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A newsletter where I share personal stories, bookish reflections, and musings on whatever catches my interest. A subscription gets you a glimpse into my world, thoughts, and current reads.

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Grace Iderima

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Better by far you should forget and smile.

Jun 8, 2024

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15 min read

Better by far you should forget and smile.

Than that you should remember and be sad.

Grace Iderima
Grace Iderima
First Date Questions — Answered

Feb 4, 2024

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27 min read

First Date Questions — Answered

A nostalgia I intentionally avoid has to be anything connected to high school or primary school, those bonds and memories you're supposed to make in those places.

Grace Iderima
Grace Iderima

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Week 26: She wonders if her willingness to accept men’s diseases is a marker of her desperation.

Jun 28, 2026

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5 min read

Week 26: She wonders if her willingness to accept men’s diseases is a marker of her desperation.

She also wonders if this willingness contributes to the ultimate inevitability of them not wanting her.

Grace Iderima
Grace Iderima
Week 23: Time is tricky.

Jun 7, 2026

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4 min read

Week 23: Time is tricky.

Bits and pieces of my week, what I watched last month and what I'm currently reading.

Grace Iderima
Grace Iderima
Week 21: Much ado about nothing.

May 24, 2026

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4 min read

Week 21: Much ado about nothing.

I saw a Tiktok that talked about how time flies in your 20s and before you know it, you are like the adults you swear you wouldn't be like.

Grace Iderima
Grace Iderima
Week 18:  I want the visibility.

May 3, 2026

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2 min read

Week 18: I want the visibility.

I don't even want to work in the background, I want the visibility that comes with doing good work.

Grace Iderima
Grace Iderima
Week 17: Not every shoulder was built to carry the weight of the world.

Apr 26, 2026

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4 min read

Week 17: Not every shoulder was built to carry the weight of the world.

Regardless, I will proceed, because I have an even greater conviction that the past, still and unmoving, reflects ourselves in our clearest forms.

Grace Iderima
Grace Iderima
Week 16: Put me in your prayers.

Apr 19, 2026

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6 min read

Week 16: Put me in your prayers.

I made an interesting journey to the mainland to find what did not lost. I just want to get to the point where this will just be a funny story.

Grace Iderima
Grace Iderima
Week 15: Routine and documentation, darling.

Apr 11, 2026

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8 min read

Week 15: Routine and documentation, darling.

I’ve observed that I do better when I'm writing this newsletter and talking about my week. It worked when I was in school and I'm hoping it will work now.

Grace Iderima
Grace Iderima
What would we be talking about on the phone for 15 minutes?

Apr 4, 2026

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10 min read

What would we be talking about on the phone for 15 minutes?

Moving out is interesting because I don't know what I and my father would be talking about before now. Or just talking, generally.

Grace Iderima
Grace Iderima
I never have to eat beans again.

Mar 21, 2026

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15 min read

I never have to eat beans again.

When I got to Lagos, it finally hit me that I’ve left my house and I’m alone now. I cried, but I’m chill now.

Grace Iderima
Grace Iderima
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