Tag: identity
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Is This It?
Burnout, identity, and the life I had learned to endure. The expectations that kept moving, the standards that never seemed satisfied — what really was the point? Was it worth losing myself? Did I want to continue living like this for the rest of my life? I did not like the answer, because who was…
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The Illusion of a Good Woman
“She is such a humble woman” – this was the comment I read under a video on TikTok and I could not scroll past it. There were many comments like this one on the post and most came from men – but this particular comment drew me in enough for me to stop and ask…
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You Can’t Go Back to Who You Used to Be
On a quiet commute, I found myself asking a question I couldn’t ignore: what is the point of all this? What followed was a slow, uncomfortable unraveling — one that forced me to confront who I had been, and who I was no longer willing to be.
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Choosing Myself: Navigating Identity Between Two Worlds.
When I first moved to the UK, every outing felt like a doorway to something new. I said yes to almost every invitation, eager to learn, to belong. So when I got invited to my first party, I pictured a big meal, laughter around a table—the kind of gathering I’d known all my life. The…
Koya Nkrumah 