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, […]
Random
Reading time: 4 minutes I am currently on an over 200-day streak on Duolingo. I have been taking Spanish lessons on the Duolingo app, albeit unreligiously, for the last 235 days. While I am not nearly as fluent in Spanish as much as I aim for, the truth is that I am not clueless either. Disculpe, por favor. Gracias […]
Think Pieces
Reading time: 4 minutes I chuckled to myself as I came up with Multiverses, which may seem to many readers of this blog as the most ridiculous theme to write about. Partly because I am fully aware that some people would take one look at this title and stop reading. But then I asked myself why should that stop […]
Think Pieces
Reading time: 3 minutes I fear that my future home will be full of books that I may never use. I currently have 7 writing journals, 5 of which are for performative purposes. I’m the type of person that thinks things like, “Oh, look at me! I love to write! writing is my outlet! yada yada yada.” I’m such […]
Stories
Reading time: 4 minutes In this episode, I speak with Yetunde, a vibrant 26-year old lady who lives and works in the city of Lagos, Nigeria where she bares it all about the first time she came face to face with rejection as a grown up. In this emotional piece, she talks about her struggles with self doubt, battles […]