A PIECE FROM MY DIARY WHEN I WAS 14.

Hey there, so, you know how it is growing up in Ghana, right? I had these heroes - musicians, artists, even just the big guys in my community - the ones I thought were untouchable. But lately, I've seen some of them… well, they've lost their shine.

They bent too much to what everyone else expected, and it's like they just… faded. It's made me think a lot about who I want to be. Inside, I feel this rebellion. I wanna break the mold, be different, you know? Achieve something real. But then there's this fear. What if I push too far? Am I just becoming disconnected from my roots? It's scary.

The truth is, a lot of me also wants to just…chill. I hate mediocrity, I really do. But man, my default setting sometimes is just that- mediocre with my approach to work, love, and well just everything! It's like, am I truly this rebel I imagine myself to be, or am I just another person who had big dreams but was too scared to go for it? Someone with potential that just got…lost?

I'm still figuring it out, I guess. But this fear… it's a good motivator, right? Maybe it's time to stop just thinking about being different and actually start being it.

Thanks for reading.