Hira Sameer Ahmed
For some reason, I never liked the word should. Wherever I hear it my head goes ding ding ding, pause. Consider an alternate approach. I used to think it had something to do with my rebel tendencies and as it challenges the way I value freedom. Freedom of thought. Freedom of speech. It is also
Oh, what an amazing transformational this year has been! I’ve been contemplating writing this review for many days. The reason why I was holding myself back from doing so was mainly that the kind of successes I’ve had this year doesn’t look good on paper. It was more on the personal growth level which can
Would you believe if I told you this: I’ve had the idea of this podcast for more than 2 years. I know. It took me all this time to make it a reality. It makes me wonder what was happening there. Whenever a new idea of a creative project comes to me, I try to
Community, to me, means an opportunity for collective growth and becoming. It is about friendship, support, and encouragement to keep going and showing up courageously even when things get oh so difficult. I’ve had a chance to connect with lovely humans all over the world on the internet and one thing that we all had
Let me tell you a story. See if you resonate with any or all of it. You are a creative human, introverted or not. You have dreams of expressing your creativity in ways that feel right for you. You long to create amazing things, you cannot not create, sometimes you doubt the wonderful things you are
I’ve been wondering about this question, why do I create? The only answer that came back to me was that I cannot not create. I don’t think I have a word to describe how that feels deep down or what how much it means to me that I keep creating. All I know is that
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Have you ever heard about what a Philomath is? I didn’t until I googled what a person who loves learning new things is called and learned that there is actually a word for it. How interesting is that? I love it when we stumble upon something that we thought might be so stupid to exist but
So yes, the #100dayproject_letspaint has come to an end. I have done a 100 day project twice in my life now – successfully both times and I certainly have learned a lot from this experience. The first time I did a 100 day project it was about practicing gratitude and counting my blessings as I
I’ve been thinking about how the rise of the internet has given us all the opportunity to connect, share and create new ways of being in the world. In the last decade, a whole bunch of new jobs has come to the surface, jobs that we have made for ourselves. The Internet has given us
A few weeks ago, I asked a question on Instagram to open up a conversation about what really stands in the way of us creating and sharing our best kind of work in the world. A few common and recurring ones that came up were – us doubting our abilities, us being our own worst
Every time I have a new idea that I want to bring to life and every time I sit down to make it happen, I can feel a strong pull to research it first. See if it is already out there. See what is out there already. And this habit doesn’t always work like a