Without realising it, writing has always been a large part of my life. It's only recently that I put the dots together and realised this. As a child I always loved writing and when at school I wanted to be a journalist for a magazine. English Literature and language was my best subject and I … Continue reading The importance of writing
I've been working hard to change my mindset to work. When I first went back after having my son 5 years ago, I had did a complete 180 on my love of work. I resented that I was 'forced' to go back just to earn money and blamed the workplace for it. The good news … Continue reading Work is only half the day
I have a daily struggle, as I'm sure everyone does. But mine's not about how I look, things I wish I had but don't or regrets I have. These might be unfortunately seen as relatively 'normal' struggles. Everyday I fight against my natural ambition. As a teenager I was incredibility ambitious. I was the first … Continue reading Fighting my ambition
It's so easy to forget we all have flaws. We complain and moan about the actions of others, without thinking about what their intentions were. Let's be honest here....there are very few people in the world who actually set out to harm people. Nobody makes a decision with the sole purpose of annoying someone else, … Continue reading Forgetting our flaws
Social media is a relatively new phenomenon. It has completely changed the way we communicate, work and live. It’s become the first thing we do when we wake up in the morning and the last thing we do before we sleep. It’s filling our lunch breaks, alone time and family time. So is it really … Continue reading Should we all just get a grip?
Money certainly does make the world go round, but does it make you happier? Questionable. In theory I would say that it makes life easier. But with more money, comes more problems. At no point in this post am I claiming that poverty is anywhere close to my own experiences. I have had a very … Continue reading When less is more
Having had such a great response to my blog post Self Preservation, I wanted to keep the conversation going regarding hijab, hijabi influencers and looking after our state of mind on the issue. Talking to a fellow sister recently she raised a really good point: maybe the issue we have with hijabi influencers is that … Continue reading Declaring your religion
One thing I have definitely not missed about the UK is the media. The depressing, negative, consistent feed that you receive, often without you subscribing to it. It wears you down, changes your opinions and train of thought without you even realising it. Being in Dubai I have heard nothing about Brexit, no useless information … Continue reading Living in a bubble
This week I have received a few negative messages from people who feel they have the right to give me their opinion in a direct, argumentative and pointless way. Initially I was riled and wanted to Instastory an explanation to my actions. But I stopped. Moved a shed load of furniture down 2 flights of … Continue reading Fighting fire with fire
After not writing a blog post for a few weeks, I wanted to wait until I had something I really wanted to write about before I posted. I don't want to post for the sake of it! And then something came up over the past week that I have an opinion on. Something that could … Continue reading Self preservation
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