Daily Log - 2026-08-16T14:49:59.704Z
In a state of (highness) Putting down my thoughts by punching keys on a pc and hoping the words I think I type are what's displayed to me on screen I...
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Daily Log - 2026-08-16T14:49:59.704Z
Second day in July. I'm still very much recovering from the stomach aches I had yesterday. But not withstanding, I went to the gym and got some work i...
Daily Log - 2026-08-16T14:49:59.704Z
Hi hi hi from my new MacBook!!!!! My new Tab and Pencil says hi as well. I'm really happy and excited about my new devices. Feels like a dream because...
Daily Log - 2026-08-16T14:49:59.705Z
I finished reading *An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma* today and I was so happy to have finished that book. Read this book on my Kindle, a...
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Word of the Day: Glimmer
**Meaning:** 1. A faint or unsteady light. 2. A small sign of hope, understanding, or possibility. 3. (verb) To shine faintly or flicker. **Example...
Word of the Day: Apophenia
**Meaning:** 1. The tendency to perceive meaningful patterns, connections, or significance in random or unrelated data. Often associated with seeing ...
Word of the Day: Reverie
**Meaning:** 1. A state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream. An imaginative or dreamy musing detached from immediate surroundings...
Learning the Visual Language of Fashion
Recently, I watched a couple of videos about women analyzing clothing in a way I had never really heard before. They used words like texture, structure, silhouette, and drape to describe garments, and I found it fascinating. It reminded me that there are entire vocabularies people develop to explain the things they love deeply. As someone interested in fashion, I realized how important it is to…
Daily Log - 2026-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
I have been doing more writing more in my journal which has made me not to keep a daily log and also because I haven't been coding as much. But I hav...
Little Scribbs Mail Club
This concept is as new to me as it is to you. I spent quite some time thinking about what I should write in this very first issue of the Mail Club, and truthfully, I couldn’t quite come to a final conclusion. So I decided to simply write from the heart. March is Women’s Month, and while being a woman often comes with its own unique challenges, I am still grateful to have graced the earth as one.…
What's the purpose
I am struggling with finding my purpose, finding out what I am meant to do or who I am meant to be. I feel like my interests are ever changing. today I might feel like starting a fitness community and I start it. tomorrow, I might become complecant and not feel like heading the community so I allow it to die. Why can't I stay consistent with things? I have been able to stay consistent with working…
October
It's the first day in October, and my first writing in weeks. I have been doing other forms of writing like updating my reading journal, writing in my daily journal and such, but nothing creative or interesting. I'm looking forward to doing better this month. I have been reading several books and have finished none. Since it's the start of a new month, I want to challenge myself to do better. I…
Daily Log - 2025-08-19T00:00:00.000Z
I have been writing more in my new journal which has made me not to keep a daily log and also because I haven't been coding as much. I don't even hav...
Constraints as Catalyst for Creativity
Having too many ideas is like taking a child to the candies and chocolates isle in a supermarket and asking them to pick just one candy. How does he know which of the candies taste the best? How can he talk you into agreeing for 5 candies instead of one? Does he pick a candy or chocolate instead? Being faced with too many options can really be a problem as you have too many to choose from. Take…
Tired of Planning
The reason you're not executing is because you spend all the time you could use in executing to plan. You look for inspiration, save b-rolls, plan the content, write the script, schedule the shoot day but end up not executing because you have exhausted yourself during the planning stage. I consider myself a confused creative because at the end of the day, I get confused and overwhelmed with the…
Creativity for Non-Creative Folks: What Is Creativity?
I came to realise during my search for what is considered creative that creativity isn't bound to art, design or science. Although it is often discussed in the artistic field, I aim to expand this view beyond the arts to show how even in the mundane, we can find creativity. Creativity (from the Latin creāre) means to create. It isn’t a luxury that's reserved for the talented, famous or lucky. From…
New Year, Old Me
It's been a while I wrote here and honestly, I feel really guilty. The guilt is eating me bad and today I decided to overcome the resistance. I've been doing a lot of things lately, many of which require me to step out of my comfort zone. I started a stationery brand. Yes I did. I've been doing the very best I can to show up and show out for this brand that I am totally confused and no longer sure…
Notes On writing
1. The curse of knowledge is the biggest threat to clear writing. 2. It can be harder to write about a topic you're an expert in because it's so easy to forget what it's like to not know something, which makes you overestimate what the reader knows. 3. The easiest way to fight this curse of knowledge is to show drafts of your writing to people outside your field. 4. Shakespeare said: "Brevity is…
Daily Log - 2025-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
I really don't know how I'm feeling right now. I've just been conflicted about a whole lot of things. I should be grateful for the little things and ...
Daily Log - 2025-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
My first week as an onsite 9-5 girl, onsite jobs are not for the weak. It was boring as hell giving that I was alone at the office while others worke...
Word of the Day: Eureka
**Meaning:** 1. An exclamation of triumph at a discovery or realization. 2. A moment of sudden revelation or insight. **Example:** "Eureka! I've fo...
Word of the Day: Mnemonic
**Meaning:** 1. A device or technique to aid memory, especially a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations. 2. Relating to or designed to aid memo...
Word of the Day: Tandem
**Meaning:** 1. A bicycle with seats and pedals for two riders, one behind the other. 2. A group of two people or things working together. 3. Having...
Daily Log - 2025-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
I officially resumed work onsite today. I did a lot of paper signing and meetings. I even dozed off during my last meeting and when I was asked quest...
Daily Log - 2025-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
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Daily Log - 2025-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
Weekend Today was pretty basic, spent most of my morning on my couch. Made a pot pd chicken stew and ogbono soup. Had ogbono soup and eba for lunch a...
Daily Log - 2025-07-18T00:00:00.000Z
I felt bad for not logging anything in the few days I missed and that's because my Instagram usage has gone back up, I've been engaging in more stren...
Creativity for Non-Creative Folks: Why You Are Already a Creative
Today, I looked at my lined A6 notepad and decided to write on it like every other day but this time in landscape and not portrait. In my bedroom, I made my bed frame a simple 4 corner frame without a headboard. I used left over wall panels which was used in decprating my living room to design the wall where my headboard would have been and this saved me a lot of money, helped me avoid wasting the…
Daily Log - 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
It's been a few days since I wrote a log and I do not plan on making this a habit. Confirmed that I got a job today that pays only 20% of my previous...
Why I Read
I've always enjoyed reading, even as a child. I can vividly remember asking my parents to buy me several Ladybird books because I enjoyed their brevity and the colourful illustrations that encouraged me to draw. Since then, I have read many other books that I can no longer remember. I started reading much bigger novels after secondary school, and at the time I mostly read thrillers and romance…
Daily Log - 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
New week, same me. I published two essays today and decided that one of them will be a part of a much larger project. I skimmed through different boo...
How I Write Well
I've always wondered how people manage to write and speak well. I used to think writing was reserved for geniuses with a high IQ. I figured that anyone who writes well must also speak well — and speaking well was one of my goals. So, I made it a personal objective to learn how to write effectively because I believed it would also help me speak better, hold intelligent conversations, sound…
Daily Log - 2025-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
I'd rather not speak on today cause I do not wish to remember it. I learnt a bit about Basquiat, his life and art style. The best time to leave is...
Word of the Day: Susceptible
**Meaning:** 1. Likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing. 2. Easily affected by or sensitive to something; vulnerable. 3. O...
Daily Log - 2025-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
It's the weekend Time to unwind I went to the salon to loosen my hair, wash and re-braid it. I completed that book I started on tTuesday "Don't Answ...
Creativity for Non-Creative Folks: A Note to the Non-Creative
I often find myself wondering how I can live a more creative life. When I imagine and wonder how, the images that I picture are images of art, books, pastel colors, plants, words on paper, natural light and coloring materials. I want to be someone who knows how to put words to good use, create art that holds a thousand meanings, make a living from selling website templates, stickers, zines, hand…
Daily Log - 2025-07-11T00:00:00.000Z
I bought art supplies yet again and I haven't still created any art. Maybe I am not meant to create art? If not, why does it feel like I am strugglin...
Daily Log - 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
Thursday What a concept. Walked and worked out! Trained my clients... This will be my last month training them. Read, slept, read slept, downloaded a...
Word of the Day: Inextricable
**Meaning:** 1. Impossible to disentangle or separate; closely connected or intertwined. 2. So complex or entangled as to be impossible to escape fr...
Word of the Day: Luxuriate
**Meaning:** 1. To enjoy oneself in a luxurious way; to indulge in comfort or pleasure. 2. To take self-indulgent delight in something. **Example:*...
Word of the Day: Oscillates
**Meaning:** 1. To move or swing back and forth at a regular speed. 2. To waver between different opinions, positions, or states. **Example:** "The...
Word of the Day: Plateau
**Meaning:** 1. (noun) An area of relatively level high ground; a tableland. 2. (noun) A state of little or no change following a period of activity...
Daily Log - 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
Rest day. I chose to rest today as Monday and Tuesday were quite stressful. I started reading one of the new books I got on yesterday, **"Don't Answ...
Daily Log - 2025-07-08T00:00:00.000Z
Today was yet another stressful day. I didn't really speak about yesterday for several few reasons of which I won't mention but I will speak on the s...
Daily Log - 2025-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
At the time I'm writing this, I am exhausted, drained, both physically, emotionally and mentally. I need to lean on someone to stand straight. Today ...
Word of the Day: Bespectacled
**Meaning:** 1. Wearing or equipped with eyeglasses. **Example:** "The bespectacled professor peered over his glasses at the late-arriving stud...
Daily Log - 2025-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
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Word of the Day: Affectation
**Meaning:** 1. Behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress. 2. A studied display of real or pretended feeling. **Examp...