My Latest Posts
Dear Imposter, You Will Do Great
Dear Imposter, I know. I know why you drag your feet, why you hesitate to tell people about your new craft. You fear. The moment they will need confirmation, anything that will test your new abilities. A knowledge you barely even have. You are a fake. Faking it until you make it, except you aren’t sure…
You’re Not As Important as You Think, Death Told Me
Death told me I wasn’t important and that nobody cares, but I hope someday I’ll be loud enough that they have no choice.
Stay Home if You Have No Humanity To Share
A little kindness goes a long way One of the worst things that can happen is meeting rude and unkind people when you leave your house. It can sour your whole day. Unfortunately for me, I met one last week — a bank cashier. After standing and waiting for an hour, he told me my…
Dear Medium, You Hurt Me; But I Couldn’t Break Free
Dear Medium,My name is Georgina Odafe, a writer in the faraway land of Nigeria, deep in the heart of Africa. Maybe not so far away because news of your fame reached me even when I didn’t know who you were. Every time I visited, I felt seen by your community of writers. You created a place…
Read This If You Find It Hard To Make Decisions And Accomplish Your Goals
As an adult, you are responsible for your future. How can you make decision that you won’t regret? How can you set and accomplish your goals?
How to Get Into the Flow of Writing; The random word method
I don’t know if this is a new writer thing, but I hardly ever feel like writing most of the time. It doesn’t mean that I don’t love to write because I do. I even find it hard to stop when I’m writing. But the most challenging part is starting. (And posting all my drafts, but…
The One Time Your Parents Got It Wrong
If your parents have ever looked at you like you’re a disappointment, this is for you. If you have ever thought you aren’t at the point where you should be, then this is for you too.
Lessons Life Forced Me to Learn at Sweet Sixteen
I think I’m the worst kind of writer.Or human sef. Life pushed me straight from childhood to adulthood and I can’t even talk about it. Anytime I try to think about deeper-than-the-surface-stuff, my mind goes screeeech, halt and blank. I really don’t know why. I’m left with a blank mind, no thoughts, no emotions and…
The Option Called Failure
Those first five words echoed in my head for years. Failure is not an option. Do you hear it too? Maybe not, but most of us live in line with those words. Until the day failure stops by to say hi. I was in SS2 when it happened. In Nigeria, we have 16 years of…
The Essential Ingredient of Writing
What happens when you give different persons the same ingredients to prepare a meal? Will the meal will taste the same? What if you don’t give them the ingredients? You only tell them to prepare the same meal? That is where individuality comes in. Because each of them will prepare it differently. Some might even…
On Writing, On Living 