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#10: At age 27
#10: At age 27
Disclaimer: I talk frankly about thoughts of dying
Mo Isu
Apr 21, 2021
#9: Don’t have children
#9: Don’t have children
I want to want to get married and have children. Probably not soon, probably not in the next five years. But at some point in time, I hope…
Mo Isu
Apr 14, 2021
#8: Far Away Stories
#8: Far Away Stories
If my own story felt phony, the second-best way to be authentic was to be close to people whose stories felt real. Wendy had such a story.
Mo Isu
Apr 14, 2021
#7: Growth, where do I start?
#7: Growth, where do I start?
If you read this essay I wrote last week, you’d know that I have developed a new interest in learning to build a business. One of the…
Mo Isu
Apr 14, 2021
#6: Two Distant Strangers
#6: Two Distant Strangers
An essay about a movie
Mo Isu
Apr 9, 2021
#5: Not a Business Man But
#5: Not a Business Man But
I considered quitting my podcast this year.
Mo Isu
Apr 9, 2021
#4: 2020 and losing
#4: 2020 and losing
The book I have been working on for the past three years is about loss and adventure. It’s about the friendship of two women in their…
Mo Isu
Apr 9, 2021
#3: What are you doing with your life?
#3: What are you doing with your life?
The real question is ‘what are you doing with the time you have alive?’ This question falls into a bigger group of questions about life…
Mo Isu
Apr 6, 2021
#2: Interviews as micro encounters with people we admire
#2: Interviews as micro encounters with people we admire
I have a habit of researching authors’ whose work I admire. I am, however, not as obsessive as some of my friends who go all the way. They…
Mo Isu
Apr 5, 2021
#1: Lagos, like New York
#1: Lagos, like New York
I was walking through Sabo with my friend the other day. Sabo, wild, tight, too many bodies, Sabo. We had gone to buy this thing or that…
Mo Isu
Apr 2, 2021
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