Life

Tutorial hell: what does it look like?

Reading time: 3 minutes You’re never ready for what you have to do. You just do it. That makes you ready. – Flora Rheta Screiber I’ve been stuck in what they refer to as a tutorial hell for about a month. It’s when you can’t seem to get past the schooling phase of your learning journey. I haven’t always […]

Poetry

Halfway & Other poems

Reading time: < 1 minute Long time, no poetry! I was going through my old posts and I realized I hadn’t posted any poem in years. Can we imagine that?! Anyway, I decided then and there that I was going to switch it up for a minute. So, here are three poems that I’m sharing with you. I wrote Halfway […]

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Life

Embracing the freedom of multifacetedness

Reading time: 4 minutes Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.) -Walt Whitman When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a pilot. To be fair, my parents wanted me to be one. If you ask me, I didn’t even know what pilots did then. I was perfectly […]

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Life

On Friendships: Lessons from my Adaobis

Reading time: 4 minutes Everyone is my teacher. Some I seek. Some I subconsciously attract. Often I learn simply by observing others. Some may be completely unaware that I’m learning from them, yet I bow deeply in gratitude. -Eric Allen More than half of my closest friends are first-born daughters. I call them my Adaobis (only in my head, […]

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Life

Now you see me again.

Reading time: 2 minutes In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you. -Leo Tolstoy If you’ve been wondering where I’ve been, it’s in hibernation. Sometimes, it’s what your mind needs. Going through a period of fallow where you don’t get up to much, and simply exist. After all, nature does it too. It […]