• Blog,  Jummah Reflections

    The Beauty of Islam: Lowering the Gaze

    December 27, 2019 /

    I think now more than ever people are interested in taking care of their mental space, purifying their surroundings, detoxing their life (me included). The beauty of the deen is that it transcends all trends, even when society doesn’t see the importance of a certain ruling, eventually down the line we will see the wisdom behind Allah(swt) Words.

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  • Blog,  DIY

    The Time I Swapped My Iphone for a Pink Bedazzled Flip Phone

    December 23, 2019 /

    I feel like there comes a point in everyones lives when they need to just go. You know? Just go. I was this close (🤏🏾) to taking a train to the alpines and becoming a sheep herder, but I couldn't really do that so I opted for getting a flip phone, which is basically the same thing.....

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  • Blog,  personal

    Detaching myself from my Ideas

    December 20, 2019 /

    As I make small steps towards my dream life, I never realized how much emotional intelligence is required to succeed in a project. When thinking of terms like success or endurance, I always defined it as pushing yourself to the limit, exerting yourself and your body, all-nighters, but it’s not true at all. There is a lot of patience involved, a lot of moments of nothing happening. The process requires you to be a lot calmer & calculated for you to do well.   One tip I heard that I really have been trying to implement is the concept of detaching yourself from your ideas. Meaning not defining yourself or your…

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  • Blog,  review

    A Box.

    December 19, 2019 /

    Went shopping at winners & I bought the cutest box for 7$!!! I was choosing between the one I bought and this one: Ended up going with the book one. TBH I don’t know what I’m gonna do with it yet, probably put my will in it.

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  • Blog,  Jummah Reflections

    Why I Crave (financial) Independence

    November 29, 2019 /

    I have a lot of dreams I want to fulfil. I’d love to own a business, I’d love to see the world, buy cute bags I like, build a city in the jungle nobody knows about. The usual.  And that does motivate me (and I’m sure majority of humans) to sacrifice whatever I can to build on what I have in front of me, but I quickly realized when the going gets tough, my creative passions aren’t enough to push me beyond the minimum. For example, I had this vision board I made to help me get through a tough semester (I can’t believe I’m sharing this looool the pics are…

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