As I enter the final year of my 30s, I thought I s As I enter the final year of my 30s, I thought I share with you some pictures of mine at 9 months, 9 years, 19 years, 29 years  to today 39 years old of age. Looking back at each decade, I feel both ‘older’ and ‘younger’, I see the change in my features, the change in my way of life, the change in my personality and the experience itched on my face. I am grateful for the life I have lived thus far and excited for the life I am yet to live. 
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2026 - 39, (Home, England), I am ready for this final year before my 40s but also ready for this next decade. 
2016 - 29, (Oslo, Norway), this decade was about self discovery and building the life I dreamt about. The life that I am super proud of and truly grateful to be living. This decade, I built my financial life and in later years choose to heal from the trauma gained in the last decade and now I feel well equipped for the future. 
2006 - 19, (Glasgow, Scotland), I thought I was grown (look at the cheekbones 🤣🤣) and ready for the world, chiiiild was I wrong, let’s just say, I am still resolving the trauma the decade brought me but I am grateful because I met my best friends and made decisions for the future I wanted to have. (Spoiler alert - I did better than I dreamed). 
1996 - 9, (Home, Zambia) this was my birthday but my little sister insisted she had to be the one in the middle. The only way we knew whose birthday it was, was by standing in the middle but this year I remember baby sister crying her eyes out and refusing 🤨
1988 - 9 months, (Chililabombwe, Zambia) although my mother looks tired and traumatised😟, I know I was loved and happy. 
#happybirthday #happybirthday❤️ #newera #39
Attended #ascotraces for the second year running a Attended #ascotraces for the second year running and I am glad to have experienced the ‘Village enclosure’ this year, whilst I loved ‘Windsor enclosure’ last year, it’s not for me. Next year, I want Queen Anne’s enclosure. 💕 #girlsdayout #girlslikeus #ascotfashion
How I missed you my love 🥰🥰🥰 #hertripsabroad #bla How I missed you my love 🥰🥰🥰

#hertripsabroad #blackgirlstraveltoo #maldives #neverstopexploring #welltravelled
Tried being a #touristforaday and we chose #london Tried being a #touristforaday and we chose #london because why not. My feet still hurt from the thought of how much walking we did, the fact that we walked from #bigben to #buckinghampalace is still fresh on my mind. 

#neverstopexploring
🖤🖤MARCH PHOTO/VIDEO DUMP🖤🖤 So much happened and 🖤🖤MARCH PHOTO/VIDEO DUMP🖤🖤 

So much happened and yet I can’t find the words.
It has been an amazing week here, definitely recom It has been an amazing week here, definitely recommend @iberostar in Agadir. 
#neverstopexploring #wanderlust #welltravelled #lifeofadventure #hertripsabroad
I spent a week in #dohaqatar and had the most rela I spent a week in #dohaqatar and had the most relaxing and fulfilling time of my life. Sometimes taking it slow and living in the moment is what the soul needs. 🥰🥰🥰
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 #hertripsabroad #solotravel #solotravelingisfun 
#blackgirlstraveltoo
I had such an amazing week in Doha, Qatar after no I had such an amazing week in Doha, Qatar after not visiting for almost 8years. 📍

#qatar #doha #qatarphotoinstagram  #solo travel #travelbug bestvacations igtravel travelpic travelblog beautifuldestinations tlpicks instatravel roamtheplanet traveldeeper travelgram travelinspo wanderlust instapassport exploretheworld travelpics travelmore passionpassport travelawesome lonelyplanet travelblogger travelphotography traveltheworld worldtraveler
Happy New Year, happy 2026 #firstpicture of the ye Happy New Year, happy 2026 #firstpicture of the year.
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Uncategorised · February 4, 2017

Five Things Week 15 #HelloFebruary

Five things week 15 opens the first weekend in February, already 4 days into the new month. Though January felt like it was dragging on and we felt the January Blues, am sad it’s gone. It’s a month that I will never get back, a new beginnings for 2017 never to return. I am a huge believer in taking each day as it comes but sometimes I mourn the lost days. This is why I choose to start this series (a stolen borrowed idea) to document the lost days. With that, let’s look at what I set to accomplish last week and plans for next week.

five things week 15

Five Things for Last week

  • Monday – Thursday, book and attend my gym classes: Yoga, Body Balance, Fitness Yoga and Fitness Pilates. Managed Monday/Tuesday, Wednesday got cancelled and Thursday I cancelled.
  • Sunday, meet up with my friends in London, one is visiting from Korea so definitely need to see her. Done
  • Sunday, Schedule posts for all of next week. Struggled, I scheduled up to Thursday.
  • Time allocation, it helps me focus on difference tasks in allocated time slots. Failed.
  • University Assignment, need to prepare and submit the assignment. Ongoing, aka NOT STARTED.

Five Great Things to Happen

  • Sunday – met up with my besties for a well deserved lunch in Whitechapel and coffee at Pancras station.
  • Monday – Driving licence came back, unfortunately still got errors so sent it back
  • Got some interesting and exciting collaborations in the pipeline
  • Thursday – a friend got a job offer, see why this sucked too.
  • Thursday – a call with mummy dearest always makes me smile and happy. A mother’s touch/voice cures all.

Five Things that sucked

  • Said friend got a job which means she is leaving my company which means I am without an assistant.
  • Another friend missed her flight back home, which sucked for her more than for me
  • I hate chasing people for not paying for work done.
  • Driving licence came back still wrong. I asked for my name to be corrected not to be changed and some silly person says you’re changing your name.
  • A friend has gone quite on me, I am worried but also concerned I might be ghosted. LOL

Five Things for next week

  • Create a tracker for VA’s that I have hired to keep tracker of whose doing what and duration.
  • Create and Schedule posts for next week to keep me time to focus on work
  • Attend gym classes Monday – Thursday
  • Travel to my parents once licence gets back all corrected
  • Time allocation so I can do and submit my university assignment and get my work done.

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  1. Hannah Latoya Bond says

    February 6, 2017 at 10:34 pm

    I need to start getting back into my gym classes, i’m a bit slow getting back into them after christmas x

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  2. Nichole Freeman says

    February 5, 2017 at 10:17 pm

    My goodness, that was a lot. You are doing an awesome job. I am happy that works for you. I am not sure i can keep up with that level of details. I am tracking using a vision board.

    Reply
  3. Rose Mont says

    February 5, 2017 at 6:53 pm

    I havent started my Feb goals or looked over my January goals to see what did get completed. I would like to write a few posts and stay get ahead. I hope you get a nice new assistant soon.

    Reply

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