Tag: personal

  • A Birthday Experiment: I Asked 12 People 8 Questions About Me. Here’s What They Said.

    A Birthday Experiment: I Asked 12 People 8 Questions About Me. Here’s What They Said.

    I turned a year older on the 8th of October, and for my birthday this year, I conducted an experiment. I reached out to some of my friends and family to ask them a certain set of questions about me.

  • Adulthood is Ghetto: The Parts of Growing Up Nobody Talks About

    Adulthood is Ghetto: The Parts of Growing Up Nobody Talks About

    A reflective look at the realities of adulthood, from difficult decisions and changing friendships to uncertainty, health, and personal growth.

  • Life Update| February 2025

    Life Update| February 2025

    How am I really doing? Some days, I feel okay; other days, I feel indifferent. Some days, I feel giddy; and others days, I feel sad.

  • Difficult Times Pass

    Difficult Times Pass

    You may currently feel like hell, and you’re wondering if I know what I’m saying, but I assure you, difficult times pass.

  • Life Update| September 2022

    Life Update| September 2022

    Here’s a recap of everything I got up to in the month of September, 2022. The highs, the lows and everything in between.

  • March 2022: 5 Things I’m Loving Right Now

    March 2022: 5 Things I’m Loving Right Now

    In this post, I shared five things I’m loving at the moment.

  • Life Update| February, 2022

    Life Update| February, 2022

    Hello, hope February is being good to you. A lot, or maybe enough, has not happened. You had plans for the month, and you have ticked some off your list, or you haven’t ticked any off.

  • Musings of a Homesick Lady

    Musings of a Homesick Lady

    I’ve been feeling off lately. It seemed like a funk and I waited for it to pass. My energy is higher, and my days have been brighter, but something still feels missing.

  • Life Update| May-June 2021

    Life Update| May-June 2021

    I’m in that phase where a lot of things are happening, and nothing is happening at the same time. Have you ever felt this way?

  • POEM| I’m Not Fine

    POEM| I’m Not Fine

    I’m not fine I’m far from fine I need a break I need change

  • Goodbye, Ramadan

    Goodbye, Ramadan

    I always look forward to Ramadan every year. It is the month in which the holy Quran was revealed to Prophet Muhammed (S.A.W) and all Muslims are expected to fast throughout the month.

  • Goodbye to Q1 of 2021

    Goodbye to Q1 of 2021

    I was having a conversation with my friend the other day about how the first quarter went. It was an interesting one because it was the first time we ever dissected a whole quarter’s rudiments