there is battery and everything mechanical is fine, it keeps working. 

Beyond the fact that a clock works, I also love that fact that we can trust what it tells us when we check the time. In this moment, I think that is the level of consistency I want - showing up with accuracy such that people and businesses can trust me. 

There is very minimal value to a clock however consistent if the time it is wrong. 3 core factors that could be responsible for this: dead battery, mechanical fault or wrong setting. 

For this blog post, I didn't want to write just anything else, I would have posted the lyrics of my favorite song at the moment (So  Much to Say by Ademola Eleyin Makinde). I wanted to share something quite interesting and the summary is that, there is much more to being consistent, you can also be excellent.

Be consistently adding value!

God loves you!