Michael was a very brilliant student, he was so intelligent that he found favour in the sight of all his teachers. But over time he developed a very bad habit, pride. As the most intelligent…
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Where The Muse Meets The Writer
At 19 years old, a year after joining college, I started writing again. In my younger years, I had written fiction stories which teachers had used to teach composition writing. This small deed had put…
50 Productive Things To Do While Social Distancing
It’s been less than two months since we started social distancing but it feels like 5 years. We’ve finished Netflix, messed up our sleep schedules and circadian rhythms while being a quarter productive. It’s going…
How To Take Back Control Of Your Day
Social distancing doesn’t mean we can’t socialise Two weeks before social distancing became a thing, I stepped out from work during lunch break. While walking, I thought of how great it must feel to be…
Corona Virus: How To Manage Work-Life Balance
On the 13th of March, Nairobi reported it’s the first case of Corona Virus. There was chaos, mass shopping, a lot of trends on twitter and negative trolling towards the government for their lax approach….
How to Nourish Your Dreams Even When They Seem Impossible
Write Your Vision. Make it Plain. We have so many dreams inside of us. Big dreams stewing inside of us. Sometimes they set us on fire, sometimes they set up us for disappointment as we…
A Kenyan Perspective: What I Love and Hate About Studying in Hungary
Since most of my readers loved Victor’s article on how to apply for a Hungarian scholarship, he’s back to tell about studying in Hungary, what he loves, and what he hates about Hungary. Take it…
An Unforgiving Heart is a Tired Heart – Learning To Expect No Apologies
Welcome to the sixteenth day of the 2020 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Forgiveness. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for Friday’s topic, Vulnerability. …
4 Steps To Self Care Following a Traumatic Event
There are many traumatic events that happen in life. These events may not seem as traumatic. In fact, it’s not for us to judge what’s not traumatic and what is traumatic but our souls and…
Places And Activities To Find Inspiration As A Creative Person
Welcome to the third day of the 2020 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Creativity. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. Falling into a creative rut is common for most creatives….
The Lesser-Known Benefits of Studying Psychology
Psychology is a degree choice that can often leave students feeling a little confused or conflicted. They might not immediately understand the opportunities they have once they graduate, and while they are drawn to gaining…
Improve The Quality of Life by Journaling
A few months ago I wrote about how Journaling has helped me in my personal and professional life and why people should journal. Since then, it has become one of the most read articles on…
How To Increase Email Open Rates and Click Rates
How I Moved Open Rates from 9% to 26 %, Click Rates From 0.3% to 2.5% Last year, I was tasked with creating company newsletters at work, something that I have never done before. I never…
3 Most Important Facebook Groups To Be Part Of As a Kenyan Writer
I’m in these groups so they are tried and tested. Medium Mastery Agnes Louis introduced me to this group after I came back from my medium sabbatical. It’s a group of Medium writers who post their…
20 Positive Affirmations For Christians and Bloggers
As a writer and a creative, I have often struggled with business, blogging and my faith. Do I merge them or do I separate them? I have realized that my faith is the force behind…
I Went On Leave For 4 Days. This Is What I Discovered
After many weeks of being mentally, physically and emotionally fatigued, I decided to fill in leave days to distress and cater to my personal issues. I had been dying to have some alone time and…
2019 Love Blog Challenge Recap
Since participating in the Love Blog Challenge last year, I must say that I was really looking forward to it this year as well. I even went to the extent of writing some posts in…
How You Can Be Affectionate To Your Family and Friends
I am co-hosting the Love Blog Challenge today. The prompt is “Affection.” I’ve shared the prompt list for the rest of the month below but also feel free to head over to Brita’s Introduction Post…
How To Respond And Cope With Unexpected Changes In Life
Welcome to the 13th day of Love Blog 2019. Today’s prompt is Changes. Yesterday I was looking back to where my life was a year ago. February 2019 and a lot has changed. There have…
Why You Should Keep a Gratitude Journal
When I started the year I was so much into gratitude journalling until day 29 of 365 when I fell off the wagon. I do journal but not as occasionally as I would want or…
Express Your Creative Self. Prune Away Obstacles
There are going to be casualties in any work of growth. In statistics you will have to tame the outliers or kick them away. When you set out to pursue self-growth, bad habits have to…
How To Counter The State of Regret
On lazy afternoons, I listen to laid back uplifting songs. One of my favourite song is Dear Younger Me. This song is all those things that I would tell myself when I was younger. It…
Valentines Day: Celebrating Love, Life & Happiness
Real healthy love is quiet not loud. It is calm, not frenzied. It is solid and stable, not flighty or fickle. ~ Kris Gage. This is the third post and the fourth day of the…
How Physical Touch Helps us to Show Love to Family and Friends
It’s the second day of the #LoveBlog2019 and I want us to talk about the various ways we can show affection to people in our lives. This challenge is hosted yearly by Belle Brita, whom…
Improve your Relationship by Knowing Partner’s Love Language
If we approach love with healthy hearts, we don’t complain of boredom with our partners.~Kris Gage. Photo by Ryan Holloway on Unsplash The #LoveBlogChallenge is here and the first week we are talking about love languages…
Fashion & Beauty Tips From 30 Things Every Woman Should Have.
Life is long if you know how to live it.~ Seneca I just finished reading this book last week and I loved the fashion tips in the book. Which is no mistake considering that some…
Book Review: 30 Things Every Woman Should Have and Should Know By The Time She’s 30
Book: 30 Things Every Woman Should Have and Know By The Time She’s 30 Pages: 117 Authors: Pamela Redmond Satran, Maya Angelou, Lauren Conrad, Katie Courie, Kathy Griffin, Suze Ozman, Taylor Swift & Racheal Zoe…
2018 in one Post, Most Read Articles and Creative Pursuits
Follow my blog with Bloglovin The secret to continued improvement and peak performance isn’t the amount of time you invest in your craft but the quality of that time~ Daniel Goleman Mid- 2018 I went…
Blog Interview You Don’t want to Miss with at themkare.com
Several weeks ago I was interviewed by Monicah whom I always seem to call Joyce, so we settled for Joy. I met her at a BAKE (Bloggers Association of Kenya) workshop early this year and…
Wondering How to be a Content Creator? Make Money, to Make more Art
Proverbs 16:3 A man’s heart deviseth his way; but the Lord directed his steps. Photo by gustavo centurion on Unsplash In content business, someone will always tell you how saturated the market is and how you…