Twists Moving On to Routine So… I have to admit that since my last post On Discipline, embracing discipline hasn’t been going so well. In fact, I think that right after I
Life On Discipline (and Adulting — yes again) So I’ve finally figured it out! This thing that has been bothering me about adulting. This thing that is so worthy of Awe, so deserving of Practice, and
adulthood Awestruck by Adulting Over the last few days, weeks, and months, I have been repeatedly awestruck by the process of adult-ing. So awestruck in fact, that it has made me doubt my own
Life A Masterpiece in Progress Between the ages of 20 and 40 we are engaged in the process of discovering who we are, which involves learning the difference between accidental limitations which it is our
Life Happy Valentines Day (2019) Happy Valentines Day! On this special day, I want to celebrate by commemorating my love for my current companion. Let me begin by telling you the story of how we
Anime 4 Anime Recommendations for Philosophers Recently, I have found myself fascinated by the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). I have been reading up on the different types a little at a time. Nothing heavy, or
33rd Knot Quiet, My Favourite Book of 2016 On April 3rd 2016, I finished reading a book called Quiet – The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain. I am
33rd Knot 5 TED Talks to Help You Love Yourself In my last post about What I Learnt From My First Year in Business Development, I talked about how I was struck by an initial feeling of “being
33rd Knot What I Learnt From My First Year in Business Development A year and a half ago, I was a Software Engineer working for a tertiary institution in the United States. However due to health challenges and medical complications, I decided
2016 Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop Farafina Trust will be holding a creative writing workshop in Lagos, organized by award-winning writer and creative director of Farafina Trust, Chimamanda Adichie, from June 21 to July 1, 2016.
Twists Insecurities Scream The title of this post has haunted my thoughts for the last 3 weeks. The two words combined, say something so simple, so powerful, and so profound, that their depth,
Life On Rejection Rejection, I think, is a profound experience. Especially when it comes from those close to our hearts. Profoundly sad, profoundly lonely, and yet also, profoundly illuminating. Because rejection, leads us
Twists The Stories We Tell Ourselves Dear readers, For the last few weeks I have struggled to write. I have been out of ideas, short of inspiration, and devoid of motivation… But last night, I had
Books I Saw Ramallah Poet Mourid Barghouti’s prize-winning novel, I Saw Ramallah is a thought-provoking chronicle of displacement. In it, the author tells the story of his return to his birthplace of
Twists Is the Glass Empty? I recently found myself in discussion about Nigeria with an acquaintance of my grandmother’s. A man only a few years older than my older brother. He was of
Twists A Fire in the Atmosphere About a month ago, I was sitting in the car when one of my favourite songs came on the radio and struck me differently. It is a song by Asa
Greetings from Nigeria! Bawo! Sanu! Kedu! Dear readers, I hope you can tell from the languages I am using to greet you, that I am back in my home country. Lest you wonder why I have been silent, I have spent the last couple of weeks settling
Twists Go on, Take the Chance... Last week, I wrote about fear. The idea behind the article, was to challenge us to face those fears we want to overcome. I even came up with an acronym
Twists FEAR Oh! Feeling Extremely Anxious over Rubbish Hello everyone, After a couple of months spent writing The Honest Truth, I truthfully, was kinda spent. So I spent the entire weekend mulling over what I should write next.
The Honest Truth VII: With The Love of God Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from the beginning. This old commandment – to love one another – is the same message you have heard before. Yet it is also
The Honest Truth VI: The Straitjacket Epiphany Now at this juncture, I could pretend that the things I have mentioned so far encompass my entire manic experience: An explosion of thoughts, words, and deeds, grounded in suppressed
The Honest Truth V: Out of the Abundance As I lay in bed recuperating over the course of the next 2 weeks, I began reflecting over the things I had declared so publicly while “out of my
The Honest Truth IV: Call Me Crazy Proposing to my long lost ex-girlfriend on Facebook was not the first outrageous public statement I would make that day, neither was it the last. I would later go on to criticize the church we had attended, declare myself a belonging of God,
The Honest Truth III: The Beginning of Madness The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason.. – G.K. Chesterton Looking back, I believe that my current journey began 2 years ago, when my then
The Honest Truth II: I Don't Know What To Write Yet Alright then… Let’s get on with it! Yup… this is how I’ve decided to start my story about my little journey of enlightenment. Why!? Because I’ve spent the last 2 weeks trying to figure out how
