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Black Politics

Consistency in Content Creation

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What are your biggest challenges?

My biggest challenge is consistency in blogging and podcasting. I have been a lot better at releasing the podcast but I am still not where I should be with preparation of the material I discuss.

When I’m reading I’m always looking for content that may be interesting but it takes the fun out of reading because it feels like everything thing is work.

With blogging I have many ideas but the time to put them down, edit and finalize just always seems to evade me.

With video content I have soo much content recorded, which I will periodically watch but I never do anything with it. I don’t know if it’s that I need better tools or maybe in this new year I need to actively set aside time for blogging, video creation and podcast ideation sessions.

I think another challenge is constantly being told or wondering am I creating good content or would my time be better spent binge watching something that someone else created.

Life, Travel

Photos and Airports

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What makes you feel nostalgic?

From the moment I discovered a camera I loved taking photos. When I was growing up we used to take as many photos as we could with the only problem being how to process all the films.

The digital evolution of photography did not stop me taking photos and I currently have 46,228 photos on my phone (I recently deleted some). In my defence some photos are for content creation but a lot are just funny videos of my family, friends and places I’ve visited.

I often get into a mood where I think of someone or something and the photos and videos I have just ease that feeling of being apart from someone.

Another thing that makes me nostalgic is airports. No matter how happy you are to be going home, going to a new place you are always leaving something behind. I’ve moved quite a bit and so airports always stir up emotions for me. From the last time I saw this person, to the time such and such missed a flight or the first time I went home without someone.

There is a pause that I take in airports that is similar to the one I take when looking at old photos that can only be described as:

a sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past.

Life

My grandparents

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What relationships have a positive impact on you?

My grandparents relationships had a positive influence on me. I assumed it was a given that everyone would end up with their person sitting in the living room, talking and watching tv with their grandkids.

But once you grow up you realize it’s actually rare for couples to make it, to grow old together and even if they do then one passes away and leaves the other behind.

I know it’s easy to romanticize our grandparents relationships in the age of online, unlimited and international dating but they seemed to have marriage figured out a little more that us.

Black Politics, Politics

Change in Political Views?

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How have your political views changed over time?

I wouldn’t say that my political views have changed but I would say that my defence of political leaders has shifted. As a young Black African I used to give our politicians a lot of grace. They are leaders of new states so they are bound to mess up and the world is against them so how can they succeed but as I get older I am starting to question the grace that I have given them. It is true that the are so many things stacked against African nations but there are also some problems that we face as Africans that are a direct result of the incompetence and selfishness of our leaders.

As I get older I am starting to wonder what is the cost for supporting certain ideological beliefs? How much incompetence is allowable simply because a party has the “right ideas”? I have never had a hard time understanding one issue voters but I can’t help but think that holding on to certain ideologies makes you prey to bad leaders, but that is not really a change in in political views, it is more of a greater understanding of the inadequate politics systems that we have.