Didi did it: a blog about doing things.

Different women told their stories and I felt like I had done nothing with my life. These women were in their earlier 50s or mid 40s. I was inspired. But I also felt like I either wasn’t living my life bravely enough to have stories like these. One was a jewelry designer who’d styled Rihanna,…

I don’t remember how I planned this weekend. At some point, I was craving protein cake and asked a friend to make it. Then I spoke to a friend who is also a colleague and, while ranting about my product, realised he could actually help me think through a solution. So we planned to meet…

The header is what I wanted to type earlier in the day. It’s 11pm in Nairobi, I’m exhausted, my eyes watery, and I don’t know if that header still applies. But I wouldn’t change it. I started the day with a meeting, one with one of Nairobi’s biggest food brands. I wanted to understand gaps…

[Intro] Ọmọ both fear and faith dey ask you to believe in wetin you no dey see Na you go choose [Verse 1] I go cut my coat oversize this year I no waka reach here just to waka reach here And if the tables no turn me I go change chair Wetin dem go…

I’m scared. Deciding to build a company was the easy part.Today was not. I was screening technical cofounders and it suddenly hit me. Do I actually want to go on a long, messy journey with someone I’m not familiar with? Someone I barely know but would have to trust deeply? Then the doubt crept in.Should…

I’m really excited about food research. Working on a food tech product and I’ve been having calls with research labs and my word, the conversations give me the most endorphin I’ve had in a while. Food makes me so happy and i’m looking forward to building wealth off that excitement.

Less than two weeks ago, I had shin splints that got worse after running on the beach. Then I went out for an easy 10k, the longest I’d done in two weeks, and somehow the pain just disappeared after the run. The body is fascinating. I wrote that two days before my half marathon. Truth…

You know that thing they say about spending 90% of the time understanding the problem, and then 10% doing it? Wordle Hard Mode is a neat little case study in that. I’ve written before about how slow is smooth, and smooth is fast and hard mode captures the same principle When you’re not in hard mode, you…

I am on what would be a 10-hour flight with my partner. The WiFi is not working and, as someone who always needs to be engaged, I am looking for something to do. We stumble on a multiplayer trivia game that is kind of like Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. We start playing, and between…

Yesterday, I went with a friend on a hike to Seven Sisters. We met up at Victoria Station at 10 a.m. Well, technically, because we just happened to be on the same Victoria line train heading there. We took the train to Eastbourne, grabbed a snack, and began the journey… which mostly involved getting lost…