<p>The rain drizzles. Somewhere not so distant, a frog decides to harmonize.</p><p><br/></p><p>Me: We have another national crisis.</p><p><br/></p><p>You: Again?</p><p><br/></p><p>Me: Worse than Food Wahala.</p><p><br/></p><p>You: Impossible!</p><p><br/></p><p>Me: There should be professional sleep supervisors.</p><p><br/></p><p>You: (excitedly yet reluctantly) I'm sat.</p><p><br/></p><p>Me: So… you know how sleep becomes tempting when you need to stay awake?</p><p><br/></p><p>You: (side eyeing) Yes…</p><p><br/></p><p>Me: Good. Let me gist you.</p><p><br/></p><p>You: (sigh) Okay.</p><p><br/></p><p>Me: So, there was a time I had something important to do… You know I don't take coffee to stay awake; it quickens the pace at which I doze off.</p><p><br/></p><p>Me (again): I was in my room, everything was going smoothly, and then a yawn snatched itself from my lips. Just one small yawn o.</p><p><br/></p><p>You: Tracy…</p><p><br/></p><p>Me: Wait first.</p><p><br/></p><p>You: Let me guess, later two more snatched themselves…</p><p><br/></p><p>Me: How did you know?</p><p><br/></p><p>You: So, why were you on the bed?</p><p><br/></p><p>Me: To think.</p><p><br/></p><p>You: You were thinking horizontally???</p><p><br/></p><p>Me: It was supposed to be 5 minutes!</p><p><br/></p><p>You: Nigerian time?</p><p><br/></p><p>Me: 😒 Anyway, two yawns became three and suddenly the bed looked more comfortable than the chair.</p><p><br/></p><p>I just wanted to test that theory. Daz all!</p><p><br/></p><p>You: Everyone knows you don't handle important stuff on your bed! So, what happened?</p><p><br/></p><p>Me: You didn't tell me!! (Side eyeing.) After that, I decided to rest for 2 minutes... or maybe 5.</p><p><br/></p><p>Later, I woke up confused, dehydrated and somehow it's tomorrow.</p><p><br/></p><p>You: (silent)</p><p><br/></p><p>Me: I promise it was only supposed to be 5 minutes. I just wanted to test a theory o.</p><p><br/></p><p>You: As per scientist nau.</p><p><br/></p><p>Me: I slept for 5 business hours. I didn't know my brain chose a different subscription.</p><p><br/></p><p>You: So what about the important stuff?</p><p><br/></p><p>Me: What important stuff? (Yawning and stretching.)</p><p><br/></p><p>You: 😒</p><p><br/></p><p>Me to you: Please don't be tired of me. I just need to rest for 5 minutes…</p><p><br/></p><p>Honestly ehn, my bed is an instigator. At this point, I'm a prisoner. Please tell me I'm not alone.</p><p><br/></p><p>Have you noticed that the bed becomes softer and colder the moment you have something important to do? Especially when you ought to be awake.</p><p><br/></p><p>Before I know it, I wake up the next day with a map on my face, red eyes, thirsty, and no idea where I am.</p><p><br/></p><p>But the moment it's actually bedtime, my brain opens a file labelled "Embarrassing Things You Did in 2016."</p><p><br/></p><p>Subtitle: "Things We'd Like to Discuss at 12:00 a.m."</p><p><br/></p><p>Now I can't sleep.</p><p><br/></p><p>Kindly share your thoughts and tell me if you can relate.</p><p><br/></p><p>P.S. Welcome to Tracy's Two Cents, where I share relatable things through my lens. This is episode 2.</p>
At the end of the month, we give out prizes in 3 categories: Best Content, Top Engagers and
Most Engaged Content.
Best Content
Top Engagers
Most Engaged Content
Best Content
We give out cash prizes to between 7 and 20 community members with the best insights in the past month.
The winners are picked by an in-house selection process.
The winners are NOT picked from the leaderboards/rankings, we choose winners based on the quality, originality
and insightfulness of their content.
Here are a few other things to know for the Best Content track
1
Quality over Quantity — You stand a higher chance of winning by publishing a few really good insights across the entire month,
rather than a lot of low-quality, spammy posts.
2
Share original, authentic, and engaging content that clearly reflects your voice, thoughts, and opinions.
3
Avoid using AI to generate content—use it instead to correct grammar, improve flow, enhance structure, and boost clarity.
4
Explore audio content—high-quality audio insights can significantly boost your chances of standing out.
5
Use eye-catching cover images—if your content doesn't attract attention, it's less likely to be read or engaged with.
6
Share your content in your social circles to build engagement around it.
Top Engagers
For the Top Engagers Track, we award the top 3 people who engage the most with other user's content via
comments.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Engagers" tab on the rankings page.
Most Engaged Content
The Most Engaged Content recognizes users whose content received the most engagement during the month.
We pick the top 3.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Contributors" tab on the rankings page.
Contributor Rankings
The Rankings/Leaderboard shows the Top 20 contributors and engagers on TwoCents a monthly and all-time basis
— as well as the most active colleges (users attending/that attended those colleges)
The all-time contributors ranking is based on the Contributor Score, which is a measure of all the engagement and exposure a contributor's content receives.
The monthly contributors ranking tracks performance of a user's insights for the current month. The monthly and all-time scores are calcuated DIFFERENTLY.
This page also shows the top engagers on an all-time & monthly basis.
Below is a list of badges on TwoCents and their designations.
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