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Kemi’s insights, challenges, musings and learnings on how to navigate life.

Are you thinking what Iā€™m thinking about travel? Aug 21, 2020

In the week before the world was locked down I had taken three flights, Perth to Armidale to Albany; it was a full week of travel.

I love to...

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How to use procrastination well. Aug 14, 2020

My editor is expecting my book draft by 5pm today.

I have known about this deadline for a long-time because I created it.

After a year of...

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Iā€™ve started doing thisā€¦ Aug 07, 2020

Yesterday was a wobbly day for me, but not for my husband.

The day before was a wobbly day for my husband, but not for me.

The teenagers...

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Lockdown is like an endurance race. Jul 31, 2020

This week on Instagram I posted that lockdown is an endurance race because, as far as I am concerned, it is.

Lockdown 2.0 is a test of emotional,...

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3 Questions ā€“ July Jul 24, 2020

Hand up if you consider yourself a control freak?

Generally, this term is used as a negative, and yet we all need control in our lives. Even in a...

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Can you hold on? Jul 17, 2020

My family and I are feeling incredibly grateful that we managed to have a holiday before our city went back to stage three lockdown.

Of course, the...

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What do you want? Jun 26, 2020

What do you want? What do I want?

 

Once again thank you if you have reached out in a big or small way in regards to my last three weekly...

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3 Questions June Jun 19, 2020

Firstly, thank you if you took the time to reply to my weekly words last week, your thoughts, words and commitment to taking anti-racism actions...

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A letter from my husband. Jun 12, 2020

A letter from my husband.

 

On Saturday morning, the morning after I posted, ‘I am Black’, to my surprise, my husband handed me a...

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I am black. Jun 05, 2020

I have few words to describe what is going on in the world right now.

I do not watch the news, so I have seen no images. I don’t need to and...

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Your incredible responses to 3 Questions. May 29, 2020

Your incredible responses to 3 Questions.

It is with a very full heart that I share with you a compilation of your responses to last weeks 3...

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3 Questions May May 22, 2020

3 Questions – May 

For me, a highlight of this period has been to receive so many thoughtful responses to my weekly words. As a writer,...

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