I was 20 when I started working. Back then, I was an intern for an online health magazine owned by a Journalist from a top media station in Kenya. Although the position was unpaid, it…
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Of Old Rock Songs and Writing At Midnight
Thoughts Of a Self Isolating Writer Maybe this is an act of defiance. Pushing back against an evil world, where time flies and work is all that matters. Where growth, ROI, KPIs and other Is…
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…
5 Ways To Love and Respect Yourself More
About 2 years ago, I started reading on Medium. Voraciously. Back then, top writers like Tim Ferris and Zat Rana posted almost every day, and most of the articles are self-help articles. In the end,…
How to Start a Blog in 2019 – A Beginner’s Guide
If you’re reading this post, I bet you want to start a blog but don’t know where to start. When I started blogging way back in 2016, it was mainly a hobby. I started nderisarah.wordpress.wordpress.com…
How To Start The Positive Habit Of Interstitial Journaling
When I first started writing and reading on Medium, there were lots of self-help and productivity articles. As a graduate, I was happy to find a whole lot of article resources in one place…
Mindless Tasks To Do When You Don’t Feel Like Writing
I just paused reading Brene Brown’s The Gifts Of Imperfection: Let Go Of Who You Think You’re Supposed To Be and Embrace Who You Are. I forced myself to pause and write this post. That’s how much…
40 Gift Ideas To Gift a Blogger or a Writer
When I started writing, I wish I had researched or had a seasoned writer show me the ropes on what to do. Much of my success has come from trial and error, implementing, failing and…
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 a Desk Will Change Your Writing Experience For Good
Writing requires a lot of sitting and many writers aspire to have a home office. It doesn’t have to be an entire room. A functional corner with a desk, ergonomic chair, stationery, and a reading…
Why You Should A/B Test Your Emails
Creating Newsletters That People Open. The worst mistake you can ever do is fail to test your emails. When I started learning about newsletters, I found it tasking. It was a lot of work creating A/B…
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…
‘Your Friends at Medium’ are Unfriendly.
Photo by Chris Curry on Unsplash Medium Partner Program Your friends at Medium have been enticing me with joining the partner program. From emails, ‘Learn more about the partner program’ tag above the white canvas, to ‘We like your style’…
How Journaling has Helped me and Why You Should Journal
How Journaling has Helped me and Why You Should Journal This year has been such a whirlwind. So great and I know that it could have been greater had I just started this one great method;…
I Launched a Blog From Earning $250 a month
You too can do it. I earn $250 a month from my 9 to 5. This is an increase from the $100 I used to earn at a previous Start-up, as what they called renumeration. Before…
Favorite Spots to get In the Writing Zone.
Anywhere with coffee. But seriously, I love writing in bed, with coffee and preferably at 5 am in the morning when nothing begs for my attention and the world is silent. It’s only…
A Successful week; Lake of Beans Screened!
Film Screening As you know my film screened on Wednesday at Alliance Francaise. At the beginning of the Year, I did not know that I would come close to Directing a film, much less animation….
How I Stay Motivated.
I recently turned 22. 10 months into 2017, I have achieved a lot and took a break from this blog, albeit writing on Medium where I connected with a lot of Medium Writers. My friend…
I Care too Much what People Think
Not anymore. “Don’t be afraid of anyone sign near vehicle during daytime” by Jon Tyson on Unsplash Not so Opionionated Sarah. What are they going to think? Are they going to be disappointed? Am I sharing too much?…
Simple Birthday Ideas.
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directed his steps. I finally turned 22 and I am happy because well, I am. I don’t have a problem with aging as long as I am…