I did one final crosscheck of our daily activity log to be sure I hadn’t missed any pending emails, returned books or requests from members. Everything looked perfect, so I shut down the computer with a satisfied nod and headed into the changing room. After taking off my work vest, I neatly folded it intoContinue reading “PART 10: The Watch My Grandmother Left Me”
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PART 7: The Watch My Grandmother Left Me
I sat on my bed for a while after Nancy walked away, contemplating whether to simply sleep and forget everything or finally confront her. Because honestly, why? Why was I still tolerating all these? The same Nancy that wasn’t even contributing to rent. The same Nancy whose dirty linens I had washed more times thanContinue reading “PART 7: The Watch My Grandmother Left Me”
PART 6: The Watch My Grandmother Left Me
“Hi, Nancy…” Nancy looked up from her phone immediately she heard my voice. For a split second, I saw something flash across her face. Guilt? Surprise? Fear? I honestly couldn’t tell because it disappeared as quickly as it appeared. “Oh, you’re back already?” she asked, adjusting the expensive handbag hanging on her shoulder. I noddedContinue reading “PART 6: The Watch My Grandmother Left Me”
PART 4: The Watch My Grandmother Left Me
I opened my mouth and closed it again. The words were stuck in my throat. My head was spinning. โAri… who is Ari abi what is Ari? What was grandma not telling me? And just like that, Iโm meeting a billionaireโs daughter in a public toilet… na so e dey happen for movies na.โ IContinue reading “PART 4: The Watch My Grandmother Left Me”
JUNE is here! So is many blessings!๐
A Mother’s Diary episode
A Mother’s Diary is a typical love-hate story between a mother, pain of wrong choice of partner and many regrets and mistakes that can’t be undone. A mother can love for the wrong reasons and thus short story series is a bomb. You can request for the complete book to read at once but here is the first episode.
What Do You Use Mindless Browsing For?
Book Summary for DO IT TODAY by DARIUS FOROUX Chapter 15 – Eliminate Mindless Browsing Being productive might simply just mean taking control of your day. Whereas there are days we feel like we have done nothing productive which in turn drains our energy even without doing anything. What harms your productivity the most isContinue reading “What Do You Use Mindless Browsing For?”
You Need A Vacation
Book Summary for DO IT TODAY by DARIUS FOROUX Chapter 14 -Take A Vacation: It Boosts Your Productivity And Reduces Stress ๐๐๐๐ The author just hit me on the head with this. As an advocate for mental health care, I usually use myself till I almost drop dead. Too bad!๐ However, since I started payingContinue reading “You Need A Vacation”
Read A Book A Year
Book Summary for DO IT TODAY by DARIUS FOROUX Chapter 13 – ๐Why read 100 books in a year? You read because you want to learn from other peopleโs experience and Otto von Bismarck put it best: โFools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.โ ๐ To get anywhere, youContinue reading “Read A Book A Year”
Perfectionism Is Harmful! Here’s why you are not productive…
Book Summary for DO IT TODAY by DARIUS FOROUX Chapter 12 – How Perfectionism is destroying your productivity Do you also tell yourself you are not a perfectionist? Do you really believed you are not one? In this chapter, the author had tagged perfectionist as a masked procastinator. Why? ๐ A perfectionistโฆ 1. Always waitsContinue reading “Perfectionism Is Harmful! Here’s why you are not productive…”