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A Tall History of Sugar | Book Review | Curdella Forbes | 2019

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Sometimes, success doesn’t break you. Instead, it

Sometimes, success doesn’t break you.
Instead, it quietly stops making sense.

The Unbecoming isn’t about winning again—it’s about what happens when identity, ego, and ambition begin to feel heavy rather than meaningful. It’s a story of silence, retreat, and the courage it takes to let go of the version of yourself the world applauded.

If you’ve ever wondered why achievement doesn’t always bring peace, this one might resonate more than you expect.

👉 Read the full post via the link in bio

#ThoughtfulReads #InnerJourney #BooksAmeya

We talk about success, happiness, and ambition all

We talk about success, happiness, and ambition all the time.

But what happens when your body feels heavy… and your mind feels tired?

Seneca had a simple answer centuries ago — without health, even joy loses its flavor.

This piece isn’t about fitness trends or perfection.
It’s about why health quietly shapes how deeply we experience life, long before we notice it slipping away.

If you’ve ever felt everything “should” be fine, yet somehow wasn’t — this one might stay with you.

👉 Read the full post on the blog (link in bio)

#ImportanceOfHealth #HealthIsWealth #StoicWisdom

Some stories don’t begin with heroes or battles. T

Some stories don’t begin with heroes or battles.
They begin with silence.
With fire.
With a girl who said nothing—and still changed everything.

Tap the link in bio to read this powerful folk tale from Nagaland and uncover the unexpected origin of tribal tattoos. 🌿🔥

#IndianFolkTales #TribalTattoos #NagalandCulture

Sugar is everywhere. In our kitchens. In our habit

Sugar is everywhere.
In our kitchens. In our habits. In our everyday lives.

But behind that sweetness lies a history shaped by exploitation, silence, and inheritance we rarely pause to examine.

This review of A Tall History of Sugar looks at how something so ordinary came to carry such extraordinary weight—and why its legacy still matters today.

If you’re drawn to books that make you rethink the past and its quiet presence in the present, this one is worth your time.

👉 Read the full review via the link in bio.

#BookReview #LiteraryReflection #ReadingHistory

Good ideas don’t usually fail. They fade when pati

Good ideas don’t usually fail.
They fade when patience runs out.

Most of us don’t abandon ideas because they’re bad — we abandon them because progress feels slow, motivation disappears, and life gets noisy.

This post reflects on a powerful line by Hyman Rickover and why turning ideas into action has far more to do with discipline, consistency, and staying the course than with talent or inspiration.

If you’ve ever started something that mattered and quietly drifted away from it, this might speak to you.

👉 Read the full post — link in bio
💾 Save this for the days when progress feels invisible

#IdeasIntoAction #DisciplineOverMotivation #LeadershipMindset

Some people don’t burn out loudly. They just… go q

Some people don’t burn out loudly.
They just… go quiet.

The Healing Season of Pottery follows a woman who walks away from her job, retreats into herself, and one day wanders into a pottery studio by mistake. There, among clay, imperfect bowls, shared meals, and people carrying their own quiet struggles, she begins to feel human again — slowly, unevenly, without any grand promises.

I wrote about this book because it understands something many of us don’t know how to say out loud: that healing doesn’t arrive all at once, and it doesn’t always look like progress. Sometimes it looks like showing up again. Sometimes it looks like making something with your hands and letting it break.

If you’ve been feeling worn down lately, this story might feel uncomfortably close — and strangely comforting.
✨ Read the full review — link in bio.

#BookReview #KoreanFiction #HealingStories

Ever notice how one small comment or moment can th

Ever notice how one small comment or moment can throw off your whole mood?

We often call it “overthinking,” but sometimes it’s really our unspoken boundaries, our emotional habits, or the weight we’ve been carrying without realising it.

I just finished exploring Daniel Chidiac’s Stop Letting Everything Affect You, and it offers a gentle shift in perspective—one that helps you step out of emotional overload and into something steadier, quieter, and more yours.

If you’ve been trying to stay unbothered without shutting down… or learning to protect your peace without feeling guilty… this one might speak to you.

✨ Read the full breakdown on the blog — link in bio.

#EmotionalWellbeing #ProtectYourPeace #OverthinkingHelp

Sometimes the simplest words make you pause. Antho

Sometimes the simplest words make you pause.
Anthony Hopkins’ quiet line about loving life isn’t loud or dramatic — yet it somehow settles into you, reminding you to look up, breathe, and notice what’s already here.

If you’ve been feeling a little disconnected or running on autopilot lately, this reflection might be the soft reset you need.

Read the full post on the blog — link in bio.

#Mindfulness #LifeQuotes #AnthonyHopkins

Some books don’t just speak—they echo. While read

Some books don’t just speak—they echo.

While reading Night Sky with Exit Wounds, I kept returning to the feeling that every poem was a doorway into a memory that wasn’t mine but somehow lived inside me anyway.

How does Ocean Vuong manage that rare mix of rawness and grace?

How does a poem turn into a place you walk through?

In this new review, I explore the aftershocks of war, the tenderness in queer longing, and the quiet, luminous ache at the heart of Vuong’s debut collection. If you’re drawn to poetry that feels like a pulse under the skin, this one might stay with you. ✨

Link in bio to read the full review.

#OceanVuong #PoetryCommunity #ContemporaryPoetry

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