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Congratulations Class of 2018

Dear graduation class of 2018 , you are not a tree . I repeat you are not a tree Get up and Go.  Don’t waste too much time trying to save enough money or have the perfect plan.  Just do it.   7 years ago with a cheap paper road map I bought at the gas station , I drove a big uhaul truck solo with no gps from Atlanta to Boston with a quick stop over in turnup city Baltimore Maryland lol..because why not. Best career move I ever made even though I was scared shitless in that moment & didn’t know anyone in Boston .  It is hard making new positive friends in a new city if you're not in college. It was even harder because I was the youngest person in the office at my first job in Boston. I had to learn to be the one to initiate relationships. I had to "put myself out here". So I joined networking groups like " Africans in Boston",  a church to plug in to,  Boston Bloggers groups, fitness groups and fo...

Chili My Way

Instead of doing a chili recipe, I am going to talk about how I like my chili. Chili is one of those meals you can have in any season. In the winter time I like my chili chunky and spicy. The spice helps to elevate my body temperature and keep me warm in the cold weather.  In the summertime, I like it light  and full of flavor.  During the spring and fall weather, am much more experimental with it adding signature seasonal flavours like curry, pumpkin and etc I cook chili when am looking for an all you can eat healthy comfort food to appease my emotional state. I cook chili when I've ran out of time to get groceries and I have to make do with my sparse pantry. I cook chili using leftovers. How to cook Chili My favourite way to cook chili is in a crock pot because am a lazy cook with a busy work schedule. There's nothing better than dumping everything into a crockpot in the morning and coming home to a house smelling of cooked food re...