Zawadi Birya

And I’m Back…..

July 26, 2024 No Comments

The last 3 years have been intense and I feel like i’ve been through the fire and come out 1,000 times better and stronger and wiser.

After I completed my Masters program in 2022, I was physically and emotionally exhausted. I had an extremely demanding work schedule and I was absolutely spent, out of gas and just tired. I was so exhausted that I would break down crying in the middle of traffic or in the middle of the night.

One day I decided to quit my job to take a gap year, packed up my things and started over in a whole new city.

Grad School Diaries, Inspiration, Lifestyle, My Life

Grad School Diaries: The Struggle Was Real!

November 16, 2021 No Comments

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I can’t believe it’s been a whole year since I updated this blog. Time flies.

What a year! I can admit that this year absolutely kicked my butt – I was the girl who was working full time and in Grad School part-time, all while trying to have a social life and failing miserably most times but as they say, good things take time right?

I am finally at the tail end of my current Grad School program and seriously considering beginning another.

Entrepreneurs, Inspiration, Lifestyle

A chat with Entrepreneur Sanjeev Jandu on the challenges of running a Marketing Agency, the rise of ‘bedroom entrepreneurs’ and her latest business venture, Mahambi Market

October 1, 2020 No Comments

You run a digital marketing agency called Breath Media, with an international clientele, that sounds very intense, what does a day in your life look like?

Well, each day is totally different! Some days it’s admin in the office, while others it’s me on the move from meetings, to shoots, to online conferences. It’s unpredictable, but you know what? I love it! The hustle and bustle really drives me!

My Life

Goodbye 2019, Hello 2020…

February 8, 2020 No Comments

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Last year was quite a year. It was long, emotional and arduous. Even though I achieved a lot, I was tested in more ways than I could have ever imagined. While I am proud of the woman that emerged, I have to say that there are some realisations that truly broke my heart in 2019. In fact by the end of the 1st quarter, I felt burnt out and emotionally drained. Between a career plateau, a health scare and lots of relationship (family and friends) drama, I decided to take a step back and evaluate my life decisions.

Authors

Binyavanga Wainaina 1971 – 2019

May 22, 2019 No Comments

Photocredit: Kalamu

Award Winning Kenyan Author, Journalist and Activist Binyavanga Wainaina has passed on.

Wainaina was a celebrated author who made significant contributions in the field of Literature through works such as; Discovering Home , which won the 2002 Caine Prize for African Literature and Kwani, one of East Africa’s first literary magazines.

In 2003, he was recognised by the Kenya Publishers Association for his contribution to Kenyan Literature while, In 2008 he served as a Bard Fellow and Director for the Chinua Achebe Centre for African Literature & Languages at Bard College.

In 2014 TIME Magazine named him one of the “Most Influential People In The World”.

You can read more of his work here: Planet Binya .