Don’t postpone your rest | The Daily Vulnerable

by Ore Fakorede There’s a foolish pride in pushing ourselves as far as we think we can go. The thing is, our limits are usually not that far off, so we tend to break long before we’re satisfied with how much effort we’re putting in. (Burnout, anyone?) And recovery is much harder than preemptive rest, just... Read More

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February 3, 2020

The Daily Vulnerable: A glorious, blazing sun

by Arit Okpo Woke up feeling grey… Spirit itchy… upset and not sure why. I take the time to think through it and realise my spirit is chafing a bit. Realise that I am again circulating my life around others, and of course, that is not who I am. I am connecting with the thought that... Read More

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February 1, 2020

The Daily Vulnerable: How will you measure your life?

We seem to have a consensus that success is defined differently by each person, and what we all consider important differ. Sometimes, it’s better to take this assumption further and ask how you will measure your life. It’s a process worth the time. Clayton Christensen – in his memory – showed us how: [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvos4nORf_Y[/embedyt]

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January 30, 2020

Learning update | The Daily Vulnerable

by Avviva Oluwaseun Is there really room to stop and smell the roses when the end of the road isn’t defined? The uncertainty of the end or how, is the more reason to stop and smell the roses. Sacrifice is more bearable when an end is defined. The certainty in the midst if chaos is... Read More

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January 29, 2020

Trapped | The Daily Vulnerable

by Avviva Oluwaseun I feel trapped. I feel like I’m being held to a high standard, but it has to be defined by them; I’m not sure I even recognise myself again or it’s now them talking and I don’t think; I’m ok with that. What happens when the mistakes start to occur? What happens... Read More

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January 28, 2020

Mudita | The Daily Vulnerable

by Paul Jarvis In Sanskrit, there’s a term called ‘Mudita,’ and there’s no equivalent word in English. Essentially, it means to have sympathetic or unselfish joy for others—regardless of where they’re at in their own lives. Really, if we spend less time envying or assuming that others think less of us because they’re in a... Read More

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January 27, 2020

Enough | The Daily Vulnerable

(by Paul Jarvis) Exterior mindfulness (some call it minimalism) only works when we solve for enough. It’s not just a matter of having less stuff or having nothing or having that one carefully arranged bohemian tchotchke on your live-edge cedar coffee table. (That’s only useful if minimalism is simply an aesthetic you like for your... Read More

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January 25, 2020

Before you send the next email | The Daily Vulnerable

Does it truly need to be written the way you have? Right before you send the next email, go through it again. Is it written with compassion and consciousness? Check again, and practice mindful emailing today. Want to know how? Check this 2-minute video. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBBy5Jx_xrQ[/embedyt] If you liked this post from The Daily Vulnerable, why... Read More

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January 24, 2020

This is how | The Daily Vulnerable

(by Ado Aminu) This is how you do life, You cry until you don’t anymore, You carry the weight of your fallen body on tired shoulders and knees whose skin is broken and bleeding and you crawl until your legs have regained their strength and are able to carry you and then you walk, You... Read More

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October 12, 2019

The other face

I had just returned from a series of meetings and was physically exhausted. I felt like I was sleep-deprived and could use a good sleep. Then the call came in, a guest I wasn’t expecting was here to see me. The person had stated that they checked in because they were in the neighbourhood, and... Read More

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October 5, 2019

Remembering who you are

by Chidiogo Akunyili Do you remember me? I can be heard in silence. I can be felt in breath. I am. Do you remember why you walk the earth? I whisper in your dreams, hear me in silence. Be still, and listen. *** Do you remember that you are capable of creation? With each breath,... Read More

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September 28, 2019

Glow, honey, glow

by Moyinoluwa Okunloye Why this happens, I still don’t know. You wake up early in the morning and you are already out of energy! I don’t get it. Isn’t one supposed to be agile and hearty in the morning? Why are you so tired? Why are you so passive to life and everything in it?... Read More

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September 21, 2019

Stewards of ideas whose time has come

by Oluseun Onigbide This powerful paragraph from Autobiography of Martin Luther King, one of my favourite books creates leaps of joy in me: “O God, help me to see myself in my true perspective. Help me, O God, to see that I’m just a symbol of a movement. Help me to see that I’m the victim... Read More

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September 1, 2019

The Daily Vulnerable: Confronting the Imposter

by Faith I had the opportunity to attend the Ivy League of all Ivy Leagues. Imaginably, I was thrilled to be moving across the country, starting my first semester and excited about all the opportunities that lay ahead. When friends would ask why I was moving to Boston, I curtly replied, “for school” without further... Read More

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August 24, 2019

Eighty and bitter

by Damola Morenikeji Yesterday, as I laid on the bed, after meditating, I started thinking of the person I am becoming. I caught myself in this thought and stopped. I had done this before; defining what I want, who I want to be, and what gifts I want to share with the world with love... Read More

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August 17, 2019

Nothing to prove | The Daily Vulnerable

by Ore Fakorede It’s not that I don’t care, it’s that it’s always up to me to decide what to care about. In the plainest term, here’s what would happen if I tried to care about everything: I’d drive myself crazy. From pleasing the uncle who has made himself a mentor-overlord, to giving a stranger’s... Read More

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August 10, 2019

Who are we? | The Daily Vulnerable

by Jonathan Brakarsh Most of us are striving to be stronger, smarter, cooler, richer, more beautiful and many other things. When we step out, presenting ourselves to the world as who we would like to be, we are one person and when we lay in our bed, sleepless at night, thinking our private thoughts we... Read More

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August 3, 2019

The Daily Vulnerable: Compassionate humans

contributed by Kui Wamithi The more I proceed through this journey called life, the more I learn that people need room. They need room to grow. Room to figure themselves out. Room to flow at their own pace. Room to just be. If we could be brutally honest, most of the time we’re all kind of winging... Read More

The Daily Vulnerable | Facing Fear (again)

(contributed by Francesca Onomarie Uriri) Recently, my brother had a health challenge that was frightening, debilitating, and quite frankly, difficult to describe. As I kept vigil by his bedside I struggled to fight off the overwhelming sense of despair and darkness I felt. Why is this happening? Why do I have to deal with something... Read More

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July 13, 2019

The Daily Vulnerable | Mid-year Crisis

The past few days a strange cloud has hovered my spirit. I struggled to report to work and when I did, tardily, even my attire conveyed reluctance. I dreaded staff meetings – they were like pressure cookers and court sessions: heightened scrutiny, finger pointing, unrealistic work plans. One of such meetings was to review a... Read More

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July 6, 2019

The Daily Vulnerable | The greatest gift my mother gave me

When I came out of secondary (high) school in 2000, I was 15. That meant that, though I had excellent grades, I couldn’t get into university in Nigeria, where the age to qualify for admission was 16. Advice began to stream in for my mother:swear an affidavit increasing his age, find someone to bribe, or... Read More

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June 29, 2019

The Daily Vulnerable | You have two spirals

With every day that you wake up; with every circumstance that you face, every person you have an interaction with, you have the choice of two spirals. You can spiral down – which means you react to the situation with fear, or shame, or anger, or frustration, or bitterness, and then you make a bad... Read More

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June 22, 2019

The Daily Vulnerable | ‘Normal’ is a loaded word

You want to be normal, right? And ‘normal’ means have a job people understand, have a body as flawless as in science textbooks, have a wife or a husband and two kids. You want to not be a child of divorce, have a mother who speaks perfect English and siblings who don’t embarrass you in... Read More

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June 15, 2019

The Daily Vulnerable | Don’t lie

Don’t lie to yourself, about what the opportunities that exist in your industry are, because someday ahead you will have to confront that lie and the illusions you created around it, and your heart will still be broken. Instead, embrace what the reality is today and plan through it. Don’t lie to yourself that your country... Read More

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June 8, 2019

The Daily Vulnerable | It’s actually simple

Life is actually simple. You’re in a relationship that’s hurting you? Step out of it. It’s a marriage and you’re not working so you need the security? Ask yourself if you’re absolutely sure you can’t survive without him, and if you can’t (I highly doubt it), have a plan for how much longer you will... Read More

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June 1, 2019

The Daily Vulnerable | Your life is important already. But do you know it?

Everyone wants to be, for instance, Barack Obama, the star who made history and changed the world and will never be forgotten. But do they want to be pre-Presidency Michelle, when she took the painful decision to suspend her high flying career and support her husband in a very risky venture that would have likely... Read More

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May 25, 2019

The Daily Vulnerable | The energy to live

I was walking up the stairs of my house the other day, normally, sprightly, when suddenly I remembered something that wasn’t working as well as it should, and it made me momentarily sad. Immediately, my steps slowed, my strength flagged, climbing up suddenly became more stressful. Just in that second that my mind flashed over... Read More

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May 18, 2019

The Daily Vulnerable | Stretch is good

Knowing who you are and how you best function doesn’t mean you should close your mind and actions to other possibilities, or even just to the opportunity to stretch yourself every now and again. I do things I don’t enjoy, or that don’t come easily to me every now and then. But, this is the beauty... Read More

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May 11, 2019

The Daily Vulnerable | Leaking

I have spoken twice about emotional leakage – and in context, I have used it to explain when the parts of yourself that need improvement, or that you are working on still manage to show themselves in your reflex responses to situation – without your conscious permission. It’s not often a negative thing however, in cases where you need release. Except... Read More

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May 4, 2019

The Daily Vulnerable | Love and duty

When you die, if you are West African like I am, your kinsmen will most likely rally around and arrange your burial. Those who hated you and cursed you out and didn’t once celebrate with you when you were alive will donate at family meetings, they will wear the burial uniform; they may even cry... Read More

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Don’t postpone your rest | The Daily Vulnerable

The Daily Vulnerable: A glorious, blazing sun

The Daily Vulnerable: How will you measure your life?

Learning update | The Daily Vulnerable

Trapped | The Daily Vulnerable

Mudita | The Daily Vulnerable

Enough | The Daily Vulnerable

Before you send the next email | The Daily Vulnerable

This is how | The Daily Vulnerable

The other face

Remembering who you are

Glow, honey, glow

Stewards of ideas whose time has come

The Daily Vulnerable: Confronting the Imposter

Eighty and bitter

Nothing to prove | The Daily Vulnerable

Who are we? | The Daily Vulnerable

The Daily Vulnerable: Compassionate humans

The Daily Vulnerable | Facing Fear (again)

The Daily Vulnerable | Mid-year Crisis

The Daily Vulnerable | The greatest gift my mother gave me

The Daily Vulnerable | You have two spirals

The Daily Vulnerable | ‘Normal’ is a loaded word

The Daily Vulnerable | Don’t lie

The Daily Vulnerable | It’s actually simple

The Daily Vulnerable | Your life is important already. But do you know it?

The Daily Vulnerable | The energy to live

The Daily Vulnerable | Stretch is good

The Daily Vulnerable | Leaking

The Daily Vulnerable | Love and duty

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