Category Archives: 365 days

Gratitude 365 days.. Day7: Gratitude This year has been tough on many people. The pandemic, the isolation, the deaths, travel disruptions, delayed plans and collective trauma. However, we are blessed to be alive, blessed to learn the importance of people in our lives, blessed to learn the importance of our health and that happiness andContinue reading “365 days: day7”

Pressure It seems that the idea of counting the days makes me uncomfortably aware of how much time is slipping from my hands and how short the day is and so the week, the month and the year and one’s whole life!  Most of my life so far I have been aware of what IContinue reading “365 days: Day6”

Self-care The best thing about being off work is that you could sway the plan of the day as you wish. The half-day of work plan changed to half day of rest and binge watching of YouTube videos before I head to the beauty salon for some planned self-care. A rare occurrence given that timeContinue reading “365 days: Day 5”

A story Choose the stories you read wisely. be picky about the heroes and heroines who represent who you are and what you wish to become. Could I suggest one more thing? write your own story.

A day with my sister Although this was plan C for the holiday after omicron and last minutes changes, it could not be any better! Alhamdilillah! I planned to spend the day with my sister in London. We did not want to go to a specific destination but to go to random places in theContinue reading “365 days: Day 3”

Kintsugi Kintsugi: The Japanese art of mending broken pottery by gold making the object more valuable than before its breakage.  I came across this word twice today from two different unrelated authors. It reminded me to value every painful experience or failure because hurt have made me stronger and more compassionate.  The day was aContinue reading “365 days: Day 2”

Authentic I have been writhing within myself for the last few days between the person I need to become vs the person I am. Things happen sometime that question what is necessary to be able to live in the world. Is there something called “giving too much”, “loving too much” or “caring too much”?! IsContinue reading “365 Days: Day 1”