PinnedProfessionally Working Like a Professional AthleteA career is a journey, and before you go on any journey, you need to have the right mindset and tools to get to your destination. I recently reflected on how much impact professional athletes have on the world… It doesn’t matter what sport they compete in, the successful ones…Learning4 min read
Nov 30, 2020Writing For a Year: 7 Lessons LearnedAfter approximately 15,500 words published since last November, one blog a month, including this blog, I have decided to take a break from publishing and focus more on reading and personal writing rather than writing-to-publish. …Writing4 min read
Nov 8, 2020COVID-19 Positive: Day 10 of IsolationWeird Experience is one way to put it. I had planned to write my October blog on the 30th and 31st of last month (October), but I didn’t get a chance to because I woke up on the 30th extremely tired and with fever. I started my self-isolation immediately and…Covid 194 min read
Sep 30, 2020What Does Financial Discipline Mean?A philosophy of personal finance; tangible and actionable. A concise summary of the blog can be found at the very end, I just like to write... When I graduated a couple of months ago, I wanted to buy a car. To my surprise, I realized that there were taxes applied…Finance6 min read
Sep 1, 2020What causes miscommunication?An Intersection of Philosophy, Psychology, and Applied Linguistics. In my last semester of engineering, I decided to take my last free elective in a course that was kind of out there. The course was called “Language and Meaning”. …Language5 min read
Jul 26, 2020Digital Minimalism: Swimming UpstreamDo something unique that benefits you. Background In 2004, something was created and went on to define the function of countless future media products and services. It was Facebook. Facebook had a head-start being launched in 2004 and it was the around 2007–2012 that it became the go-to social media…Mindfulness5 min read
Jun 22, 2020Are you stepping in or out of your comfort zone?A different perspective on the topic of comfort zone. Let’s start by defining what comfort zone is. Quick google search defines comfort zone as “a place or situation where one feels safe or at ease and without stress”. If you reflect on that definition for a minute, you will quickly…Personal Development5 min read
May 14, 2020Islam: Before We Discuss Pork or Alcohol.What do Muslims believe in anyways? We are in the final days of Ramadan in the Islamic year 1441 AH which corresponds to 2020. It is a month of reflection and the first for which I have a blog to write in. It made sense to share some teachings that…Religion4 min read
Apr 27, 2020Finished Undergrad, Now what?I have a plan with absolutely no clue if it will work out. A couple of days ago, I finished my last course in my 6-year long undergrad. It was surreal but frightening because I don’t know what the future holds. However, I’m also somewhat excited because for every new…Personal Development5 min read
Mar 20, 2020Megaphone of Rumors and Other OpinionsYou learn a lot about people in the moment of crisis and hardships. Whenever a crisis hits, the true element of each one of us will present itself raw and unfiltered. Stories have always brought people together or apart, it is the thrill of the unknown that makes people so…Covid 192 min read
