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FOURTEEN YEARS OLD PAIN
Dear Mum, It is so cold here. No one hugs me the way you used to. Eating without you makes my heart ache deeply. I cannot run to you when […] More
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Fall in Love With the Journey | Dimma Mawejje Story of Resilience
A few weeks ago Lessons to My Diary sat down with Dimma Muhammed Mawejje, founder of Mawejje Creations. Dear Diary At the beginning of our conversation he said […] More
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Seasons Change
10 years and 7 months ago, you wouldn’t have convinced me that I would one day wake up and be grateful for another chance at life. The worst thing that […] More
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Who Will Fix Mr Fix-It?
Every friendship circle has one quiet constant — the organiser, the emotional anchor, the person who steps in when plans fall apart or when people fall apart. In this article, […] More
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in Career and Employment, Education and Academia, Innovation, Science and Technology, Self-help and InspirationOn train tracks, deferred life plans and geniuses in data centers
For many, admission to an elite institution is less about education and more about validation. It is a shortcut to legitimacy; a stamp that says: “this person is credible”. As […] More
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Learning about emotions and mental health saved me.
Somewhere in December 2014, I hated the idea of waking up. For someone who liked to have her own space, I’d started fearing being on my own. I’d dispelled the […] More
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WHEN CNN CAME CALLING: LESSONS ON VOICE, VISIBILITY, AND PERSEVERANCE
Someone I didn’t even know messaged me on Facebook, saying they wanted to talk to me because CNN, the Cable News Network, wanted to interview me. I knew about CNN, […] More
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in Health and Medicine, Identity & Culture, Poetry, Self-help and Inspiration, Writing and LiteratureDear depression
Dear depression, Give me thoughts, Without the anxiety. Give me pain, With a knowing that it’ll pass away. Give me all the grief, Only if it won’t play on repeat. […] More
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True Humility and Resilience – a story of Buleni Milton
Buleni Milton’s story is one of resilience, quiet determination, and an unyielding belief that circumstances do not define destiny. He was born and raised in a modest village in Maracha […] More
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This is my God story
For someone who was diagnosed with depression and seriously considered suicide about four years ago, I am having such a great time with my life that I cannot even believe […] More
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If only I had been a man, my mother might have loved me
Depuis aussi longtemps que je me souvienne, ma mère aime les garçons. C’est presque une vérité sacrée chez nous. On le sent dans ses gestes, dans son regard, dans sa […] More
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OPPORTUNITY AT HAND
After graduating from Uganda Technical College Bushenyi, I faced a tough job hunt. I started with a training at UEDCL, where I gained practical experience connecting lines and solving faults […] More
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in Business and Entrepreneurship, Career and Employment, Community & Opinion, Identity & Culture, Self-help and InspirationDoing Good Is Not Enough
It seems charity is about the redemption of the giver, when it must be about the liberation of the receiver. I heard this on Trevor Noah’s What Now? podcast. José […] More
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To Live Is To Be Born
To have life is to be born. And to be born is to leave the darkness, the quiet shadows of your mother’s womb. To be born is to leap […] More
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THE REVOLUTION WAS YOUNG BUT WAS IT READY?
Until I realized that power is not about age. Power is about character. And sometimes, we are not as different from the adults we criticized as we thought we were. […] More
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Say it now, before regret says it for you.
Many years ago, in one of the short holidays in my senior six, I went to visit a friend of mine. He was a year ahead of me, in his […] More
