Lifestyle

Religion and reality: Are young people drifting or evolving?

There is a question being asked in Ghanaian households with increasing frequency, usually by a parent or grandparent, and usually with an anxiety that...

The cost of living crisis in Ghana: How young people are adapting

In a single-room apartment in Madina, three university graduates share a space designed for one. They have negotiated a rent arrangement that splits the...

Confidence isn’t loud: Why quiet people are winning in 2026

There is a type of person who gets mistaken, repeatedly and across different environments, for someone who is unsure of themselves. They do not...

Cancel culture in Ghana: Real accountability or online bullying?

There is a particular sequence that has become familiar to anyone paying attention to Ghanaian social media over the past few years. Someone says...

Overthinking is killing your potential: Here’s how to break free

There is a kind of mental activity that presents itself as thinking but is not quite thinking. It circles. It revisits. It opens a...

Influencer lifestyle vs real life: What’s actually fake?

There is a particular kind of content that performs extremely well on Ghanaian social media, and its grammar is consistent enough to have become...

From campus to cash: Smart money habits every Ghanaian student should learn

The money education that most Ghanaian students receive before leaving home for university can be summarised quickly: do not waste it, send some home...

The truth about ‘get rich online’ trends: What no one tells Ghanaian youth

There is a sales pitch that arrives in the Ghanaian digital space with the regularity of harmattan, dressed in different clothes each season but...

The pressure to ‘make it’: How social media is reshaping ambition in Ghana

There is a version of ambition that builds things. It gets up early not because a content creator said to but because the work...

The silent burnout: Why young Ghanaians are mentally exhausted but still showing up

There is a particular kind of tiredness that does not announce itself with a collapse or a crisis. It does not produce the dramatic...

Long distance relationships: how to keep the spark alive

There is a particular kind of relationship that asks more of two people than almost any other romantic arrangement, and offers them less of...

Why your sex life is still boring

There is a version of this conversation that gets avoided in Ghana almost completely, and its avoidance has consequences. Not dramatic, visible consequences, but...

The hidden cost of always being ‘the strong one’

There is a role that gets assigned early and rarely gets reassigned. It is given to the child who did not cry when the...

Is a 9 to 5 job still worth it in Ghana in 2026?

The question would have seemed almost strange to ask a generation ago. Employment, formal employment with a salary, a contract, and a payslip, was...

Fear of starting: Why most people never execute their ideas

There is a graveyard that does not appear on any map. It is not marked with stones or coordinates. It exists in the minds...

Validation addiction: Why you need people to approve your life

There is a particular kind of anxiety that arrives not when things go wrong but when things go right, and no one has noticed...