Don’t get rid of your pain until you’ve learned what it has to teach you.
- The Myth of Closure by Pauline Boss
Category: Insight
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I would wish for:
- Wisdom/Foresight to make good financial investments
- Good health
- Full travel access to all the countries in the world.
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Better question, “Would you like to go to the moon?”
The answer is “No.”
It’d take approximately 3 days to go and 3 days to come back and it’s an out of this world experience- but no thank you, I am not interested.
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Daily writing promptWhat alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in?
It’s just drizzled this morning and I am listening to Reductio’s organ rendition of Hallelujah as I type this.
So, what alternative career paths have I considered or am I interested in?
- Psychotherapy: Yes, I wanted to be a Counselor growing up- and I did my bachelor’s in Psychology and wanted to go on and study Clinical Psychology but as I got into working, I realized that I was more interested in Research and community Engagement.
- Dance: Yes, I find dancers very holistic, like how can you listen to sound and serve it in rhythm?
- Writing: Well, I am in this but not as fully invested as I should be to see more financial returns, I should be making more money off my written work if only I invest more in marketing- still getting there.
- Sketch Artist: My pencil sketches suck! End of story.
- Professor: Well, I am still on this journey but there is something about academia and the journey to having that PhD that scares me and I am like “Let me just stick to being curious and wandering the world.”
http://www.unsplash.com And those are the ones that I have thought of or actually tried, lately there has been one that I couldn’t shake off and it’s not a career path but more a life path- being a Founder.
What alternative career paths have you considered?
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Chapati and yellow beans…
That’s it.
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It has been a month since I received the copies of my latest book “The Longest Way Home.”
Have you ever found yourself sighing in relief after completing a project or task? This is what I felt when I finally sent out the copy to the printers- and it was because I had taken more than a year to set this out.
Allow me to introduce you to this book:
It is only 73 pages short, and has a main character named Ogolla and this story started out as a question, “what if there was a young man in search of answers and he had an attitude to boot?”
At some point he is advised:
Anger is the worst kind of spirit my son. It seems that you used it well enough to get where you are but you have come to a point where it no longer keeps you running forward. You cannot stop to cool off or look back, so to the world you are cold and vicious but you are burning inside, it’s just that everyone is busy looking and not seeing.”
I sold the first 50 copies and I am still on my close friends and colleagues neck to buy copies to read and just like that.. I look forward to growing more into this journey.
If you are in Kenya, or in Nairobi- and would like to give my books a shot, read what I wrote and what not, leave a comment here and I can share how to get a copy: it’s Kshs 350 without delivery charges.
Have a great week you beautiful soul!
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I have been working on:
- Sleeping better- trying to stick to a sleep schedule is no mean feat, today it’s 10pm and tomorrow it’s 1am and then someday it’s 8pm.
- Eating more vegetables
- Drinking more water
- Speaking to myself with kindness and warmth
- Walking longer distances- building my lung capacity, recovery while on medication is taking a toll.
- Writing by hand daily: I still keep a notebook and this has earned me some laughs at work, but I am fine seeing my handwriting.
- Noting down ideas, the random, eccentric and cool ones- at any time in preparation for my next work.
- Not taking things personally.
- Shutting my laptop and disabling work email notifications as soon as I leave the office.
- Saying No.
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My thoughts have been like the Wanderer I am, everywhere, in motion, uncertain, calm, waiting, anxious.
If you visited my blog today you must have felt it, this is my third theme of the day.
I started out sombre, then vivid and landed on this page where my thoughts are waiting.
Like someone at the bus stop aware of their destination just waiting for the bus to make a stop and they board.
And just like that I find myself drawn to this version because this is the feeling I get when I want to write a book but don’t know how to start.
So, I am all over the place and until I get my momentum I will be in and out of it all to build on this.
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To think and speak highly/ better of myself.
It took me years to simply say “good job,” or sometimes “that’s good of you,” or “you look good.”
I found it easy to criticise myself, and constantly want to excel and push myself on this.
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Oh how I waited to be asked this question?
- Sunshine – I am a tropical baby or so I say, but the truth is I love the sun- temperatures above thirty degrees celcius give me energy.
- Fanta Orange
- Being healthy- I’ve had my share of hospital admissions, and doctor visits that any time I feel stronger, healthier and breathe well- I’m solid.
- Getting work done
- Hymns- listening to hymns.
- Uninterrupted sleep
- Fried chicken
- Brian Sigu’s songs– my absolute favourite is Nyarombo
- Writing
- Reading
- Spotify playlist
- BTS playlist
- KDrama- listen…the world is chaotic but nothing beats sitting down to binge watch a Korean drama. I know there are some C-Dramas as well, but not as plenty as KDramas.
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