Do you ever stop to think about the new habits you incorporate into your life? How long they last? Do they impact your life positively or negatively? Do you keep track of them? A few years ago, I started the habit of doing anything I needed to do that required less than a minute to… Continue reading Ode to New Habits
Author: Saadia S. Shamsie
January Books Recap
In 2020, I fell short of meeting my reading goal by just a handful of books - ironic considering the entire year was spent stationary in quarantine, lockdown, at home. My reading goal for 2021 is to read 52 books; I've met this goal before and hope to surpass it (fingers crossed), but I also… Continue reading January Books Recap
January Milestones: What Were They?
When I try to reflect at the end of the year, I undoubtedly forget milestones that were hit in the past 12 months, especially if they were small. But often, it is not insignificant, small, simple milestones that lead to extraordinary impact. As a way to rectify that inevitable oversight, I have decided to keep… Continue reading January Milestones: What Were They?
Post COVID-19 Hair Loss
I have been experiencing tremendous hair loss for the last two months or so. I mean clumps of hair have been coming off with each comb stroke and not to mention the hundreds that come off every time I run my hands through my hair. I've been aware but only recently became really concerned because… Continue reading Post COVID-19 Hair Loss
Update and End of the COVID-19 Journey
If you read my previous post about my COVID-19 journey, then you will have noted that I wrote that post while I was still sick. It has been a month since that post and I thought I would write an update to how the rest of the recovery process has been. May 3 – 11:… Continue reading Update and End of the COVID-19 Journey
I Tested Positive for COVID-19
On March 31, I decided to take a ten-day break from social media so I could give myself the time and space to reflect on how much life had changed in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Little did I know that those ten days would more than double and instead of me reflecting on the… Continue reading I Tested Positive for COVID-19
How To Survive Quarantine
What a strange strange place we have come to as an ENTIRE world. EVERYONE is in Quarantine in some form or another across the globe. Think about that for a moment, EVERYONE, in the ENTIRE World is fighting ONE common enemy, Novel Coronavirus, Covid-19. This is unfathomable. Our enemy is not a person, a nation,… Continue reading How To Survive Quarantine
Let’s Talk Framing
After I moved into my own apartment at the ripe age of nearly 35 and was finally living alone at the age of 36 - I decided to take all the paintings and prints I had purchased over the years from my travels and frame them. I initially wanted to do it because the walls… Continue reading Let’s Talk Framing
Closing Out the ’10s
January 22, 2020 - I know the post will be dated but I felt it was important to pen it myself because I started this draft on December 31, 2019 (after ten days of struggling to make time for it). Now, nearly a month later, I am finally sitting at a Starbucks, inside the Sheraton… Continue reading Closing Out the ’10s
Finland…Where I Feel Most at Peace
This one alone day in Helsinki really made me realize how much I need a solo trip, with no plans, no set itinerary; Just me and a semi-familiar or even unfamiliar place. I just want to walk, explore and mostly reflect and allow my mind and heart to fully feel all the things I have… Continue reading Finland…Where I Feel Most at Peace