ADULTING

5 Ways Immigrants Lose Money Every Year

I originally scheduled this post for Financial Awareness month. Still, I thought it would be a great addition to our Immigrant Heritage...

Lessons Learned from a Year Spent WFH & Homeschooling my boys

Some things are clearer now than they have ever been, thanks to a very unprecedented year.

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN OVERSPENDING

If the delivery man at my door sends me into a mental deep dive and I have no clue what's in the box, I'm probably overspending...

WHO NA NA, IMMIGREAT...

Remember the brown eyed beauty that took the music scene by surprise in 2003 with Pon de Replay? Well, she’s 33 today! Nothing says...

How To Stay Booed Up in 2021

A Guide to Love in Lockdown When something as frightening and confusing as a Pandemic happens, everything changes. Even Love. Couples are...

Why Immigrants Should Adopt a Culture of Affirmation

It took considerable time before I could believe that affirmations weren't mumbo jumbo. And then some more time to convince myself that I...

A Nigerian-American’s Lockdown List in a Pandemic

March was ripeeeeeee! I can't wait to tell my grandkids' about that time I witnessed a toilet-paper-throwdown between 2 ladies at a store...

10 School from Home Essentials - Tips to Keep Your Voice Down, Sanity Intact & Grades Up!

Our first week of homeschool (August) was rough. Rough like if the Wild West and the Middle East struck up a fiery affair and made a baby!

Is Minimalism Harder for Immigrants or is it just Me?

7 months ago, I started flirting seriously with the idea of a minimalist life. I did find a group of people who had started a 30 day Minimal

How to Protect Your Parents' Retirement

Millennials from Immigrant families have something else in common; parents who have little or no idea of how treacherous the internet is.