Life is worth living, so live another day. — “Why do I need to live ?” You ask, “What’s the point of staying in this world?” Live because: The world needs you. No one can ever fill your space. If you go, you will leave an irreplaceable void. No one else is passionate about the same combination of things you are…

Do not ignore the red flags. — “Red flags are moments of hesitation that determine our destination.” — Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass. Red flags are easy to spot but also really easy to ignore. You know when you’re not being treated right, but what do you do? “It’s just…

I wish you had said something, Anything at all. I wish you didn’t just stand there Looking like a helpless slave. Mom, you watched him. You watched him beat me to a pulp. You watched him break me to crumbs. And you just stood there, Crouched behind the door like a…

A poem from my inner self to me. — Do you ever wake up feeling like the weight of the world is on your shoulders? Like you’re so heavy that you can barely carry yourself? On days like that, just breathe. It’s going to be okay. Do you ever feel like pressing the pause button? Like everything is moving so…

Response to Blessing Oluchukwu Awamba prompt — Call me a GenZ or social media addict, but Instagram is the most used app on my phone. My daily usage says I spend an average of 11h 46m on the app weekly— oops! I really should get that checked. Maybe it’s my GenZ-ism or just the fact that I…

It’s one of the craziest pieces of advice I’ve ever heard. — It’s hilarious how people advise not to marry for love; crazy even. How would you want to do life with someone without loving them? Is that not signing up for jail time? In my opinion, “Don’t marry for love” is such terrible advice, and it leads a lot of people…

And it’s amazing how we keep rinsing and repeating. — It is absurd. The cycle of romantic relationships is absurd. Exhilarating at the beginning, depressing at the end. You meet someone for the first time. The sparks fly. The eyes meet. The jokes fleet. Tears, laughter, goosebumps. The passion. The intention. The impression. The connection. The promise of love everlasting. …

Some of which I’m trying to unlearn. — As I’ve grown up and am traveling the world, I’ve noticed some differences between my upbringing and that of people from other cultures. This seems interesting to talk about. As a Nigerian woman: 1. I subconsciously think every woman (not every man) should know how to cook. In my country, eating out was not something we regularly did; it’s something we did as a…

We are humans first before anything else. — “If you want to marry her, you must convert to Christianity” “He’s black, you can’t possibly want to be with him” “We don’t marry from that village. They are Osus” “You can’t possibly marry from that caste” “Who is his family? Nameless? You can’t marry him” Can we stop already…