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

Monique's Musings

December 19, 2025

On Recap Culture and the importance of Having your Own KPIs

End-of-year reflections aren’t new. We’ve always done them, some of us in journals, some of us at “crossover nights on New Year’s Eve, most of us […]
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 […]