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As an African diaspora investing my future into Africa, I wonder, what will the growth in the next 20 years look like?
☁️ I reflect on the recent changes of Africa's image and questioning my role as a diaspora
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Atomic Habits part 3: The people around us… what are they doing? How does this affect our habits?
The book says we imitate habits from 3 groups of people:
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The story of how a broken boot, a lost phone, and a bus ticket taught me to put Allah first
I want to share with you a small story that happened to me a couple of years ago, that taught me a valuable lesson.
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Micro-failures are actually wins — What I’ve been learning
I think it can get so discouraging if you are trying to achieve something and you are constantly hit with setbacks and failures. Failures (for me at least) can turn into seeds of self-doubt and can take a huge toll on ones self-esteem. With so much failures it's very easy to want to give up, but we don't want that. #nowayhoze.
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Atomic Habits part 2: Routine > Motivation
This is part 2 of a four part series where I share my reflections on the book, atomic habits. If you are interested in reading from the beginning, here is part one
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Moon necklaces – Still Practising !
☁️ messed around some more with resin & I made these necklaces! Love em. I kind of messed up with the silver one, unfortunately, but whampostdo.
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Extra, extra, read all about it. Interesting news this week (03/29/20)
Extra, extra read all about it. I want to share 3 stories I read that personally stuck out to me. Even if the story didn't come out this week, I heard about it this week and honestly... that's the only thing that matters.
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Trusting Allah’s timing can be very painful, I’ve learnt not worry — my Jummah reflection
One thing I realized about this dunya: pain is unavoidable. If you are not tested in delay of something, you will be tested once you have it. If you are not tested once you have it, you will be tested by the loss of it. You maybe tested with all 3, with 2/3, but just know it will come. It is not something to fear, though...
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Atomic Habits: Why even bother?
I really can’t emphasize how much I learned from this book. You can tell the author is speaking from experience; the points are very articulate, the examples are very relatable, overall amazing book. My blog posts will in no way do justice to the chapters, I’m just sharing the points that resonated with me. If you liked anything I spoke about, I really recommend you pick up a copy if you can. If you couldn’t tell from the title, the book is about developing habits to improve the quality and performance of your life. The book is basically an advocate for developing small habits, and makes the great argument that…
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I hope you never stop creating (and dreaming)— a proposition
☁️ lets stay creative
