Category: The Jola Diaries
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SOME LESSONS I’VE LEARNT SINCE RESUMING LAW SCHOOL | THE JOLA DIARIES.
It’s been a minute. I think for a while there, I’d experienced some level of anxiety associated with writing and creating content generally. But this past week, it’s like whatever was blocking my creativity has been lifted and I’ve finally found the excitement I used to have in writing and content creation. So I’m back. […]
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Episode 2: Those 3AM RANDOM Thoughts… | JOLA’S CORNER OF THE INTERNET UNFILTERED.
DJ, play me Timaya’s ‘In this life I can’t kill myself’ and Tekno’s ‘Allow me to enjoy myself’. Nigerians and Entitlement Since returning back to Nigeria I’ve realised one thing. Actually two, but we’ll get to the second one in a bit. The first is that the average Nigerian is entitled. It’s the reason a […]
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Episode 1: Life as a DEMANDING SINGLE WOMAN
Okay, so here’s the deal. Life is hard. Being SINGLE and a WOMAN is harder. Graduating from undergrad opens the floodgates of the “So what next?” question. But in reality, when that question comes from these Nigerian aunties and uncles, they’re really asking you “so when will you marry? (Will it be this year, or […]
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Experiencing The Now.
“Man […] is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future. He lives as if he is never going to die and then dies having never really lived.” -The Dalai Lama. Have you noticed […]
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IDENTIFY
By Anjola Labels. It’s what we put on everyone, it’s what we define others and ourselves by. Labels. It’s how our society works. The principle it’s unconsciously guided by, because people need a name, category or class to understand things. My skirt is too short. I’m a slut. My skirt is too long. I’m a prude My blouse is too cut low and […]