The Hidden Power of Doing Everything (And Why Should Embrace It)

My life path has not gone as most do. I’m still learning to accept it. So many long held dreams, long prayed over I have had to say goodbye to. But I have said welcome to some new dreams as well. I’m not going into specifics, not because you don’t deserve it, but because this is still hard for me, in some ways.

Plus, when you’re manifesting something, you should not tell everyone about it. Not just because too many people knowing is not ideal, but because telling everyone about your plans, makes you think you have achieved it, or started to. And I have not achieved a lot of it.

But here’s something I’ve come to believe: There is hidden power in doing everything.

We live in a world that tells us to pick one thing. Focus. Find your one true calling. Be known for this. And while I understand the logic—it’s cleaner, neater, and certainly more marketable—I also think that advice is a little trite, especially in today’s world. Especially for people like me, who are extremely creative. People like you, maybe. People who feel pulled in ten different directions, who have to grieve dreams while still chasing new ones, who can’t always afford to specialize because life demands that we be more.

Intermission: I am from Nigeria, and so are some of you and as a result, I understand how grievous the damage being done to Nigeria by the government we have now, in 2025, is, and so should you. It’s criminal that a “65 year old adult” (Nigeria), an elder in many other places has to lose its children to insecurity, weaponized poverty (because poverty is a serious crime), emigration. It’s like since this government stole the election (you know they did, you know), we’ve been recording loss of life even more than countries at active war.

I can’t do very much about it if I want to be and remain a law abiding citizen, and neither can you unless you’re in the inner APC caucus, but what I do, everyday, sometimes 2x a day, when I notice the time 2:34, I stop whatever I’m doing and pray for Nigeria. Pour out my heart to God (or whatever deity you prefer). I would like you to join me. Please. (+234 is the country code of Nigeria for anyone who is wondering why I chose that time.)

And doing more, sometimes doing everything, isn’t a weakness. It can be a superpower.

I’ve been the person who prayed for one thing and had to work toward another. I’ve learned skills that I didn’t think I’d ever need—sometimes out of passion, but sometimes out of necessity. I’ve worn many hats. And it’s easy to feel like a failure for not having a clear title or one shining goal. But here’s what I’ve learned through it all: adaptability is divine. It’s sacred. It’s a form of resilience that keeps you afloat when nothing else makes sense.

Doing everything teaches you how to survive. But more than that, it teaches you how to listen to your own soul. When you give yourself permission to write and paint and freelance and knit or crochet and parent your inner child and rest and create content and try again—you realize that your identity was never meant to be small enough to fit into one box anyway.

It’s okay if your dreams have changed. It’s okay if you haven’t figured it all out yet. There is grace for those of us still learning what this season of life is asking of us.

So no, I haven’t “arrived.” But I’ve grown. I’ve learned. I’ve discovered new muscles in my spirit. And I’m showing up every day, sometimes tired, sometimes afraid, but still showing up.

If you’re in that place too—between dreams, between roles, between clarity and confusion—let me tell you something: you are not behind. You are not scattered. You are not failing.

You are unfolding.

And in that messy, brave unfolding, there is hidden power. There is God’s hand. There is transformation.

Do everything, if you must. Wear all the hats. Let it all stretch you, shape you, heal you. And when the time comes, those pieces will come together into something even more beautiful than you imagined.