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  • January 5, 2026

Home | Part II

As I grow older, I am realising that home is an essential concept for me. I care deeply about the people, things, and places I call home. The idea of belonging, really belonging somewhere, means more to me than I once realised. And this says more about who I am than the sum of the…

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  • January 5, 2026
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  • October 9, 2025

On reading my old writing

Last night, I was looking at my LinkedIn page and stumbled upon some of my old writing. I used to have a blog called dailylifetalk.com. I closed it down years ago, but some of my pieces still live here. Rereading them felt like opening an old notebook, one filled with the kind of honesty that…

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  • October 9, 2025
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  • August 25, 2025

While I Sip My Coffee: Look for the Flowers

There’s something beautiful about slowing down enough to notice what’s around you. When you do, you begin to see how much joy exists in the in-between. Most of the time, we are too busy to notice. We rush past what is right beside us. We overlook things. Especially the small things –  which, I’ve found,…

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  • August 25, 2025
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  • May 5, 2025

Weekend at Home 🌿📚

Well, so I am finally back to creating content on YouTube! It took me a while to get back to it. I have no answer; it is just that I was not so sure if I would be consistent as I used to be back then. But here we are; we will see how it…

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  • May 5, 2025
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A lover of book, coffee and plants. Living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania sharing her simple life!

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Slow Living in Tanzania - Books, coffee, home ✨️
Columnist @thecitizentz

I’ve been thinking about how I sometimes move thro I’ve been thinking about how I sometimes move through things without really paying attention.

The trees, the water, the food. The things that hold everything together.

Today felt like a good day to notice a bit more.

Happy Earth Day 🌍

#EarthDay2026 #SlowLiving #MindfulLiving #NatureMoments
Caught my review in print today over coffee. ☕️✨ Caught my review in print today over coffee. ☕️✨

Just kidding, it’s always out on Tuesdays in The Citizen newspaper. Today’s review: Selling to Informal Markets by Farayi Ziswa.
How I ease into my workday ☕️ . . #handgrinder # How I ease into my workday ☕️
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#handgrinder 
#coffeeathome☕️
Who gets to decide that the life you are living is Who gets to decide that the life you are living is a good one? The correct one?

Weeks after I finished The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy, I am still trying to answer that question.

In my review, I talk about how I think about death and what kind of feeling it will leave behind.

This year, I want to read books that push me to question how I live and help me change some beliefs.
You sit by the sea. You drink coffee. You read. O You sit by the sea.

You drink coffee. You read. Or pretend to read as you admire the sea and wonder how far it goes. You invite intrusive thoughts while at it (IYKYK). Then you go back to actually reading and drinking your now cold coffee, because you left it alone for too long. But you don’t want to give it up.

You admire the sunset. You think about how grateful you are to be part of nature.

You pay your bill and go back to your little home that you love so much. You go to bed. The end 🤣✨️

Anyway, my current book is interesting. It is changing how I see marketing. It is more than just selling. It is a way of understanding the world better.
Are you living the way you think you should? Maybe Are you living the way you think you should?
Maybe yes. Maybe not.

That is yours to answer.

The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy asks you to sit with it. It is unsettling. It is necessary.

My favourite quote: “Can it be that I have not lived as one ought?” Suddenly came into his head. “But how not so, when I've done everything as it should be done?”

A review and video coming soon. I would love to hear your thoughts.
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It’s just a book until it starts feeling a little It’s just a book until it starts feeling a little too familiar.
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