Twists My People, My Tribe My people, I am currently reading a book about "my people" (my ethnic group). The book is called The History of the Yorubas, and I am sure that when I...
Life Living Intentionally Towards the end of last year (2019), I decided I was tired. Tired of what exactly? I wasn't sure. All I knew was that I couldn't keep living the way
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 made the resolution
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 so mindblowing
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
Thoughts 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,
Thoughts 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
Thoughts 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
Thoughts 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 the opinion
Thoughts 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
Life 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.
Thoughts The Difference Between Your Favourite Author and You One of the great mysteries of creative writing, is that it always starts out the same way - as an impulsion: one of those things that we do "just
Thoughts Every Man is a Kingdom Every man is a kingdom of 3 personalities. There's: The King of his mind, The Queen of his heart, and The Commoners in his pants... and like every kingdom, every
Relationships A Butterfly in the Hand A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam... And for a brief moment its glory and beauty belong to our world. But then it flies again and though we wish
Life The Seed of Identity When I was younger, I used to marvel in incredulity at some adults over 40. Adults who would say, without batting an eyelid, that they didn't feel a day over
Thoughts I'm a Little Teapot Since my last twist back in August of last year (where I became aware of my inflated ego), I have been taking steps to adjust my sense of self and
Nigeria Back to Basics One of the many things I enjoy about coming back to Nigeria, is the return to a simpler style of life - and by simpler, I don't mean easier, I
Thoughts I Have a Big Ego... Such a Big Ego The first step to solving any problem, is recognizing that there is one. The second, is identifying it correctly... ...and early this morning, I was able to do just that.
Life Life Lessons As a child growing up, I used to eavesdrop on my parents conversations. I would walk into the living room, discover that they were in the middle of a discussion,
Thoughts The Grand Design Those of you who know me well, know that Damola always has a plan. It is both my greatest strength, and my greatest weakness; because until I devise a plan,
Celebrations Fathers From the Outside As I've grown older, words like "marriage", "husband", and "father", have changed. Like some old friends who I haven't seen in many years, when
Healthcare Reinforcement Learning In computer science, the term reinforcement learning refers to a sub-study of Artificial Intelligence called machine learning. The subject itself is actually quite broad and deep, and propels you quickly
Thoughts Immediate Gratification One of the many things I've come to realise through my experiences here in the U.S, is that many of the problems plaguing Nigeria, and indeed most of the
Relationships Romantic Love is Selfish Happy Valentines Day Everyone! It's been a while since I've written a twist, but today is Valentine's day, and I believe it calls for one. As with every Valentine's day,
Technology The World Wide Web Ever since we acquired the ability to easily and instantly share our lives with others over the Internet, there have been stories of inappropriate and mistaken sharing. From harmless cases
