An unprovoked 15 day brutal battle with procrastination — Day Two — I had been in and out of a hazy sleep for an unknown amount of time. The fight was real, satisfying instant gratification, pontificating and daydreaming with idle coloured ease. You would think Procrastination was winning. But you would be wrong. I was not slacking. I was assembling my weapon…

An unprovoked 15 day brutal battle with procrastination — day one — Hi, I am Keno. I am a writer here on Medium. I have written a few successful articles and generally my work is well received. But over the years, I written less and less. I have not been able to deal with it, until now. The war. I am tired. I am fucking…

Four Wellness strategies that should not be ignored (with 16 cracking tips) — Everybody has something to say about wellbeing. Fitness instructors, psychologists, therapists, doctors, your sister’s yoga partner, your dog walker, the people team, self proclaimers public speakers, writers … even salespeople! Yet wellness eludes most people at some point in their life. Well, I cracked ‘being well’ in my life (for…

Ignore the leak and the whole block will collapse. — So here I am, in the UK, faced with another ‘race’ related media frenzy — hopefully over. I read all sides of the argument, opinion pieces and intelligent debate and most of the time I waka pass — tired. …

I don’t like talking about Black Trauma — Black trauma, I don’t like talking about black trauma But when I read again, another dead (too often) I take a deep breath and exhale I refuse to let the tears fall. Black Trauma. Black trauma, I don’t like the words, black trauma When they say it’s overused, When they say it’s…

An attempt to define the future has seemingly confused and annoyed a significant number of Black people in my network. — It was Saturday 15th of January 2022, and social media is buzzing about the Vogue February 2022 cover shoot. Despite a significant number of positive comments on the British Vogue Instagram post, most of my social network are not impressed. After reading a few, I decided to comment neutrally and…

A Tiny Life Moment that would be kinder and Day 10 of my 100 days writing challenge — The Moment The one-legged man died. He died alone. He died unknown. The locals wondered about the smell from his house, a two story decrepit brick built structure on concrete pillars rising from overgrown reedy grass, and protected by a pair of rusted metal gates. One gate was broken, fallen on its…

A Tiny Life Moment of understanding and Day 9 of my 100 day writing challenge — The Moment She was a diminutive woman. I did not have my glasses on, so I could not make out her features. I would guess she was over sixty. She was dressed smartly in white. A little too formal for 7am. She wore a loose pair of linen trousers, a white t-shirt…

A reflection on mirrored love and Day-8 of… —