Media personality Chude Jideonwo has revealed how journaling helped him make major life decisions, including writing his will at 30 or 31 and choosing not to have children.
Speaking on the Beyond With Ezinne podcast, Chude said he began writing down his thoughts in 2015, examining his desires, insecurities and fears.
“So in 2015, I journaled like a mad person. What do I love? Who do I love? How do I like to be loved? What am I insecure about? You know, I wrote down, what am I afraid of? I wrote down the six things I’m afraid of. And I thought, what is the worst that will happen if these things happen?”
He explained that facing his fear of death pushed him to prepare for the future by making plans to care for his mother and support an NGO he contributes to.
“I wrote my will in 2015 or 2016, when I was 30, 31. Because I’m like, when I talk about what’s the worst that will happen if I die? And I thought, okay, I need to take care of my mother. I need to take care of the NGO that I contribute to.”
Chude also said self-reflection influenced his decision to leave his role as CEO of RED and stop working with Nigerian politicians, despite the money involved.
“I love RED from the bottom of my heart, but PR is not what I want to do every day,” he said, adding that walking away meant losing the chance to make more money.
He said journaling also helped him realise he did not want children, despite being an only child who deeply loves his mother.
“So I wrote down, who do I want to get married to? Do I want to get married? That’s when I realized that I didn’t want to have children. It’s a big thing to realize as a human being. Yeah. To realize as an only child. Of a mother that I love dearly, and who I want to do everything for,” he said.
