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Kemi Oyesiku
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Jul 26

A Nonlinear Life is Just Life

There is not one path. There is no right path. There is only your path. To get from New York City to Paris, looking at a map you’d think a plane would follow a linear path across the North Atlantic and fly over parts of northwest France before landing in…

Non Linear

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A Nonlinear Life is Just Life
A Nonlinear Life is Just Life
Non Linear

4 min read


Feb 22

Getting Laid Off: Part 2, Taking Time to Reevaluate

For some, getting laid off might be shocking but not a major disruption because they get a job right away or, where applicable, they simply slip into retirement. …

Self Care

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Getting Laid Off: Part 2, Taking Time to Reevaluate
Getting Laid Off: Part 2, Taking Time to Reevaluate
Self Care

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Feb 6

Getting Laid Off: Part 1, Taking Time to Process

On a Wednesday morning in early January this year, I woke up thirty minutes before a 9:30 am meeting. I picked up my phone on my bedside table, hoping that the meeting was canceled. I am not a morning meeting person. I opened up slack, but my company slack account…

Layoffs

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Getting Laid Off: Part 1, Taking Time to Process
Getting Laid Off: Part 1, Taking Time to Process
Layoffs

9 min read


Jul 9, 2022

Buoy, or Highly Sensitive Person Serenade #1

There are some words that feel smooth coming up my throat and delicious on my tongue, but buoy is not one of them. …

High Sensitivity

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Buoy, or Highly Sensitive Person Serenade #1
Buoy, or Highly Sensitive Person Serenade #1
High Sensitivity

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Jun 17, 2022

Dear 40, Fuck You! Or How to Turn 40 Without Grace, Kicking and Screaming

Looking back at what it felt like to turn 40. Time is an asshole. An unaffected non-thing, impervious to my kicking, screaming, terror and rage against being hurled towards 40 with no choice in the matter. Time is indifferent to all the things I didn’t get to do; and to…

Aging

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Dear 40, Fuck You! Or How to Turn 40 Without Grace, Kicking and Screaming
Dear 40, Fuck You! Or How to Turn 40 Without Grace, Kicking and Screaming
Aging

4 min read

Kemi Oyesiku

Kemi Oyesiku

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Life is in the transitions and in the questions. See more at kemioyesiku.com

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