How many nice people do you know being labelled as fake? Ever wonder why your perma-smiling and optimistic co-worker just doesn't feel genuine. From our tender infanthood, we are taught to be nice. Be nice to your sister. Help in the kitchen. Share your toys. Nice may be a trait people enjoy but is"being nice"… Continue reading Kindness over Niceness
Author: Lauren Mugabo Inkingi
Ties
For this suicide prevention month, let us help each other heal. Be human with your colleagues, smile at everyone whenever you get the chance, greet the security guy at your door. We live in a crazy world and we all have it hard every single day so let’s just help each other go through the day, this will be the only way we'll be making an actual impact.
A letter to Atelophobes
Dear Atelophobe, I will not tell you that all will be well, I mean I have no idea if it gets any better. I know as a perfectionist you have a well laid up plan of how everything should go in your life even maybe the way you should go out to stop the pain.… Continue reading A letter to Atelophobes
Unpacking the missing case
The idea of Unpacking Fridays came to me as a way to improve my storytelling skills by sharing my own stories but also featuring other people in my circle as I believe we all have a story to tell. As we are walking into the weekend, today one of my greatest friends/editor, Dalya accepted to… Continue reading Unpacking the missing case
Why do phone calls give us anxiety?
Do not disturb, silence mode, turned off notifications, airplane mode all these are my everyday go-to. I dread phone calls, whenever my phone rings I pray it is one of the only five people I literally constantly talk to. And if it is my turn to make a call, I go heights to avoid it… Continue reading Why do phone calls give us anxiety?
If you can’t control it let it go
Many of us fail to reconcile with some life events but this stops us from enjoying the best of what we have If you can't control it let it go.
Unbound
On today's unpacking Fridays I and my friend Mary decided to travel through memory lane and share our first teachable moment together. We all have that childhood friend, neighbour, cousin or even sibling we low key disliked and a silent competition always going on. This was the kid with good behaviour, great tastes and stellar… Continue reading Unbound
Will you ever let go?
Relationships are normally no conversation zones for me. Why? you might ask. Well, the simple answer is "This a personal space, which I am not sure if I am ready to hear what others have to say or vice versa." But this story made me overthink and leading to this post. We all have that… Continue reading Will you ever let go?
Birthdays
Birthdays. Why do we celebrate them? When you think about it, they are an opportunity for your friends and family to come together and congratulate you for surviving another year.
Names
I have liked many Dated a few Been serious with two I want one who has a clue Who will love me a ton Joe was first Brandon was middle Lincoln was the worst And yeah! Chris was the fantasy All of them helped me change For good or bad Some of them were wastage… Continue reading Names