This and That with DrAnimwaa

  My Experience Starting a Consultancy/Consulting : Animwaa Consulting  Premise  I have always wanted to work on my own or have a side business. I have been nursing this idea since my undergraduate days and it’s no wonder that my undergraduate and masters thesis was on entrepreneurship. Thus, I have been nursing several business ideas one of which was a DEI consulting.   At a previous job, I connected with a community member on a project and through conversations, he told me he owned a consulting business. I was intrigued and asked what he does and how he started.    He mentioned that, it was difficult for him to find a job after school so he started a research consulting and he had five employees at the time we spoke. I went home that day and was certain that I will start Animwaa Consulting and it will thrive.    The birth of Animwaa Consulting   I had DEI already in the works but I was too scared to start. There were several thoughts r...

Learn to live life in the Present: Stop doubting! How I stopped self-doubt and learned to live in the present.   Introduction Today, I will share with you some notes I took for my quiet time 6 years ago, on January 22, 2017. This quiet time helped me to shift my focus, change my perspective and to live life in the present. That is why one of my tag lines is to learn to live life in the present.   Bible Passage (Biblegateway) James 1: 5-8   5  If any of you  lacks wisdom,  you should ask God,  who  gives generously  to all  without finding fault,  and it will be given to you. 6  But when  you ask , you must  believe  and  not doubt ,   because the one who  doubts  is like a  wave of the sea , blown and tossed by the wind.   7  That person  should not expect to receive anything  from the Lord.   8  Such a person is  double-minded   and  unstable ...

Why I am still a Christian in this Era Hello, Hi, How are you doing?   Welcome to the faith column of this and that with DrAnimwaa.   Here I will share about my faith, my quite time, my testimonies and motivations.   I have been through a lot not to believe in God. I have come through so much not to think there is a super power supporting me. So yes, I am a Christian and I am proud of my faith.   I may not believe in some aspects of the Christian religion but I believe in God and in my faith.   Let me share a testimony here, When I was around the ages of 5 or 6 years old, my family and I used to live in a compound house in Alajo a suburb of Accra, Ghana.    For those who don’t know what a compound house is, I will explain. A compound house is a house where there are several home units where different families live in, on one big compound. The housing complex could be gated or not. The home units are usually closed together and tenants may share one was...

Reflections: Life is too short, let your loved ones know you love them  I originally wrote this on January 14, 2021 at 8:29am MST but it is still true today and so I decided to share I just heard about the death of someone, it broke me. She was full of life and had plans.  If you love someone, tell them.  Show them!  If you appreciate someone, let them know.  Tell them because tomorrow is not promised.  This life errr, I know of married couples who will stay at loggerheads with their partners for days and months. To what end? Someone you sleep with on the same bed or live with in the same house? What if you wake up and they are gone? Will you ever be able to forgive yourself? I know, I know, don’t get me wrong.  We are all annoying but if the issue is petty, let it go and make peace because you never know what tomorrow brings. I know of couples who were not talking to their partners over something petty and they woke up the next day and their partn...

  Marriage Won’t Change Your Partner   Trigger warning: abuse, physical abuse   Sorry, I guess you were hoping to hear something different, well, I am here to tell you the honest truth. Getting married to your partner, won’t make them stop whatever you don’t like about them.   The only thing that can change your partner is if, they decide to change themselves. Only they, can change themselves! Not marriage, not the wedding but themselves!   Imagine this,    You have a partner that physically abuses you. They beat you with no remorse and blame you for it. Then one day, you both get invited to a friend’s wedding. Do you think this person, will change after the wedding you attended? No! Both of you might get back home from the wedding and they might abuse you again for something irrelevant.  Or you have a partner that verbally and emotionally abuses you, will they change after the wedding?   Now, picture that wedding being your own wedding, will...

  5 Things to Consider for Child Spacing   I always wanted to have a two-year interval between my children. I thought that was going to be easy, well …. It wasn’t. I realized that, there were factors that I needed to consider and I will like to share them with you.   NB – I know there are people experiencing fertility issues and as someone who had secondary infertility, I understand. This post is for those looking to space out their children and have no underlying fertility issues.   This applies to all parents, regardless of gender identification.   Factors to consider: Health  Age Career Finances Social support   Health   From a heath perspective ask yourself, are you ready?  Are you physically ready to have another baby?  If you already have children or just had a child, have you physically healed?  Is your body ready to carry another child or children?  Additionally, are you mentally, emotionally, psychologically ready...