

As I sit here reflecting on the past two months, I canโt help but marvel at how quickly time is flying. It feels like just yesterday that we started, yet weโve already wrapped up key coursesโincluding todayโs final presentations for our โDesigning and Delivering Impactful Business Presentationsโ course.
Looking back at my life: I realise I have spent a huge chunk of my days defined by labels. I was a Malawian. A Christian. An entrepreneur. A leader. A woman. As time passed, I started to feel the weight of these identities.
My friend today insisted that I check out IHOP… ‘an American classic’, he says. We went to the branch in East Lansing, and had a very delicious brunch. As we spoke and laughed over our meal, I felt something so simple yet so profoundโhappiness.
“Do you miss New York?” A question that often sends me on a spiral of thoughts and emotions; because I have yet to process New York. New York wasnโt just a city to me; it was a pivot. A place I never thought I would call home, yet it became the setting for some of my most profound transformations.