Shem Opolot

Happy birthday to me.

I’ve always liked my birthday.  In December 2013, I dressed up as Santa Claus to give little 2-year-old Drake the traditional Christmas he deserved, and

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The backfire effect

The productivity and commitment corners of my brain are screaming MAYDAY and indiscernible lights and sounds are emanating from my switchboard. I’m tapping and prodding

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It’s hot 🔥

It’s officially can’t order ice cream to go, can’t sleep under covers, can’t answer a phone call on the street at high noon kinda hot.

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Regret

Updated: Feb 15 “Regret piles up around us like books we have never read” — Tom Clancy I wish I’d started writing and making videos sooner.

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The Shopkeeper

Life can hit you like a ton of bricks and you can’t always prepare for it. On Sunday afternoon, when this post was supposed to

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I don’t want to…

If I hesitated or dallied any longer, this message would be lost forever. I didn’t want to write today. I was lethargic. Then I thought

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