Monique's Musings

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Monthly Blog/Vlog Posts Recording reality as a Cameroonian woman, Writer, Academic, Advocate, and Believer

Monique's Musings

August 31, 2025

Musings on the Cost of Caring… and the need to unlearn busyness (Aug 2025)

They say it costs nothing to be kind. But it does. It costs a lot. I can’t only be kind with words. I have to be […]

July 9, 2025

Musings on Love, Faith, and the Daily Call to Choose

So here’s what I’ve been musing about lately… We often hear it said: Love is a choice. Increasingly, this message is gaining traction among my generation. […]

May 30, 2025

In Praise of Being God’s Gen-Z Baby Girl (Jan 2025)

I used to call my good friend Ettamba “God’s first-born daughter.” You know how Jesus is described as God’s only Son, and we’re all adopted as […]

August 12, 2024

How has adulting ruined you?

July 2024 Musings In the past month, I finally got my hands on footage of an old interview I did in 2019. As I watched it, […]

June 30, 2024

Mid-year Reflections: A look back and A look forward…

Dear Readers, You’re cordially invited to do some mid-year reflection with me. This month in 2021, I was battling with suicide ideation. This same month last […]

March 31, 2024

What is Life Teaching You Now?

Here is another vlog where I discuss what I’m learning in this season of life; about taking the everyday mundane as what we’re living for, planning […]

January 27, 2024

2024 My Year Of No? (Dec 2023 Blog)

It has become a tradition of mine to have a theme for the year; a word or phrase that speaks of my intention for the new […]

December 26, 2023

Oct 2023: More Birthday Reflections

It’s another October and my birthday has come to pass. I recall when I was turning 30, I wrote a blog post about how I am […]

December 26, 2023

Nov 2023: Looking Back at the Year of Self-Love

At the start of this year, I vowed to make this my year of self-love. I have struggled with self-esteem issues all my life and this […]

December 26, 2023

Sept 2023: Healing My Writing Soul

A recently unlocked memory is of the day my O’ Level GCE results were read. The year was 2006, I had convinced my mom to let […]

December 26, 2023

August 2023: Musings on What Home Means…

I’m back in Cameroon again. If you know me, you know I move around a lot. It’s both something I appreciate and something I wish I […]

August 31, 2023

A Conversation with Nayah Ndefru

A few months back, I had a conversation with Nayah Ndefru on her Podcast “Breaking the Code” where she gathers her networking to discuss breaking the […]