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A girl can dream...Africa

November 30, 2022

The excitement is real... I finally made it!! I'm in Nigeria. One of my biggest dreams was to see my home, to see my family that I haven't seen for 28 years of my life. I've lived 28 years and never been to Nigeria and I'm finally here with my mum and daughter. Where do I begin? Stepping into the heart of the hustle and bustle on the streets of Lagos creates more joy for me, the smell of the authentic food makes it all too real, the different languages spoken around me makes me want to join the conversations. We walk happily through the busy streets and stand by to book an Uber to our first stop which is a hotel in Lekki, 5 star to be precise. I arrive and the welcome is so warm from the staff. I feel like I belong... They tell us all we need to know about our short stay and later on tell us about all the amazing things to do in Lagos and we get ourselves prepared to go after resting. We call my uncle and we meet up with my auntie and cousins then we make our way to t

THE POWER OF PROCRASTINATION

November 17, 2022

You're probably thinking how can procrastination have power? It does. And we give it so much power when we say "I'll do that in a minute, I'll start it later, I'll do it tomorrow..." and so many other "beautiful" excuses! By the time we realise, it's literally hours later which then turns into days, then months.. now it's 5 years later and you're looking back thinking what went wrong? Sometimes it could be a lack of motivation... But the greatest outcome of it all is that we are still able to give whatever we were procrastinating on, another chance! It's never too late to continue where you left off. It goes the same for this blog. The instant gratification of saying I'll post later on got the best of me but I've received some amazing advice and now we move on to better! This blogging journey won't stop as long as I take each day at a time. What's one thing you've been procastinating on? Let's take the s

Travel Essence - Solo Travel with 'JourneyWithMary'

January 13, 2020

JourneyWithMary (Special Feature) https://www.instagram.com/journeywithmary_x/?hl=en Hi, My name is Mary Shobande,a British girl from London Town. I began my journey of travelling solo at the age of 21. The first visit I took alone was to Boston, Masschusetts in June 2015,where I spent three weeks. Prior to this vacation I was a girl who lived in a shell always afraid to do more for myself and was limited to staying within her comfort zone. I always felt empty and at timesa stranger to myself unaware of my Identity. I had gone through most of my life living for everybody else in the hopes of being accepted. During my time in America,I discovered a new sense of independence,experienced a different culture, and found myself doing new things that I enjoyed. I was hooked. I came home feeling ambitious, and desperate to see more. This time, I wasn't waiting around for anyone to join me. I booked another flight, this time for three months. I met new people, trie

T. he H.ate U.G.ive (T.H.U.G)

November 07, 2018

The Hate U Give REVIEW The meaning: T.H.U.G. I was brought back when I found out what it stood for. It got deep when I found out who more or less gave that meaning ; TuPac a legend where he’s music legacy is clear as day. I watched this movie for the first time in November with my friend. The movie was so detailed on the ins and outs of what a brown-skinned family would face because of the colour of their skin in America. You can tell this movie was created to make us embrace Starr (main character) - to feel the pain of Starr’s family as if it were our own, to feel the pain Starr felt when her friend Khalil died and then suddenly later on she realised her other best friend passed away when they were younger in a drive-by shooting! There was a lot of back and forth that as an audience you would only get towards the end. This movie was so deep that it made us have more clarity of the ignorance and softened hate we go through by society. The hate could even be by our c

Travel Essence

October 16, 2018

London Love... The blog about being YOUnique, the little things about me being a young Nigerian and British lady and my travels around the world! Welcome on board: to my new readers and welcome back my originals! <3 I am happy you're reading this or have taken the time to check out my last posts over the years. It has been a journey and I absolutely love the fact breaks do exist. Its always good to take your time with everything so you have clarity on who you want to be or what you would love to do in life! Its up to us to always create our happiness. So, I've had a long time away to renew, revamp and recreate a lot about myself . This is in terms of my mindset, talents/creativity, my atmosphere and the people around me! Change can start off ugly and end up being the most beautiful element of life and I would love for you to come along on this journey with me! Lets learn from each other as I share the good, bad and the ugly experiences through life. Remember

STAYING DOWN IN 2017 - 5MonthsIN!

August 30, 2017

***I wrote this post around January 2017 when I was facing my biggest challenges*** I've noticed one thing is that I expect too much perfection and for everything to be done in one go! This is when things go wrong because it ends up being a confusing situation and then you end up taking it out on other people..This has basically been the start of 2017 for me. I know most people seem to make their new year start on a high! But I don't think I was mentally prepared for 2017 and I allowed that overwhelming feeling to get to me by thinking "I'm staying down in 2017". I seriously couldn't believe I felt like this.. Its a new year! What is there that I can't do that I didn't do in 2016 - so much was achieved, I kept myself productive and had so much fun! I spoke to friends that I trust, that I knew I could let them know how I was feeling because they had been there before. Even though I felt bad expressing all of it by just always speaking out -

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