This year was a blur. I mean there were times when the lens of life stayed focused, a few clear moments, but mostly blurry. It felt like living a season two of the previous year I didn’t audition for. One minute, we’re grasping freedom, the next, you realise that it is only a thing of perspective. […]
Each year, with every passing season (especially the cold ones), I begin to dread the transition. I find myself holding on to the past one while I witness nature move in constant motion. It’s a must, and it’s not surprising. It is us who gets surprised by it. That’s the thing we humans do; we […]
We (all) have a fundamental need to be seen. It is human nature to desire being appreciated. Whether we acknowledge it or not, this desire can be seen or felt and in the many ways we try to express ourselves. Either through our work, relationship or interaction. And it may seem as if we’re failing […]
At the beginning of the year, I wrote a post about contentment and how the holidays turned out to be different than our usual tradition. Little did I know of the many changes to come. Here we are eleven months mater, a pandemic survival with no plans of preparing that Nigerian jollof rice, fried chicken, […]
I recently talked with a friend who mentioned that self-care is a word that has been thrown around loosely. I would agree to an extent that at the mention of self-care, one can easily picture a long visit to a spa, dressed in a white robe with a glass of champagne or laying in a […]
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” Mark Twain It is strange how over the years, one’s identity can shift, remain stagnant, or evolve as a result of many factors; one of which is choice. Most times, the choices and decisions we make are our way of […]
As opposed to a plain how are you? I’ve resorted to asking: How have you been feeling lately? And if you’re really close or depending on the window of opportunity that presents itself, I go a step further to ask: how are you really really feeling? In a bid to give ample room for detailed expression. I do this because […]
I woke up from a nap. My son had fallen asleep on my chest while I caught up with a series on Netflix, but later joined him. At times like this, when plans of being productive fails; I surrender. I’m learning to acquiesce to the disorganisation of some days. Long stretched hours of doing everything […]
It’s no longer news that the world is affected by a pandemic. Fear, confusion and panic has since become the order of the day as a result of the immediate shut-down of schools, daycares and some offices. Social distancing has become mandatory; tension is rising between couples and among family members; parents whose safe place […]
“Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is rather than as it should be.” Wayne dyer On New Year’s Eve, I found myself obsessing over old tradition—the one where we open our list from the year’s onset to cross out those achieved, write new ones only to put them […]
