One thing I have noticed when I am almost approaching… Shark Week – is how my will to do anything plummets to the ground along with my mental strength and self-confidence. I feel like a delicate flower in that instance that is also ready to throw grenades at anyone laughing too loud. It is a… Continue reading The Syndrome
Tag: bad days
Delete for Me
On WhatsApp, there is a feature called "Delete for me". This deletes messages on your end of the conversation but maintains it in the inbox of the other person you were having the conversation with.All this feature does is get rid of the proof of what happened on your side. The other person may still… Continue reading Delete for Me
The In-betweeners
Success stories are good.Nothing more, nothing less. We all love a good Success story, especially if it begins with the inspiration of the story going through trials to get to where they currently are. These stories will give you steps on how to get where they are. Their mantras, the habits they picked up... how… Continue reading The In-betweeners
Sucker Punch
Sucker Punch: Noun/Verb. An unexpected punch or blow. When something throws me off guard... oh, hello!!! How have you been?As I was saying, when something throws me off guard, the first thought I go through is "I can't wait for another day, when all this will be over. If it cannot be over, I can't… Continue reading Sucker Punch
Yesterday
Yesterday my emotions were so out of whack! I could barely get through an hour without collapsing into my thoughts.Yesterday my mind was so clogged I could not find the root of my sadness, so I had no option but to walk around with a heavy mind.Yesterday I ate my weight in food, not the… Continue reading Yesterday
The Treadmill
A treadmill is a machine you find in a gym. You press a few buttons and this conveyor belt-like-thing rotates and you have to walk/jog/run so that you don’t fall. I recently got onto a treadmill. Not for the first time, but for the first time in a long time. It was moving, I was… Continue reading The Treadmill
I’m (not) Over It!
I could just be sitting down, scrolling through the Food Channel line-up for the day, then my mind does that thing where it loses focus then I find myself thinking about an incident that had occurred and the SAME hurt, the SAME sadness will wash over me. Sometimes I have to snap back to reality,… Continue reading I’m (not) Over It!
On Your Marks
I am from Lusaka, Zambia. A little over a week ago, we had 2 cases of COVID-19, today we have 36. Calculatorsoup.com told me that is a 1700% increase. (If seeing the Pandemic's name is tempting you to click away from this post because it is all negativity in the news right now and that… Continue reading On Your Marks
Alive
James 1:2 – Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds. Do you know those days? Yes, those ones. Where nothing makes sense, the weather is too hot, you are too busy, you are not busy, your finances are plummeting (or have plummeted), your health is stable but you do not feel… Continue reading Alive
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