Heyyy!
Do you still remember me? I will honestly understand if you don’t. Who disappears for 365 daysss? Ah. Anyway, I’m here again. Alhamdullilah.
Salaam Alaykum Warahmatullah.
While I wrote about celebrating yourself around this time last year, I was wrapping up my undergraduate degree after so many years and I just wanted it to be over. I was so stressed and I needed rest. However, I didn’t plan to rest for the whole year. This year has to be the chillest year I’ve had in a long time. Not rosy vacations and no work kind of chill, but I had time to rejuvenate while serving my father’s land judiciously. The irony😅.
Enough talk about me. How are you??? How was the year for you? Stressful? Productive? What did I miss, I want to know. What did you achieve this year? No pressure. Even if all you achieved was to keep your mental health in check, that’s a win. I want to hear about the losses too. What stretched you this year? Who helped you through the year? You may want to appreciate them in your own way.
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This is where I go on and talk about deep stuff and lessons I learnt from the year but honestly I don’t have the range. For me, 2022 started in June some days after my birthday. So this is more like a half year reflection. The major lesson for me is the need to have a good support system. Asking for help and actually allowing people to help (still struggling with this). I also got better at trusting Allah with everything. This brought me peace I can’t begin to write about. Alhamdulillah.
I learnt that you can’t pour from an empty cup. That it is okay to rest and re-strategize. I learnt how to listen actively. I did more listening than talking(writing) this year. I learnt how to play and be with the people in my life and appreciate them because this life is super short. I saw the loopholes in my behavior, knowledge base and Deen for what they are - an opportunity to grow and become a better person. I also learnt how to laugh at myself.
I’m going into the new year(second half of my 2022) with an open-mind. Yeah, I have things to tick off my list and I prayyyy these dreams become my truth but I also know that we can only plan and strive to achieve the best and Allah is the best of planners. So I’m trusting him to make the dots connect somehow.
PS: This post was supposed to drop on 31st December around 9AM but I somehow got myself locked out of the account and was banned for 24hours. smh.
I hope to write to you soon, In sha Allah.
With all my love,
Umaynah
Alhamdulillah last year was totally out of track for me, I started the year with full energy and got drained even before the year reach half, my phone was snatched from me and I started a business I shouldn't have tried which left me with a scar
Alhamdulillah I survived the hurdles and can still keep my head up high