This piece is inspired by a documentary featuring Chris Hemsworth and his father, who has Alzheimer's disease.

The central story is about his father’s Alzheimer’s, and the fact that Chris himself carries the genetic risk. A few things I learned from the documentary I’ll share one or two might make you want to watch it yourself.

1. Don’t wait for something to go wrong to do what you’ve long planned.

Throughout the documentary, Chris spoke about always wanting to take a road trip with his father. Working in Hollywood, however, made that difficult. It’s heartbreaking that he finally took the trip primarily as a way to help treat his father’s Alzheimer’s since reconnecting with the past can help rebuild neural connections.

So if you’ve promised your family you’ll spend time with them, do it. No matter how busy you are, they won’t be here forever.

2. Wherever you are, make it your community.

The Hemsworths found themselves in a rural part of Australia. They lived among the people there, who embraced them wholeheartedly without regard for their background or skin color.

3. In the end, family is all we have.

I could go on, but I don’t want to spoil such a beautiful documentary.

Go and watch it.

P.S. Chris Hemsworth looks just like his father did when he was younger. God really did something amazing with genetics!

The past few weeks have been challenging for my business, and in turn, it's taken a toll on me. It feels like I'm making money only to put it back into the business not to grow it, but to repair mistakes. And those mistakes are rather expensive. (Now I'm starting to understand what “costly mistakes” really means 😂).

Everyone seems to have a mind of their own, making decisions without consulting me as the business owner. And no, I can’t just fire them I really need them to survive the Christmas season. I’ll sort things out by next year.

This week, however, has been a pleasant one. Four out of six suits I’ve delivered have left the clients overly pleased, and that has really lifted my spirits. I’m praying the other two go the same way.

I don’t know if this is a rant or a cry for help, but this is what’s happening with me right now.

P.S. I’ll be at Port Harcourt Fashion Week by the time this article drops. I’ll be helping a friend showcase his designs, and I’m super excited about it.

Another P.S. I’ll be at Muscles on Wheels on Saturday. This is going to be a really cool weekend.

In 2022, I was living with a friend, and I noticed something really strange: he didn't call his parents. It was weird because I call my mom like three or four times a week, which feels normal to me. 

To him, however, it was okay to talk to his parents only every now and then. So, I made it my life's work to get him to call them once a week and boy, was it a war! But we made progress. 

After a few months, he started calling them regularly. He later went on to thank me in 2024, saying he had remained consistent and that it had helped his relationship with his parents immensely.

Sometimes, the excuses for why we don't call our folks are numerous and seem reasonable. But the truth is, we don't have as much time as we think we do (our parents will live long, IJN Amen!), because all we have is now. You should make it count as much as you can.

So, consider this your call to action: call your folks often. Whether it's once a week or five times a week, pick up that phone. Call them and tell them how much you love them and how glad you are that they're in your life.

P.S. Sorry I didn't show up last week; I wasn't inspired to write anything and decided to let it be.

Yesterday, I struggled all day to write a post. At some point, I decided to stop because the essence of this blog is to write freely and openly.

But then, while I was listening to music, "I Got My Smile Back" by Stormzy played. It was the first time I’d heard the song, and it triggered something in me. I instantly remembered that I am actually happy.

Remember the trip that I took? Well, it turned out to be more fun than I could possibly have imagined. From my host being an incredibly kind person to his friend who came over—we immediately clicked as if we’d known each other for years.

It was a journey I let go, so I could fight for something more important. To think that’s what would happen is funny.

I’ll try to give details of this trip in the following weeks, but for now, I'm going to enjoy every bit of this smile I got back.

It's been almost a month since I left Twitter, and mehn, it has been a funny experience. I honestly thought I'd miss it (I do, a little), but it turns out that I'm pretty chill. 

Even if I'm eager to go back, I'm still enjoying the fact that I don't have to deal with all those "men vs. women" arguments that became the norm—it can be exhausting real quick.

I feel like we should constantly take time away from social media and connect with our people offline. It helps a lot with your human experience.

Always remember: you're not missing out on anything on the internet whenever you're absent.