I have been avoiding a few movies or shows that highly address VERY REAL struggles of a Black character. I vicariously live in them and what they are experiencing are things I have also experienced. It's more apparent when I watch shows like Insecure, Dear White People and Queen Sugar. They are great shows! There … Continue reading “Insecure” Gets Me Nervous
In a span of a year, I stopped writing because I had other priorities going on in my life that affected my creativity, deserting my hobbies. It was also within this time frame when I decided to stop going to therapy. Because I learned the tools I needed to live as fully as I can … Continue reading Writing Again
Learning about the many parenting styles, I found it difficult to recognize where the families I surround myself in would be placed. Being an immigrant from a family whose chrono-system was affected by the Rwandan Genocide, their parenting style seem to be a mixture of traditional and authoritarian parenting. Which, in my opinion is fascinating, … Continue reading Children of Authoritarian Parents
Have you tried eating healthy, because forget what they tell you, this shit is hard. When I was in school, stress eating and fast foods worked well to temporarily remind me what joy feels like. It was a learned habit that I grew into being away from home cooked foods to having the time or … Continue reading Healthy Living, This Shit is Hard
I forever loved cartoons and have a mixture of random genres under my viewer belt that I have watched. Trust, I have watched all spectrum of shows and none get me like illustrious show Steven Universe by Rebecca Sugar. Mostly because of their pastel colors, realistic body types and their irregular ass problems, it's a … Continue reading Steven Universe Soothes Me
I graduated from my University and it took me five years to be here today. I am on my 2nd month out of college and it's been a whirlwind of emotions. Achievements and setbacks are filling up my bucket, but more especially I have been spending a lot of gambling with opportunities that come by. … Continue reading Graduated and Unemployed
Both my parents went to college in Africa and were successful in their careers in medicine. This never changed when we came to the US. They started from the beginning, took the GED and took college classes and within the eight years since they came, completed they’re associate in nursing, an accelerated bachelors in nursing … Continue reading Recommendations for Parents of College Students
Sometimes I am just stuck in a thick fog of thoughts and just nothingness. To help illustrate this, just imagine a large movie theater screen that has a showing of a grey fog. And it’s light is a little bit more dim than usual. That was my mind’s state for weeks until my last day … Continue reading Mine’s all Fogged Up
The destruction and creation of friendships is always happening on the sidelines of our lives. Until we find that sweet spot of friends that are enough not to drive you crazy but are there with you to BE crazy. I have been fortunate to have met plenty of people from multitudes of places to be … Continue reading Intent Vs Impact
As I am doing my laundry and washing my sheets after 3 months, gross I know but I have no regrets, FIGHT ME! Anyways as I am doing laundry, completely distracted from Instagram, filled with civil rights activists and politicians who are working passionately to rid of the microaggressions in the front lines. But don’t … Continue reading Don’t Be Fooled
