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THE RESET BUTTON || The idea that keeps coming up

I feel stuck, and I’m writing this down to understand why. Usually, when I have an idea I want to write about, I sit with myself and think or do a bit of research on the main points I want to address then I start writing accordingly. But today, I’m not.  To be honest, I did write down some ideas, and I have the main goal of this post in mind. But I’ll start by just emptying my mind first, and we’ll see where it goes. I listened to a Jay Shetty podcast while driving—which is something I haven’t done in a long time (listening to podcasts—or Jay Shetty, specifically). He asked us to write down why we’re stuck, or why we think we’re stuck. So, I opened the voice memo app and rambled for almost half an hour. Here are the main points I found myself hovering around: I was doing things for a very long time and defined my success by them. So now that I’ve stopped, I don’t feel worthy anymore. I’ve had almost the same schedule since 2021. I’m four years older now, and I still want to ...
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The wake up call

This is going to be a short article, it   meant to be a wake-up call for me and you from whatever we have been doing for the past ten months of our lives and to remind us of the remaining two months we still have of the year. WAKE UP!! There is something called the Pareto Principle that comes to mind in this situation. It states that 80% of the results come from only 20% of the causes. In simpler words, it means that the greatest changes that happens in life come only from 20% of the actions you apply to achieve them. Like when you are preparing for an exam and not studying the whole material but only the most important parts you think the instructor will focus on and in less time, which will eventually guarantee you 80% of the grade, of course not a full mark but a densest one. Less studying time but of the right material will give you the most amount of grades possible, smart, not hard. What I am trying to say is that since the year is almost over, it’s never too late. Check ...
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A Quest of a busy student

For the past five years, I have been trying to find the ultimate way to    plan and manage my day that can achieve maximum results with minimum resources. In another word “How to be productive”. Good news is think I’m finally there, or at least I've found the best solution for my current situation. Hopefully, this article will give you some insights into my journey and what I believe is the perfect tools for having a productive and meaningful life that isn’t full of worry and stress. As a student.   For a very long time, I was obsessed with how I spent my time and my days. I always tried to make each day meaningful by doing at least one good thing that would leave me satisfied by the end of it. I didn’t really know what this was called back then; I just knew that I didn’t want to waste my days doing nothing that matter and wanted to accomplish as much as possible without feeling exhausted. This first changed when I read my first non-fiction book, The Miracle Morning, whic...
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Where Should I Be?

  It is the question I find myself asking most of the time. I know my goals, and I know that I am doing the best I can to reach them, but what if I should do more? What if I am falling behind? I keep reading all of these success stories of people who got there from a very young age, and I keep wondering what I am doing wrong. I should be where they are. I followed all the steps, so why? All of these questions are the background noise in my mind, and I always find myself struggling with them.  Today is my birthday, another yearly brutal reminder of how behind I am, but not this year. I recently listened to an amazing book called “The Compound Effect” written by this successful millionaire entrepreneur who is very successful in every measure I have and who had his first company since he was 18! and how he got to where he is and how he is still growing. The simple idea of the book is a notion that I believed in for so long: small, consistent actions can lead to significant result...
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The Mimetic Trap

 Recently, more people have been struggling with managing their spending. We buy so many things that we eventually get rid of or that end up on a shelf with the rest of the stuff we wasted our money on. I always wondered about the real motive behind this action and why people keep doing it, never learning from their previous purchases, until I stumbled upon an amazing theory that kind of explained it all. It’s called Mimicry Desire or the Mimetic Theory. According to this theory, people desire objects not for their intrinsic value but because they see others desiring them. In simple terms, we do not desire what we really like but rather what others like and desire, mistaking it for our own. I do not believe that we are always driven by it, but it definitely plays a crucial part in our lives. The first thing that comes to mind to solve this problem is to decrease the usage of social media platforms and spending hours on unconscious scrolling that slowly builds up these fake desires ...
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From Guilt to Growth

Feeling bad or guilty when the summer break starts has been a recurring theme in my life. I know that I deserve a break, so why not just take it and enjoy? I always find it hard to sit and waste more than three hours scrolling through my phone or watching movies without feeling the worst afterward. This feeling magnifies especially after school is over. I can waste that time during very intense periods of projects and exams—at least I am studying, and wasting a couple of hours will not hurt that much. Meanwhile, wasting this time when you have done basically nothing for the whole day hits differently. Over the past few years, I found a way to solve this issue by simply writing small goals that I will accomplish by the end of the summer. So whenever I feel like I just spent half of my day doing nothing, I can do something that will give my day a purpose and end up with great results.  As time passed, these activities that I consistently did introduced me to new lifestyles and habits...
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On the Cycle of Life

I wrote  this piece like a month ago, but when the day came for me to post it, I could not believe a single word of it. I thought that when things are really the worst, you can not just think that it will get anybetter. Again, I was wrong. It did pass.  There is a quote I like by the long-dead philosopher Heraclitus that says, “the only constant in life is change.” It is impossible for us to stay the same because we are the sum of the interactions that happen to us. Even if we did, the world is still spinning, hence we are inherently changing. Although we can not control it change is a sign of progress too. When we pick up new habits or try different ways of doing things means that an improvement is happening, not an indication of instability or indecision, as I once believed.  Now, since we established that change is an essential part of life and it is happening with or without us, let’s use it to our benefit using this phrase: “IT WILL PASS.” This sentence has the key t...
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