Personal Reflection
341 Threads
All my favorite KK songs: a thread Feel free to add more. My brain stopped processing beyond a point https://t.co/wWQ1e3t3KA
1. When Summers Used to be Beautiful Before our economy ‘improved’, before our work culture became ‘better’, and before our standards of living improved to the point where every h...
Juanma Lillo once said that he disliked writing books because before finishing the book, he would most likely think in a different way than he had when he started writing. When I...
I think every girl and woman wants to know her life is so precious that a man who loves her would be willing to take the life of someone who would hurt her. That's how much we valu...
I’m trying not to be petty but I’ll flashback to secondary school today just to show my anger that I didn’t let out fully then. Science students in secondary school, what influenc...
My father passed away when I was just a teenager. He was a tremendously successful athlete, coach, teacher, and entrepreneur. I want to share the most valuable lessons that he's...
Karnali Blues by @buddhisagar A heartwarming story written with such a simplicity and honesty that touches your heart. Some of the moments were reminiscent of my childhood. I pla...
Thread: some still open contradictions in my thoughts and my values, that I have been thinking about but still don't feel like I've fully resolved.
On the “vibe shift.” It’s a good thread and I don’t disagree with any of it. All I want to add is that if you think this ends like Hollywood you’re way wrong. There’s no big happy...
Because it’s my birthday today, I’ll state a few things that make me want to stay alive: 1. Let’s not lie, let’s not steal, the combination of fried goat meat and Ijebu garri is w...
When I spend hours in church they say I am lazy, jobless and stupid. probably not to my face. But when they spend hours at the stadium watching games or go to night clubs it's okay...
“DREAM WALKING, YOU HYPOCRITE” is on a constant loop in my head
Maybe because some of us didn't get to experience or explore our sexuality when we were teenagers, so we want to explore that now through fictional characters because it's a safe a...
This is me four years ago. I’m wearing a pronouns t-shirt I bought from @RainbowYouth to help raise funds for the charity. A recent post by @janeclarejones (link below) in which s...
The past week has really hammered this home for me: when choosing a place to put down roots, it's fucking important your vision of the future is aligned with your neighbors becau...
In 2014, I was the Chief Business Officer of WhatsApp. And I helped negotiate the $22 billion sale to Facebook. Today, I regret it. Here’s where things went wrong:
Growing up, my Mum will always compliment my look at every chance she got cos I look exactly like her. “Nwoke mara Nma ka nwanyi”, she would always say. But my Dad will always cut...
My first computer felt very intimate to me like a part of my own body.
I was raised religious for 19 years… … but only recently found God. My perspective 🧵 https://t.co/YBvcZ0ATUN
blown away by the fact apparently some people *literally* have an internal monologue they can “hear” in their heads
Inshallah over Ramadan this year I’m going to try and share some reflections from my Quran readings. To be clear, I won’t be doing tafsir, but rather tadabbur (contemplation) over...
One time, I was at her bedside during Mama’s sick period at UCH, Ibadan. Mama was asleep or so I thought. I carried on a phone conversation with my friend about a boy whom I knew I...
1/ On How Short Life Is A few years ago, I was walking around in a blizzard in SoHo (New York). It was late, midnight, and it was beautiful. Some friends, about 15 blocks away,...
A friend I consider as a Brother to me passed away recently. He told me how he was super proud of me and how much of an inspiration I have become. We sat, had a few drinks, and t...
