“Working from home is great for a lot of people because they get to spend more time with their family, their kids, and their pets.” – Brian Peters, Buffer I had a dream! No, I had a fantasy! My life long fantasy has been to be able to work from home! This was of course before working from home became the new normal. In my fantasy I have the freedom to work from anywhere. Anywhere is some little café where the waiters know me personally. They keep my preferred table reserved and always greet me cheerfully by name. My favourite waiter wastes no time tucking me in at my table. Immediately, t ..read more

By: TheMich_11 “If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” –Paulo Coehlo I think it really sunk in during an hour layover in Accra. From the window of my flight, I could see a thick cloud of dust hanging in the atmosphere. Even then, I could tell that the air outside must be hot and oppressive, just as Wikipedia had said. I had arrived in a different part of the world, one I was about to call home. No, this wasn’t a holiday. Ever since I got an offer to work in Ivory Coast, in January, everything seemed to move at neck-breaking speed. Just as well the whole ..read more

Covid-19 lockdown for its many faults has turned us into deep thinkers!   So, where were you when you learnt that we were going on lockdown? Did you have any plans that you had to readjust because of the lockdown? Likely, the answer is yes. Coronavirus has wreaked havoc, plunging the world into a chaotic mess. For one, we’ve learnt that America is like that distant cousin who looks fine from far but is far from fine. As @jasminetyon twitted “America is a third world country in a Gucci belt”  When the world pressed pause and we found ourselves on lockdown, a lot of us had no choice bu ..read more

Father’s Day can be so triggering! In fact, Father’s Day is always triggering! Father’s Day is a painful reminder of a father’s absence Sooner or later, as a jilted mother, or daughter (as in my case) you have to swallow a bitter pill and ponder, where do we go from here? As the curtain closes on yet another Father’s Day I find myself reflecting on my journey. First off all, I didn’t wake up feeling like an abandoned child, big surprise! But it wasn’t immediately clear why my emotions weren’t banjaxed as they normally have always been on Father’s Day. In fact, I realised in retrospect that al ..read more

When you get give, when you learn teach – Maya Angelou So, I’m in the dreamy and beautiful island of Koh Phangan in Thailand attending yoga teacher training, stuff that dreams are made of, but get this, all I can think of is meat. If you’ve been hanging out here at Nolsy Nols you likely already know how much I love yoga. Yoga is like play time for adults, it captivates my soul. I feel like in it I’ve discovered the fountain of youth. I never get tired of how playful and engaging it is while also having immense physical, psychological, spiritual and health benefits. I am sold. Except there is a ..read more

Who remembers Mya’s case of the ex? An ex can throw you off balance, shake the tectonic plates of your universe, even if you’re really well and over that relationship. This past week I have been a big pile of anxiety (I still am), because of a decision I made two years ago to embark on a journey to the unknown. I spent this whole year looking forward to the day when I would set off on this path that I hope would take me to the promised land. But as day zero closes in, I find my stomach in knots. Several times I have considered back tracking and maybe postponing the date once again. One thing i ..read more

What are you secretly good at? So, I’m ouchea without a single thought of what to write for the Nolsy Nols Friday blog post, and I find myself wondering not for the first time or last “why again did I think this blogging thing was a good idea?” Just as I’m about to call off the whole damn thing, I remember the poor folk who eagerly wait for Friday just so they could read my rumblings, and then I remember this is important work. It could actually save a life. Yes really! Sometimes in the depths of despair I go online and more often than not I find something that captivates me for a minute and h ..read more

Mean girls are everywhere, from the school playground to the boardroom, I’m pretty sure even the cemetery has a good number of mean girls. But for every mean girl there is, there are thousands of kind girls. Now that the elections are over, it’s time to get on with the business of living. Motherhood is showing me who’s boss, and I can assure you, it ain’t me. This past week I was reminded of some of the epic confrontations that I’ve had in primary school.  Two incidents come to mind. One time in standard 2 my friend and I exchanged school bags, she carried mine and I hers. She had a book case ..read more

So, Botswana is the birthplace for all of modern humanity. Our beloved little country is where human life began. It is surreal to learn that we’re smack in the middle of the cradle of human kind, the birth place of every one in the world alive today. Africa has long been regarded as the cradle of humankind, but scientists seeking a more specific location have narrowed in on northern Botswana as the “homeland” for all modern humans, according to Eva Chan, study author and phylogenetic analysis lead from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. There, south of the Greater Zambezi River Basin, w ..read more

Botswana elections took place on the 23rdof October 2019. This is the 10thelections since the country attained independence in 1966. In many ways these elections in particular are bitter sweet, it feels a bit like attaining independence all over again. From 2008 to 2018 we were under former president Seretse Khama Ian Khama’s rule, which has left a bitter taste in most of us the working class. The country regressed greatly. The beauty about Botswana elections is that while we may disagree in politics, in principle our core value system is enshrined in dialogue. For all our many faults we are a ..read more