I unintentionally but curiously found myself browsing through my own book publication…then I intentionally started reading it. Yes, it is my work but what is new even for me, is that my thoughts and experiences were arranged in some kind of order, creating a sort of method to my madness, if I can use that metaphor!

I discovered that I was meeting myself in the book …and not just literally. As I progressed, I began to see what my editor, Sydney Kasanda meant when he proposed to amend our contract even before we commenced any work. He said he was finishing off another clients work and he couldn’t be in two editing zones at the same time. I graciously agreed… he was the boss right?!

With hindsight I think he meant to say “ I need to apply myself fully to helping you find who you are in the book”.

I have realised that I actually was offloading a lot of things about my professional life that if not for this opportunity, I would not have. And some of them are those that perhaps, make us scream from the inside because we haven’t figured out how to package them in an appropriate, palatable manner!

I think that as long as we live, we must expect to discover something new about ourselves and even others, all in an effort to understand better and make ourselves better…