I watched my best friend drown. I could have called the lifeguards or tried at least to enter the shallow water. But I have seen how drowning could reveal
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Life and Transitions I have Made in Five Years
Let me tell you about my life 5 years ago. The picture below shows a brown faded shirt I bought as an undergraduate.
9 Rules to follow when you are underpaid and overworked!
Most people pay for sex what they will never pay for real hard work. It’s not news that a lot of young people are underpaid and overworked. I don’t know if this applies outside Nigeria but you would see a lot…
Our Undeserved Righteousness: An encounter with S’fico Ncwane
This morning I stumbled on comments under a song I have had on repeat for close to a week. S’fico Ncwane’s “Hallelujah” song has held me spellbound for days. I keep repeating this song. I hardly understand a quarter of…
Immortality: The Year I worked in the House of Death
It was a good morning sometime in 2016, one of my aunties had passed. The angel of death took her. I was living with my brother and working freelance as an Estate Agent. My Dad called to break the sad…
Why Pastors Show Up to Life Every Sunday, We all have our reasons.
Pastors like you and I, they show up to life for several reasons, we all have our reasons. We all know why we step out of our beds, into the bath and out of our doors. What happens when you…
What’s it like to be a freelance writer? You don’t wanna know.
#FreelanceStruggles Anybody who is in freelance work, especially artistically, knows that it comes with all the insecurity and the ups and downs. It’s a really frightening life. Alessandro Nivola I have this discomfort in the pit of my belly,…
Organizing my room is usually therapeutic; Improving freelance experience from within.
A recent post on this blog about freelance struggles inspired this one. Organizing your room and eliminating clutter could be truly therapeutic and relaxing. We all hate clutter! It seems to dampen productivity more than we think and this is not a…
Owning your story and staying true to your journey
There is usually that phase in our careers, lives, relationships that we are not proud of. Sometimes it is plagued with moving from person to person and comparing with their lives and journeys, incessantly wishing it was ours. Not only…
Forget Love, You are just not enough for her.
I read a lot of articles these days, especially from thought catalog. Forget this love thing, most relationships function on brain work rather than abstract ideals that these relationship bloggers talk about. Those guys do well but mehhnn, they have…
10 Life Lessons from a Spectacular Friend named “Jadams”
Jadams is the short form for Joshua Adama, he is not the average kind of guy. I hardly remember all the events that made me admire him but the most important thing were the life savers he threw around without…
Wraps of Grass: Life is who you are when you are naked.
The Sun was high, just hot enough to bake the tears and sand on his face. The wraps of grass: his only shade from the heat was withering instantly. A few minutes ago, Bayo thought the worst had happened. His…
Marriage is About Love and Pain, Choose Love. – Mariah Valerie
There are so many couples who would rather torture themselves by reliving hurts than being in love. Conflicts are bound to arise in a marriage: some may be forgivable, others may not be so easy to forgive. But for…