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My Favorite lists of 2022

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A picture of me to spice things up Like Barack Obama, I want to start making a list of my favorite things by the end of the year. Asides from the fact it makes me feel like I didn't spend the year playing around, it’ll allow me to look forward to something by the end of the year, and by that i’d want to do my favorite things so I can feed the internet back. While stating out the list, i’d drop a comment in a single sentence on how I feel about each. To start with, i’d start with a list of my favorite books for the year. For all the time by Shana Miles - Lost between crying and been smitten Love in Colour by Bolu Balalola - Best Afrocentric ever Professional troublemaker by Luvvie Ajayi James - Luvvie sat down to talk to me in Guise of a book. Everything I never told - Feelings too raw, eyes too sour. Travelers by Helon Habila - Refugees life matters. The secret Life of Baba Segi’s wife by Lola Shonein - Women are not good people. Things I wish I knew this earlier by Toni Tones - No...
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An Ode to 2022: A 2020 in disguise

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Beautiful dawn picture from pinterest   Life can be so funny at times, we fall in love with things we used to hate and find ourselves being drawn to things we normally wouldn't  go near.   Life just takes us through a lot of unexpected paths. If there is a major lesson for me this year, it's to stop talking down on things that do not affect me or anyone else and to stop the saying ‘Can never be me’  In the last one year, everything I was ever sacred of happened, and the truth is people don't really care neither do life does. Moreover, I am learning to stop hating or complaining about adult wishes, wherever lies your happiness, go there pls. The word is going to adjust. While I have always created a form of happiness to keep me alive in periods like this from the past years and without any of that this year, I can say that while I write this; if not in its entirety, I feel something close to real happiness, I feel at peace with myself and although I am not where I wan...
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Goodbyes are the hardest

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Knowing when to say goodbye is difficult. But sometimes, it's necessary. Hi, Besties. How are you? I hope you are taking it easy. I hope you recognize what you do. Even whence it's in tiny steps, you show up for yourself every day... That tells you you are doing great. Have you said goodbye to anyone recently? Wether audible or not; chanced or not. Have you? There is a saying that every departure is like death; every return a rebirth.  We would all see with me that most changes happen unplanned and they always leave scar(s) in one way or the other. Literally speaking, there are two ways or factors in which one can lose a dear one; either to life or to death. Although I still can't figure out which is more preferable. But, if I may ask you, would you rather lose loved ones to life or death? However, due to the current trend in the society today, a new factor has been identified. We sometimes don't lose them to any of the above mentioned. Rather; we lo...
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On restarting journeys...

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Hello readers, I hope you are in the best state of mind today? I have recently been doing a lot of new things. Well, not new things per se. Some are things I have always been doing. But this time; differently. Moving on, I've been mending rules, looking for new ways to do things, new approach to the situations life is placing on my palms, and restarting journeys. Although, I am not transitioning into a new career. You already know I won't go into details but I deep-dived into it and I figured it takes a lot of courage and sacrifices to restart a journey and above all it is very very hard and tiring. This is why I am dedicating this to everyone transitioning to new careers, starting a new relationship, moving past pasts, trying to get healing, venturing into a new business. Shout out to everyone basically starting to do things differently; embarking on journeys they have never been through. Know that every effort you put is reflecting and the people can see. The chee...
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Recipe for tough times

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Hello fam! glad you are reading from me again. In all honesty, how are you? and how's life? You know I've been thinking a lot these days... To be candid, I have actually been overthinking. One moment, I am busy. The next, I am thinking about everything and then my brain becomes jam-packed. I had to open up to one of my friends that 'I just dey craze dey go'. One even asked to know if I am okay. Lol, I told him to rephrase the question to 'Is your ment manageable?' instead. Anyways, I am fine. Although not letting anything overwhelm me much, I am doing well at that. This was the major reason I started thinking aloud. I made some tweets on Twitter; and then... The next I see is people posting it on their WhatsApp statuses. I did repost it on my status too though. Then, I started getting reactions from some of my friends replying that they feel the same way too. By the following day, I had gotten more interactions on it and people were just relating to ...
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July Magic: A 29th of 7th

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Hi guys! It's my birthday today and I hope you say a prayer for me as you see this. To be honest, I wish I could launch a book or celebrate something great (a very big feat) alongside. But, we are here today and I am glad for life. So while reminiscing on my initial plans, I thought of the kind of book I would love to write; the thought has been on for a while now. A have some manuscripts. But it doesn't feel like something I want to let out yet; maybe not now, maybe never. Who knows.  I'd like it to be a book I'd want to read too; I mean a book that I'd feel the need to read if I wasn't the author. Because, of course, a book without purpose is a precious waste of time. So, I wouldn't write a book that I'd not read if I was just a reader. I'd like writing this book to be the escape I have always wanted. To take life by its balls and live it the best way that I can. To go for whatever I want, regardless of the challenges. I don't want ...
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BETWEEN THE COVERS: BEYOND THE PAGES

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'If you don't like to read, you haven't found the right book' --J.K Rowling Hello guys! Glad to have you here again. Let me steal this moment to wish my Muslim readers 'Eid Mubarak'. I hope you enjoyed your small holiday. Today, we will talk about books and how we find solace in reading them. Come along, Let me take you on an adventurous ride. Words, in perspective, are so underrated. But if well organized, have special meaning and power. It gives affirmation; assurance and takes us to the world of possibilities. Isn't that what everyone needs? Words matter. They give voice to how we see and give us the hope that we need. This is precisely what a book is made of. Books help me escape emotions and realities. It isn't just possible to live on the pages. I have a wide range of tastes. I love memoirs; especially those written by a woman. Lol. That's an added advantage. I also love to read about cultures. I read relationship-related books too....
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