A first class seat into my head, life experiences and opinions
One time in my secondary school, in Jss2 precisely, I had been dancing around my dormitory room in a burst of energy and sugar rush. One of my roommates; a senior, retorted that I was behaving like a dog on heat. I didn’t know what that meant so I asked…
Do you ever look at some of the achievements of your peers/classmates/friends and think wow, what am I doing with my life? Maybe you find yourself feeling a little inferior because they are after all your age group and it seems like they have their life all figured out while…
I found some old journals from my early 20s (20-25 years to be precise). I went through a phase of using one exact journal type that looked like old manuscript. I stopped journalling when I couldn’t get a restock. As I read through them I saw my growth, I was…
One fine evening while watching a video on pairing the right glasses for wine (I know, I can be bougie) my phone pinged with a message on Whatsapp. My friend typed a mini rant about trying to get over a man and still finding herself going back to him. She…
There is a popular quote that goes “do what you love, love what you do” that equates to job satisfaction. What happens when you don’t love what you do? or haven’t gotten around to doing what you love. How many of us experience job satisfaction on this side of the…
Now that I’m getting older, I find myself going back to watch tv shows and movies I loved when I was much younger. As I watch from a grown perspective, I uncover some lies I was too naive to see or voluntary blind to. For example, after watching Gossip Girl…
This nigga had me f*cked up One recurring conversation I keep finding myself in at work and in my social circles is of people complai Ever sat down and asked yourself how you got yourself in a particular situation and end up feeling like the meme above? That was me…
Any readers in the house? Here’s a list of some of the books I read during the lockdown between April and May Soldiers of Fortune: Nigerian Politics from Buhari to Babaginda: It’s quite unfortunate that History has been scrapped out of the Nigerian curriculum. Although those of us who were…
And now my watch begins. I’m fully back to work, which means no more lockdown or working from home for me. It’s a bittersweet feeling having to return to work but I’m glad I got to spend 12 weeks “resting” at home. How did I manage to go that long…
Stranger on Beyoncé’s internet: You are difficult na. Take it easy Me: You’ve barely known me for 10 minutes and you concluded that. I’m dead. I noticed that TJ is the only mutual friend we have. How did you come across my profile again? Stranger: Can you relax please? Let’s…