Msafiri Issue 179 - June-July 2023

DEAR READER Welcome to a special edition of msafiri in which we use the magazine's slogan “enriching life's journeys” to offer you no fewer than 120 ways to improve your life – whether it's boosting your wellbeing, working more efficiently, helping the environment or fulfilling your travel dreams. We hope you find it both inspiring and informative. Most exciting for us this season is to see the work we have been putting in coming to fruition. We are continuously improving our service offering based on the feedback you give us. That is why we are excited to launch our muchawaited frequent flyer programme, Asante Rewards, which is our way of saying asante (thank you) for always choosing us (see page 81 for more details). We have also improved our online…

1 TAKE A MINDFUL MOMENT Mindfulness is a practice that encourages us to be ‘in the moment'. We will have all experienced being in a mindful state and will have felt the benefits. Perhaps you have watched waves coming in and out of the shore, enjoyed dancing to a favourite song, become immersed in a book or a crossword and without realising it your ‘noisy' mind has been quietened and you are in what psychologists call a ‘state of flow'. Consciously making time for these periods of restorative flow will have significant wellbeing benefits. WATCH WAVES COMING IN AND OUT OF THE SHORE, ENJOY DANCING TO A FAVOURITE SONG, BECOME IMMERSED IN A BOOK 2 SET UP A ROUTINE What daily habits do you have? Do you always have a morning coffee?…

CAPACITY What do you have? What's in your hand? Time and treasure make up our capacity. How are you using the 24 hours in your day? Time is not a renewable resource so use it wisely. Can you spare some time to explore what you love? How much treasure (money) is enough? Contentment is wanting what we have. Decide on what's sufficient to live more meaningfully. CORE This is the essence of a person. Core is made up of three elements. First our passions. What energises you? Secondly, our strengths. What are you naturally good at? And lastly, values – your personal code of ethics that you will not violate. CONTEXT This is where and how you will serve. Your ideal platform. Many of us know what we want to…

1. OLD-FASHIONED ICE CREAM MAKER Whether it's the creamy texture or the high sugar content, ice cream is scientifically proven to make us feel happier. This gadget makes your favourite frozen treats ‘the old-fashioned way', albeit with the aid of an electric motor that does all the tedious churning for you! Makes up to six litres of ice cream, gelato or frozen yogurt. ● $35, WALMART.COM 2. 5QT AIR FRYER WITH LED DIGITAL DISPLAY Is there really such a thing as ‘healthy' fried food? Yes… sort of. You see, unlike deep-fat fryers, where food is submerged in hot oil, air fryers use convection heat to circulate a mist of oil. The results are said to be up to 85% healthier, meaning you can treat yourself to delicious potato fries more…

THINKING YOU CAN MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME This blunder is the reason why many of us work our fingers to the bone, roundthe-clock, while putting off making Kodak Moments for a future undetermined date. Want to know how to avoid this mistake? Easy. Seize all moments – minute or mammoth. Seize them with all limbs and squeeze every juice and joy from their veins. It's alright to save for an expensive vacation. But while you're pinching pennies, have fun under the sun or rain in your backyard. Laugh more. Live life to the fullest. As Maya Angelou once said: “Life loves the liver of it.” THINKING KIDS CANNOT SEE WHITE LIES For instance, every father, from Lamu to Lomé, will tell their children that, in their school days, they…

Nikita Kering vMUSICIAN | @nikita_kering Nikita Kering is among the fastest-rising stars in the African music industry. Music has always been a part of her since she was a small child and she cannot think about existing without it. “Music is simply a continuation and a repetition of a pattern. I think we have patterns in our life. How we speak, how we enunciate, and place our syllables, that's rhythm. Even our heartbeat follows a rhythm. We have music one way or the other,” she says. “How we speak, how we enunciate, and place our syllables, that's rhythm” Jonathan and Angela Scott WILDLIFE FILMMAKERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS @thebigcatpeople The award-winning wildlife photographers and authors have documented the lives of big cats in Maasai Mara, Kenya, since 1977, especially through television programmes…