I’d love to see y’all.
I first got on Substack because I wanted a low-stakes way to just get my ideas out. They always had a great time dancing around in my head, but my insecurity kept the deadbolt to the apartment locked. So, very few people ever got a chance to hear them. Or read them. I spent most of my time convincing myself I was making the right decision by keeping these thoughts tightly tucked away.
But then on November 23, 2021, for reasons I still don’t quite remember, I took a leap and launched this little newsletter/blog. My first post was Thanks for the Push. It was just a brief shout out to y’all. I signed up for this site, and email subscriptions started to coming in. Up to that point, the only things I wrote on this site were my email and password. But even that was enough to have some of y’all say….I’d like to hear more from John. So I decided to let my thoughts dance in public. And once I took the deadbolt off the door, I realized how great it was. Not just let my ideas out, but to let you in.
Thanks for the Push
What’s up y’all, This first post is gonna be real bare bones. Bare bones like Nigerians eating chicken wings. (If you’ve never witnessed it, it’s a sight to behold. Once more people catch wind I’m sure it’ll be a Wonder of the World—or at least an honorable mention. I grew up in a Nigerian household, and unless your c…
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