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🥳Happy half a century to me! OMG when did I get to 50?!!! 🤣 I was only 17 yesterday! To God alone be all the glory, honour and praise!!!! 😂My 50yr old body and I celebrate this journey - I’ve named every stretch mark (badge of honour from childbirths) and become fast friends with my cellulite family😂.
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@AlexanderDapo Is this supposed to be your receipt ? If it was raining sense, you’d still use umbrella 🤦🏾♂️
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@topeolowu Thank you thank you thank you so much. Love you too. Appreciate all the love. 🤗
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My sister @iamlanre is 50 today. Many happy returns in every area of your life in Jesus name. I love you so so much
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HelloFresh uses aggressive online sales tactics to convince people to buy their subscriptions and yet it refuses to pay its staff fairly and allow them to have adequate break time.
Stop giving your money to companies who do not have basic decency and decorum.
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I don't know who else needs this word on this Sunday morning (bc I was in part ministering to my own self by recording and posting this), but don't die (creatively) in the gap.
This is a little lengthy (clip AND tweet), bear with me:
"The thing I’d like to say to you with all my heart is that most everybody I know who does interesting creative work went through a phase of years where with their good taste, they could tell what they were doing wasn’t as good as they wanted it to be… it didn’t have that special thing they wanted it to have… Everybody goes through that phase… and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work.” - Ira Glass
For most of us, the thing about growing in whatever your craft may be is that, if you're doing it right, every level of growth comes with the increased awareness that there's an even *higher* level of mastery to attain. In time, though, I also believe that we're increasingly aware that the next level's available to us - with the work.
But when you're still new'ish in a space. Still JV (and for many of us JV can look like a strong decade plus, don't be fooled), getting to the good work feels FAR (T Boz in Belly voice). And some folks just tap out.
Here's the downside to the increased ease and access to entering the creator economy: the internet will have you believing there's a shortcut to good work. There are gifted people who are outliers, and there are masters who make sh*t look deceptively simple, and there are people who will share easy (easIER than normal) ways to do things. But you can't hack the learning and growth that happens through process.
Do the work.
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My girl was 50 yesterday.
Yours truly represented well as always
I got loads of compliments for my dress 🙂
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SPEAKING OF POSSIBILITIES
SHOUT OUT TO @JacarandaBooks FOR GETTING THEIR BOOKS IN TESCO STORES ACROSS THE UK THIS MONTH
FROM NORTH EAST TO THE SOUTH WEST & A BAG OF PLACES IN BETWEEN. THIS IS BIG.
JENDELLA 💎 BENSON@JENDELLA
On the first day of #BlackHistoryMonthUK, I have a question for you: What book by a Black British/Black in Britain author left a lasting impression on you about the possibilities of literature?? For me it's always East of Acre Lane and The Fat Lady Sings.
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I had a manager many years ago who gave me a shove up the ladder.
Every time I go higher on the ladder, I send him a text....saying Paul I've climbed up again.
Always, he says, I knew you could do it from the 1st time I saw you.
Today, I sent him that text.
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Now available as a Paperback from cambridgescholars.com
£39.99 for institutions. A 40% reduction for individuals interested in women's history. With Discount Code: AUTHOR40 you'll pay £23.99.
@DrEmuwa @Yengus1968
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I went dancing yesterday bc that grace called favour is firmly on me. Grateful to clock in a new year
💗🧡❤️🙏🏿💃🏿
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The average Nigerian is a terrible human being. My 86 year old father went to link his NIN to his phone yesterday. He gave his phone and slip to someone in the office. The slip was returned to him, not the phone. They stole his phone.
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@femielufowojujr Agree. The 24 hr turnaround was amazing. Still don’t know why we have to go through some of these unnecessary bureaucratic processes though.
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@iamlanre Still..... the significant outcome of a long protracted labourious day is the receipt of a safely delivered booklet within 24hrs. Surely this has to be commended. Even their British counterparts can not match this feat. Let's forgive the imperfections and applaud improvements.
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Spent 2hrs at the Nigerian House yesterday, long queues and all but got the new passport in this morning’s post. Still not sure why in ‘24 u have to bring a copy of your husband’s passport to get yours renewed.
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Who’s renewed their Naija passport recently pls. What’s the (most up to date) process ? 😩😫
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A father. A grandfather. A great-grandfather. We will always be proud of you. Happy Birthday, Grandpa!
#WoleSoyinka90
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