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in Family, Friends and Relationships, Self-help and Inspiration, Travel and AdventureLife: The Other Stuff That Happened When We Were Busy Chasing Babies
Time Check: 8 am or thereabouts Day: 16th July 2014 Place: Paris Metro, France It’s very tempting, when narrating one’s experience on a particular issue, to block out every other […] More
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in Business and Entrepreneurship, Self-help and InspirationThe Pain of disappointment
A little while ago, my colleague and I had a meeting with the CSR Manager at a leading Ugandan institution.I will call her Madeline. She was really apologetic for keeping […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Family, Friends and Relationships, Self-help and InspirationDear Ixy
Hello Ixy, How are you? I suppose that you are up to no good, as your father always was. Don’t cause your mother grief, as I have. You are the […] More
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in Career and Employment, Education and Academia, Identity & Culture, Law, Crime and Justice, Poetry, Self-help and Inspiration, War and Conflict, Writing and LiteratureLeft behind; the silent struggle of children and youth forced to dropout of school
Left behind; the silent struggle of children and youth forced to drop out of school The gates were open as Mercy( not real names) and her parents, with other children […] More
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in Business and Entrepreneurship, Family, Friends and Relationships, Journalism and Media, Self-help and InspirationDREAM WEAVER
Until you share it, a dream is nothing but a nightmare. It festers within, unsettling you, and if kept too long, it gnaws at your heart, tearing it into shreds […] More
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in Family, Friends and Relationships, Identity & Culture, Poetry, Self-help and Inspiration20Facts about myself
I am Mugabe Victor, aka mugabevictor180, aka VictorTheMuchwezi. (Don’t you worry, the aka s are over) I am an engineering student at Kyambogo University, an artist and poet. According to […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Self-help and InspirationWhat you do for self care #ugblogmonth
#UgBlogMonth By Mugabe Victor Lately, some of you may have noticed that I am not in a perfect state of mind. My thought pattern is foggy, I am forgetful, I […] More
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in Career and Employment, Movies and Television, Self-help and InspirationLETTER TO MY ACTOR: MINDFULNESS
Most times we spend a lot of our lives worrying. Most people around us are always unhappy because many things are not going right. You spend most of your life […] More
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in Business and Entrepreneurship, Self-help and InspirationMake that next step by failing.
Make that next step by failing. I failed in my teens, twenties, and forties. Failure has never defined me. I failed to get government sponsorship at university even after doing […] More
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in Health and Medicine, Self-help and Inspiration, Travel and AdventureCause of Fear of Flying, And How You Can Overcome It
Aerophobia/ Aviophobia or commonly known as the fear of flying is when a person has a fear of being on flying vehicles such as aeroplanes and helicopters. To most people, […] More
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in Business and Entrepreneurship, Career and Employment, Family, Friends and Relationships, Fashion and Beauty, Fiction, Photography, Self-help and Inspiration, Theatre, Writing and LiteratureMY JOURNEY
My Journey: From Adversity to Triumph As i write my story, I am filled with a mix of emotions – joy, gratitude, and a sense of accomplishment. Today , on […] More
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in Self-help and InspirationHave a wonderful November
November is here and I’m still kind of in denial? Like, how? It’s been such a long and short year simultaneously – something I can’t quite remember feeling/saying about any […] More
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in Career and Employment, Education and Academia, Self-help and InspirationThe Most Essential Aspects of Life Are Not Taught in Institutions
Life’s most critical components, the very foundations upon which our existence relies, cannot be learned through formal education. There are no institutions or programs that offer degrees or certifications in […] More
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in Personal Finance, Self-help and InspirationBrokeness, lies and the resultant unintended good habits.
Brokeness will make you do many things unintentionally. Things that actually turn out to be good lifestyle habits. Usually, it is a result of ego and the desire to maintain […] More
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in Self-help and Inspiration, Writing and LiteratureFEATHERED AND FABULOUS…
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in Community & Opinion, Self-help and InspirationI'm dropping the 'just'.
Gosh, I have never struggled this much with how to (grammatically) begin a sentence! Yesterday on Humans of New York, I read a comment that has refused to leave my […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Poetry, Self-help and InspirationSelf-pity
I looked at myself with borrowed eyes, and the mirror wasn’t mine either. It must have been my inquisitive neighbor’s. It was as though i wasn’t looking at myself but […] More
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in Identity & Culture, Self-help and InspirationBooks Aren’t Too Expensive, Our Priorities Are.
You’ve probably heard that old, troubling saying: “If you want to hide something from an African, put it in a book.” I’ve often wondered where that came from, and perhaps, […] More




















