Academics. To be a good professional, always start to study late for exams. You learn two things in the process. How to manage time, and how to cope with emergencies. Here’s the attitude you need to have going into examinations. If they give you questions you don’t know, respond by giving them answers they don’t … Continue reading How To Avoid A Dip

Whitemail is the use of fear, obligation, and guilt to control another person. It's a rare strain of emotional blackmail found in adults over forty years of age. The self is like a pimping blackmailing chauffeur who gets you from here to there on word lines. Always remember this. You are not special. You are … Continue reading Whitemail

What’s a guilty pleasure? No idea, you? What's my guilty pleasure? The thing is, I never feel guilty about my pleasures. If you enjoy something, there's nothing guilty about it. I mean, you might end up in prison, but at least you'll go in with a smile on your face. There are two parts to … Continue reading Guilty Pleasures

What is happiness? Happiness is knowing that you don't have kids at home when you're at the grocery store. You don’t have to get anything for anyone but yourself. It is ordering two Shawarmas' and eating both because you live alone. Happiness is dialing someone's number and hearing that the caller you’ve dialed is busy. … Continue reading A Legacy

Love is only made more valuable by the risk of heartbreak. My last breakup was due to religious differences. I thought I was God, she didn't. To be fair, I very rarely make mistakes, I date them. Why do they call it a crush? Because that's how you feel when they don't feel the same … Continue reading Romanticizing Heartbreak

A wedding is a party, not a performance. If at the end of the day you are married to the one you love, then everything went perfectly. And though I have a personal vendetta against the institution of marriage, I would never turn down the opportunity of attending a wedding that promises premium drama. But … Continue reading The Wedding Party

My nose is running a marathon. It has done more running this period than I have. Now I’m not sure if it’s just a runny nose or my brain is leaking out. You don’t realize how much you take breathing for granted until your nose is stuffed up. I’ve got a runny nose, a raspy … Continue reading Running Barefoot

Being fooled doesn’t make you a fool. You only become a fool when you continuously fall for the same shit. The best way to trick a fool is to let the fool think that they’re tricking you. A truly intelligent person can pretend to be a fool in front of a fool who pretends to … Continue reading Playing The Fool

Wish we could turn back time to the good old days. When our momma sang us to sleep, but now we're stressed out. My curfew was lighting bugs. My parents didn’t call my cell, they yelled my name. I played outside and not online. If I didn’t eat what my mom cooked, I didn’t eat. … Continue reading The Good Old Days

Accept who you are, except you're a serial killer. Stop beating yourself up. You are a work in progress, which means you get there little at a time, not all at once. Or you can accelerate the process and get there in a body bag. The choice really is yours to make. If you find … Continue reading A Dose Of Self Motivation