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Yesterday, I had an interesting conversation with a very successful friend who runs her own fund. She is a gorgeous Nigerian in her early 40s, and she told me that she had given up on marriage because she sees it as an oppressive institution. I decided to probe further to learn.
I finally decided to see a therapist because everyone around me kept saying I needed one.
First session, she asked me, "What brings you here today?"
I said, "Honestly? Curiosity."
She smiled and asked me to tell her about my life.
For the next 45 minutes, I talked nonstop.
To Muslims who are thinking about living in Japan.
There is something I want to say honestly first.
Life in Japan was not built around your faith.
Ramen may contain pork-bone broth.
Convenience store food may contain pork-derived ingredients.
In summer, there are shrine festivals.
At New Year, many people visit shrines for hatsumode.
When someone dies, cremation is the norm.
At drinking gatherings, there is also a culture of pouring drinks for others.
This is not harassment.
It is simply the everyday life that Japanese people have built over a long period of time.
Of course, your faith should be respected.
But in the same way,
Japanese culture and customs should also be respected.
Before coming here and saying, “I want this changed,”
please think carefully about whether this country truly fits you.
Japan does not exist to reject anyone.
But it also does not exist to be remade
for someone else’s convenience.
Most people still think Pinterest is just an app for saving outfit ideas, recipes, wallpapers and aesthetics
Meanwhile, there are people quietly making money from it every single day without showing their face, talking on camera or becoming influencers without competition.
And the crazy part is that most of them have very small audiences.
The reason is simple:
Pinterest is not really social media. It works more like a search engine.
People go on Pinterest already looking for ideas, products, inspiration and solutions.
That means the traffic is valuable because people are actively searching, not just randomly scrolling.
The first step is choosing a niche properly. Don’t post random content. Pinterest rewards accounts that are clear and focused.
Pick something people already spend money or attention on like fashion, fitness, business, productivity, beauty, finance, wellness, travel or lifestyle content. Then narrow it down further so Pinterest understands exactly who your content is for.
After that, create a Pinterest business account instead of a personal one.
This gives you access to analytics so you can track which pins are getting impressions, clicks and saves.
Your profile, board names and descriptions should also contain keywords related to your niche because Pinterest uses keywords heavily to understand your content.
Now for the money part.
One of the easiest ways beginners monetize Pinterest is through affiliate marketing.
This means promoting products or services using special links that pay you commission when someone buys through them. You do not need your own product. For example, someone in the productivity niche can promote planners, apps, desk accessories or online tools.
Someone in fashion can promote outfits or accessories. When people click and buy, commissions start coming in.
Another huge method is selling digital products. This is where many faceless creators make serious money because digital products can be sold repeatedly without inventory or shipping.
Things like ebooks, templates, guides, planners, spreadsheets, journals and Canva templates perform really well on Pinterest because people already go there searching for ideas and resources.
Pins themselves are extremely important because they are what people actually click on.
A pin is basically a clickable graphic. Your goal is not just to make it pretty, but to make people curious enough to click.
Titles matter a lot.
Something like “10 side hustles you can start from your phone” will usually perform better than vague titles because it immediately promises value.
Most successful Pinterest creators post fresh pins consistently instead of relying on one viral post. You can even create multiple pins around the same topic using different headlines and designs.
That’s how many people scale their traffic.
Pinterest growth is slower than TikTok at first, but the difference is longevity. A TikTok post may die in days. A Pinterest pin can continue getting traffic for months or even years because people keep searching for the topic.
That’s why i call it quiet money.
You don’t need to show your face. You don’t need thousands of followers. You just need searchable content, consistency and a way to monetize the traffic properly.
Arabic has 14 words for love. Each one describes a different stage. And here's what got me. Each one comes from a root that has nothing to do with love. Until you see the connection. And then you can't unsee it.
All 14. Let me walk you through them.
Do you have any old friends that had so much potential but they took the wrong path that destroyed them? Now, anytime you see them, you weep for what could have been.
Dear Tope & Tope,
I hope your marriage is still as strong as this bucket.
I hope your bonds are holding like the sticker to this bucket.
Wishing you all the love in the world ❤️❤️
Wait, some of you have never been actually loved? I mean someone liking you for how you make them feel. You consume their being and their thought and the memories you share together are what keeps them through the day?
It is sad. The monetizarion you people are doing is not love.
TIME IS NOT TREATED THE SAME EVERYWHERE:
1. Germany: Being late is disrespectful. Meetings start to the second. Punctuality here is not a habit. It is a moral standard.
2. Brazil: An invitation for seven means nine. Relationships matter more than schedules. Rigidity kills the atmosphere.
3. Japan: Trains run to the minute. A sixty second delay comes with a formal public apology. Time is a system. The system is everything.
4. India: Events begin when people arrive. The gathering defines the time. Presence matters more than precision.
5. Polynesian cultures: Time was tied to stars, seasons, and the ocean. Circular, not linear. The clock came later and from somewhere else.
6. United States: Time is money. Literally. Every hour is billable. Every minute is scheduled. Rest has to earn its place.
7. Spain: Lunch at three. Dinner at ten. The day bends around the person. Not the other way around.
8. Ethiopia: A different calendar entirely. Thirteen months. New Year in September. A different year than the rest of the world. Time here is a cultural choice, not a global agreement.
9. France: August belongs to rest. Emails go unanswered. Shops close. Nobody apologizes for this. Leisure is a right, not a reward.
10. Kenya: The clock starts at sunrise. Six in the morning is hour zero. Noon is hour six. Time is built around light, not an arbitrary number on a wall.
11. China: One time zone for the entire country. A landmass that should span five. In the far west the sun rises at ten in the morning. Unity was chosen over accuracy.
12.Australia: Aboriginal communities have always read time through seasons, animal movements, and the stars above. For over sixty thousand years the land itself served as the calendar. No clock was ever needed. Nature told them everything.
13. Mexico: Mañana means not right now. Urgency is often self-imposed. The present moment has its own demands and they are considered legitimate.
14. Greece: A guest arrives at any hour. You welcome them fully. The clock adjusts to the person. The person never adjusts to the clock.
15. Scandinavia: Months of darkness then months of endless light. The body follows seasons, not schedules. This is ancient. Science is only now catching up.
16. Nigeria: Start times are a suggestion. What matters is that everyone arrives, connects, and the evening becomes what it was meant to be. The experience always outranks the schedule.
17. Indonesia: Jam karet. Rubber time. Time stretches around mood, traffic, and social obligation. Rigidity is considered uncomfortable, not professional.
18. Russia: Eleven time zones. Vast winters. Long silences. Time here is treated with patience that outsiders often mistake for slowness.
19. Egypt: One of the first civilizations to invent a calendar. Yet modern Egyptian social time is deeply flexible. Hospitality always comes before the clock.
20. Congo: Community shapes the day more than any schedule. Time belongs to the people in the room, not the hands on the clock.
21. Philippines: Filipino time is a known and accepted reality. Six in the evening means seven or eight. Arriving before the host is ready is the real social mistake.
22. Vietnam: Built on endurance and long horizons. Planning here thinks in years and generations. Short deadlines feel foreign to a culture that measured time in struggles spanning decades.
23. Tanzania: Pole pole. Slowly slowly. A phrase that governs daily life. Rushing is not a virtue here. Moving with intention is.
24. Argentina: Dinner at ten. Parties at midnight. The night is its own world. Compressing it into earlier hours would make it something lesser.
25. Turkey: A meeting can become a meal can become a long evening. Nobody considers this a deviation. It is simply what time is for.
26. Iran: Its own solar calendar. New Year on the spring equinox. Time tied to nature, poetry, and a civilization so old that modern urgency feels like a passing trend.
Some of you can't eat what you give to your babies, yet you won't stop complaining that they're not eating. You will blend oriṣiriṣi together and label it puree. You sef taste am, is it palatable??
Dear expectant mothers, prospective fathers and future spouses who wish to attract only good quality souls as children and build happy homes, yes you can control it all and this thread is for you all.
Try to follow in pictures as best as you can as science meets spirituality.