By: Mariam Shittu October 4, 2019October 21, 2019 Lifestylecollaboration, experience, Inspiration, life, reality, single, singlewomen, women14 Comments

Life As A Single & Over 30-Year-old Nigerian Woman

Being single is awesome and sometimes it’s not. There are days where you’re happy you didn’t settle and days where you envy what your married friends have. In this post, five single and thirty something Nigerian women share their truth.

By: Mariam Shittu September 6, 2019November 18, 2019 Lifestylearticle, couple, ex, life, love, relationships, Thoughts20 Comments

10 Life Lessons From My Past Relationships

Love is amazing.  You meet someone, you start talking every day, you start dating and then you make it official. You’re happy, you’re in love and you can’t imagine life without them. Then somehow, everything changes and that person becomes an ex.

By: Mariam Shittu June 11, 2019August 29, 2019 Travelafrica, article, countries, europe, Lifestyle, Travel, travel-diaries, travelblogger42 Comments

Top 5 Places On My Travel Bucket List

From the first time I ever created a CV/resume for myself, I added ”travel” as one of my interests and that hasn’t changed ever since. I have a very long travel bucket list but these are the top 5 places I would like to visit.
1. Paris
2. Singapore

By: Mariam Shittu June 10, 2019July 16, 2019 Poetrylove-yourself, nigerian-blogger, poem, self-appreciation, self-love, spokenwords, writer, writtenwords6 Comments

POEM| You Are Not Broken

You are not broken
 You are number one
 and second to none
 You are amazing
 You are sunshine
 You are enough

By: Mariam Shittu April 23, 2019May 7, 2019 Lifestyleblogging, facts, Fun, me, personal, Random, tags, truth, wordpress18 Comments

Get To Know Me Tag: 25 Questions About Me Answered

Have you ever felt like you don’t know much about me? To help you know me better, I answered 25 personal questions truthfully below;
 1. Do You Have Any Nicknames?

By: Mariam Shittu April 3, 2019August 29, 2019 Fitnessexercise, Health, healthy-living, lessons, Lifestyle, wellness, workout51 Comments

FITNESS| 6 Things I’ve Learnt On My Fitness Journey

We’re in the second quarter of the year!!! How was your health and fitness journey during the first quarter? If it wasn’t as good as you wanted it to be, you have another chance to step up your game. I have learned a lot of things since I started my fitness journey and today, I am sharing six of them with you.

By: Mariam Shittu March 20, 2019April 10, 2019 Travelafrica, beach, culture, holiday, island, Lifestyle, mauritius, Style, tourism, tourist, travel-diaries, travelblogger26 Comments

TRAVEL| 10 Fun Or Not Facts About Mauritius

I spent five days exploring the island of Mauritius while staying at the Radisson Blu Azuri Resort & Spa. Mauritius is a volcanic island located in the eastern part of Africa. Yes Africa, isn’t that something? It’s famous for its beautiful white sand beaches and coral reefs.

By: Mariam Shittu June 18, 2017February 28, 2019 Beautyarticle, Beauty, blogger, face, Fashion, favourite, Lifestyle, love, makeup, reality, Style, trend20 Comments

BEAUTY|Zaron Healthy Glow Foundation : Review

Zaron is a global cosmetics brand and their products are specially formulated for the black skin tone. Zaron Cosmetics is the only Nigerian beauty brand I patronize. I use their Eyeliner Pencils(their colours really pop), Eye Brow Definer and their Concealer but I had never tried anything they have for the whole face. I’ve also…

9 Tips To Help You Manage Your Finances Better in 2020

By: Mariam Shittu January 20, 2020January 20, 2020

LifestyleArticles, content, experience, facts, finance, money, tips2 Comments

Money is a necessity of life; everyone wants and needs money to survive. We thirst for more money even when we have some because no one can ever have enough money. I mean, this is money we’re talking about here. This is why the richest man in the world has not stopped trying to make money.

Places in Lagos: Casa Mia

By: Mariam Shittu January 17, 2020January 17, 2020

Placesarticle, foodreview, lagosblogger, Lifestyle, places-in-lagos, restaurant, restaurantreview, review1 Comment

Have you ever heard of Casa Mia? Casa Mia is a new restaurant and lounge that started operations in December 2019 in Victoria Island, Lagos right beside Eric Kayser. It shares a building with an exquisite furniture company that sells Roberto Cavalli furniture.

You Can’t Have It All In A Man

By: Mariam Shittu January 15, 2020January 15, 2020

lifeBlog, blogging, content, facts, Lifestyle, relationships, spa, truth, wordpress, words, writtenwords2 Comments

If he’s not tall
He may be good looking
If he’s not good looking
He may be compassionate
If he’s not compassionate

POEM: I’ll Make Room For You

By: Mariam Shittu January 8, 2020January 8, 2020

Poetryfeelings, heart, love, musings, poem, Poetry, poetryblog, spokenwords, wishes, writing, writtenwords1 Comment

Give me attention
And I’d stick to you like magnet
Talk to me every day
And I’d enjoy our special bond

Places in Lagos| The Backyard Bar & Grill

By: Mariam Shittu January 7, 2020January 8, 2020

Placesarticle, entertainment, food, foodreview, lagos, Lifestyle, Nigeria, nigerian-blogger, places-in-lagos, restaurantreview, review1 Comment

The Backyard Bar & Grill has been around for quite some time and it became popular quickly because of the wooden chair swing in this photo of me, and their art wall that serves as a photo backdrop for guests.

Welcome to 2020, Happy New Year!

By: Mariam Shittu January 3, 2020January 20, 2020

LifestyleBlog, blogging, content, Inspiration, life, newyear, personal, truth, wordpress4 Comments

Happy New Year!
So what am I doing differently this year? I don’t believe in resolutions but I know for sure that;

I will live more.
I will work hard.
I will treat myself kindly.
I will be more intentional.

Merry Christmas!

By: Mariam Shittu December 25, 2019

LifestyleChristmas, holiday, lyrics, merrychristmas, music, Poetry, poetryblog, prose, quotes, rhymes, spokenwords, writtenwords3 Comments

It’s that time of the year
Yes, Christmas is here
A reminder that the year has gone by
And another year is coming by

POEM: A Better Place

By: Mariam Shittu December 17, 2019December 18, 2019

Poetryblogging, grief, hurt, loss, personal, poem, poetryblog, truth, wordpressLeave a Comment

Whenever I was told
you left this world
for a better place
I never believed

Is There More To Life?

By: Mariam Shittu December 11, 2019December 11, 2019

lifefacts, lifequotes, Lifestyle, poem, poetryblog, prose, question, reality

Is there more to life than waking up with an alarm every morning?
Is there more to life than drinking green tea or coffee to get through the day?
Is there more to life than working to save money to eat, shop and travel?

POEM: Why Do I Have To Choose?

By: Mariam Shittu December 10, 2019December 10, 2019

Poetrychoice, decision, indecision, poem, poetryblog, prose, spokenwords, Thoughts, words, writer, writing, writtenwords5 Comments

It’s time
to make a decision
And I’m stuck yet again
Wondering how I’m gonna choose

Places in Lagos| Flowershop Cafe

By: Mariam Shittu December 5, 2019January 20, 2020

Placescafe, flowers, flowershop, food, lagos, lagosblogger, Lifestyle, places-in-lagos, restaurant, restaurantreview, review6 Comments

Lagos is a city that boasts of many interesting cafes and restaurants and every other month, a new restaurant joins this ever growing list. Flowershop cafe is a flower shop and cafe that has fast become one of the popular restaurants to hang out in Victoria Island since it opened in July.

POEM: A Piece of Me

By: Mariam Shittu December 2, 2019

Poetrylovepoems, poem, Poetry, poetryblog, shortpoems, spot, writing, writtenwords4 Comments

Will you take a little piece of me everywhere you go?

It can be my soft voice
Or the way I call your name
It can be my silly laugh
Or the way my smile makes you smile too

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