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I AM A FAILURE
I often tell people that I am a failure in life, but I’ve never quite found the right words to explain what I truly mean. Hopefully, this will. My productivity falls far off the scale of my abilities. To be clear, I do not have unrealistic expectations of myself and I do not put undue… Continue reading
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As a kid, I drank from this very stream. The water smelled strongly cow piss. In fact, during dry seasons, we had to dig through the sand to reach water level deep down. Brown water, filled with debris and things no human should survive on. Yet we drank it anyways. I often say that I… Continue reading
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THE COST OF SELF AWARENESS
I live by very simple principles. Those closest to me me know one of these to be how I won’t stop talking about this ‘unwritten social contract’. To me, we all have an obligation in every human relationship. Not contractual one, but I genuinely believe that if our paths cross, even for a moment, we… Continue reading
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Finding the courage to stand in my truth, even when others don’t see the struggle behind it.
I have felt isolated for the best part of 2 years now even in the midst of family and friends. Many of you have this notion that, since l was able to cope fine with undiagnosed neurodivergence for the first 33 years of my life, why am 1 suddenly making a big fuss about it… Continue reading
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BOYS ARE ALLOWED TO PUNCH!
Not Wealth, money, attention, not even contentment is a cure for poverty. If they were, the Kardashians wouldn’t still be working so hard. I am a feminist and boy! What a past couple of days it has been for us. Because, tell me, how do you begin to explain to a girl child that Charisma,… Continue reading
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The Cost of Forcing Neurodivergent Minds into Linear Systems
Preparing for yet another long term sickness meeting and I am just here imagining how my life spiralled down so fast. I hope for the best, but preparing my mind for the worst. I have had the unfortunate pleasure of attending a couple since August last year and I kid you not, these meetings are… Continue reading
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Meet Amersham
I moved abroad in March 2021 and lived in Grimsby, a small town in the East midlands of England. I was there for one and a half years. I met this Nigerian guy who owned an African shop, he told me I could actually own a house within one year of working for the NHS.… Continue reading
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