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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 books, coffee, travel and nat. Living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania sharing her simple life!

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Books 📚 | Coffee ☕️ |
Personal: @janeshussa ✨️

I love spending time in bookstores. 💫📚 Walking ar I love spending time in bookstores. 💫📚

Walking around. Picking up books I probably shouldn’t buy. Thinking about all the books I still want to read. 😪

And honestly, I can’t think of a better way to spend a day 📚
a woman with opinions and too many books ☕📚 a woman with opinions and too many books ☕📚
A non-negotiable time for joy 😊 Yes, the waking A non-negotiable time for joy 😊 

Yes, the waking up at 5am sucks... but it is absolutely worth it. ✨️

See that sunrise? We stood there like idiots just staring. 💫
And then a rainbow showed up after some rain like it was an apology 🤣

And reward after the walk? That cup of coffee was well deserved, I kid you not ☕️

And, of course the company ❤️

Slide 3 is my favourite shot this month 😎
This is usually how my off days look lately... tak This is usually how my off days look lately... taking care of the little things that give me joy 😊

#daysoff
Zanzibar 💫 Bits and pieces I loved while there ❤️ Zanzibar 💫

Bits and pieces I loved while there ❤️
I think what unsettled me most about The Stranger I think what unsettled me most about The Stranger is how little Meursault performs for others.

He does not pretend to feel what he does not feel. He does not say things simply because they are expected.

And somehow, that honesty becomes disturbing to everyone around him.

#thestranger
#albertcamus
My review of The Stranger is out in today’s The Ci My review of The Stranger is out in today’s The Citizen.

Perhaps we are more attached to how things should look than we realise. To the right words, the right emotions, the right reactions.

We learn them. We repeat them. And over time, they begin to feel like truth.

And sometimes, we don’t question it.

Also, see a lineup of books I am reading and loving. Between Friends and Lovers has my whole heart ❤️ (review coming soon)
How is ease into my week ☕️💫 . . #handgrinder #co How is ease into my week ☕️💫
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#handgrinder 
#coffeeathome☕️
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