Pace Yourself
Pace oneself to avoid doing something too quickly or doing too much at one time, so that you have enough energy left to complete an activity 1 to do something at a speed that is steady and that allows one to continue without…
Dear 2020
Dear 2020, It is nearly time for us to part, so I thought I’d write to you to reflect on our time together. I’m not going to lie, 2020, you…
Guarding Your Peace
So, I’m a bit of a nerd. One area of life that I’ve always tried to push myself in is academics. Whether it was primary school spelling tests, secondary school…
Nothing Nice About It
From time to time, I watch old videos of bad X-factor auditions. I always wonder about the family and friends of the acts. Surely, there must have been a moment…
Showing Up to Success
Participation medals used to baffle me. Why should someone get rewarded for simply turning up to an event? There must be easier ways to monitor event attendance and it goes…
The Prison of Patience
There are three key contributors to progress: hard work, consistency and patience. For me, patience has always been the most difficult. Despite the innumerable times “patience is a virtue” was…
We Move
Just a few thoughts on failure... As a perpetual overthinker and a recovering perfectionist, over they years, thoughts about failure have made a comfortable living in my mind. Some days,…
The Need for Many Stories
‘Another Side of Africa’ That was the name of the presentation I gave my year 6 class after returning from a summer in Nigeria. Having spent the entirety of my…
Everything Starts Somewhere
In my opinion, a blank canvas is one of the most daunting things that you can encounter. There a so many possibilities, so many ways it could be used, so…
A Black and White Question
A question was posed to me by a white classmate many years ago - “Would you like to have been born white rather than black?” At the time I had…