MOST OF YOUR LIFE IS ALREADY FORGOTTEN
Most of what happens to us disappears. Not dramatically. Not in the way you forget where you put your keys. […]
Living Deliberately
The Journals
THE LAMP ON THE TABLE
Most of us have something. A lesson that cost something to learn. An experience that changed how we see things.
Career and Trade-offs
THE DECORATED CELL
The queue Mukuba Mall. Kitwe. A Friday afternoon in 2019. I was in a queue at Atlas Mara Bank, waiting
People
THE HONEYMOON ENDS. THE MARRIAGE BEGINS. SIX YEARS OF FIGURING OUT THE DIFFERENCE.
The last time I sat down to write about marriage was on our second anniversary. That was four years and
People
SHE ASKED FOR A BOOK. I NEARLY LOST MY MIND FINDING IT.
The message came in on a Thursday afternoon, casual as a grocery list. She was turning a year older in
The Journals
HOW A HALF-FILLED NOTEBOOK FROM A CEMENT PLANT BECAME THE THING THAT GOT ME THROUGH.
Nobody sits down one day and decides to start journalling because they think it would be a good habit. Something
People
HOW TWO GOALS IN 1999 MADE ME A MANCHESTER UNITED FAN FOR LIFE
Last Sunday, Manchester United beat Liverpool. We qualified for the Champions League. I celebrated in a way that a professional
Career and Trade-offs
THEY CALLED ME SILENT BANNER. PUBLISHING THIS BLOG IS THE HARDEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE.
You know that feeling. You are in a room, or on a call, or in a group session with people
Living Deliberately
I JUMPED OUT OF A PLANE. SHE WASN’T EVEN WATCHING.
2018 was one of the best periods of my life. It was also one of the most embarrassing though I
Career and Trade-offs
EVERY REPORT CARD SAID THE SAME THING. I BECAME AN ENGINEER ANYWAY.
My mother kept my report cards. All of them. Tucked somewhere in the house in that way Zambian mothers keep