• University of Life

    The dress that didn’t get to dance

    But it sure did sparkle. 2020, the year of fantastical changes, grand parties full of sparkles and beauty, the year that was to be significantly awesome. We were to dance, party and grow as we entered the next decade, the one where we were to get our robot maids named Rosie! What we did get, which we quickly learnt we did not necessarily want was talking through laptops for work, just like George, and learning in our bedrooms, just like Elroy. I bought this dress, and two others, for the year of the party. I was knowingly attending two galas this year and had in the plan’s attendance to several…

  • She Constructs,  University of Life

    The importance of a Tribe

    Empowering each other empowers ourselves “Who does she think she is?”, “What right does she have?”, “Who put her in charge?”.  These are common sentences that I have heard over time when speaking with other women about other successful women.  These comments need to change.  They need to be replaced with “How can I become as confident?” and “Why is her success bothering me so much?”.  I have a woman on the edge of my circle who seems to never be happy about other women’s success.  She often questions why someone is making the choices they are, why someone like myself has any gaunt to try something new, to be…