I kept trying to center myself but something always flipped.

I kept trying to center myself but something always flipped.
This year has been grand; it has had its downs and lows but I loved every single minute of it.
I had started to live from one set of applause to the next, one social media “validation” to the next, and when it didn’t come fast enough, I questioned myself, my existence, my experience, I questioned everything.
Wow. What a year! I don’t set out to write these things with my lesson from the year, but somehow, there’s always something that just stands out for me. Last year, it…
DECEMBER 30, 2016. Reading the Stories NG posts for the year and I marvelled at how surreal it was. How did things turnaround for people ‘just like that’? I wished terribly that…
Today, I am privileged to see what it’s like to be 29 even though it feels like I have been an adult forever. But if there is one thing I am grateful…
The cold metal touched my temple, but I knew it was there before I even felt the frigid bite. Naturally, I kept walking. The man walking beside me (same fella with the…
January. Uncertainty was dust in my eyes. I’m sitting in a bus, heading NorthWest, headed towards 3 weeks of torture. My spirit is caged, mornings are dark, nights are cold and…
12am January 1st 2017, Happy New Year. Olamide was crying. My relationship had ended two days before and I was just so frigging tired of everything -hence the tears. Crying is therapeutic…
Ever had a year so amazing, you worry about talking about it? Especially because your default mode is usually: “Hello everybody, Ized’s here again, something just happen right now…” Something is…