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  • Blog,  Read With Me

    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…

  • Blog,  DIY

    DIY JACKETS.

    I was inspired by Devan Shimoyama’s piece (shown below) to mess around with my flowers I use for my decor, and add them to my pieces of clothing. It was super fun making these, I felt like my insides were out. I use regular clothes pins to pin the flowers to the material. Pretty straight forward. I’m in love with the yellow one so I’m actually going to stitch it onto the jacket for good. That’ll be my spring coat of the year lol. check out his instagram! I thought it was really beautiful.

  • Blog,  review

    Top 4 Oldest Masjids In Africa

    African History is a topic that always interested me, I think there is so much richness in Africa's past that isn't talked about enough. I use to have an African studies & history minor but the way my gpa is set up.... I don't want to talk about it. Nonetheless here are 4 of some of the oldest masjids in Africa:

  • Blog,  personal

    “Your Work is Nice, But Who Reads Anymore?”

    We know that trends come and go, and certain styles and presentation of art is more preferred than others. I think it is safe to say that we are in a time where reading is not as popular as other forms of media. I personally don’t know why that is, maybe we have become such a fast paced environment, it’s hard to find the time to read? Or since media has become a place of escapism, many times we want to avoid thinking, rather than sparking it? I really don’t know, but I know many avid readers in my life (including me) so I hate hearing those pessimistic takes, “reading…