Hijabi Hayah

There's a legend if you speak your goals out loud they can become true, no matter how wild or daring the very utterance can bring them alive... Well.. It's not a legend but alot of people say its like the law of attraction, you bring what you want into your life and naturally the more you talk about something the more you believe it to be possible and I believe its true. The more I dream and the more I believe the stronger I feel. I feel there's no limits to what I can do, many times things I thought that I could never do I have done, it's about believing in yourself and keep picking yourself up even when you fall. I feel like I fell recently, being unemployed and feeling down I just focused on one thing mainly which was exercise despite this I feel time has helped me to become more positive and reflect on what I want and who I want to be. I realised I want to volunteer more and eventually work again and I guess it took time and patience on my part to realise this. T...

Being spontaneous can sometimes making living life a bit more exciting, it leaves you on edge and makes you step outside your comfort zone. Some things that I have been trying to do is decide things in the moment, and not have plans, sometimes no plans are the best type of plans, because they leave so much room for possibility! Something else I try to do is try and do something I haven't done before, and inorder to go through with it I try to decide it on the day!  I like to try and learn new things, maybe trying things that help me learn more about myself like meditating. (I do this at home but am yet to try with a class!) Just keep trying even if the plans don't work out, the point is to be positive and proactive! Sometimes it's good to build yourself up with things you're not comfortable doing and then do something really out of your comfort zone, or you could just be really spontaneous and do the thing that scares you the most, first! I think bein...

I thought this feeling of trying to figure myself out would disappear as I got older but it seems its something that will stay, I am always trying to figure out what I like, what makes me happy, what makes me ME. Its like I don't really know who I am yet, and it'll take me the rest of my life to find out. Sometimes I get frustrated with myself, like why can't it just be simple, why is everything I do one big fuzzball. But I guess that's just me, part of understanding myself is accepting myself, regardless of who does and doesn't accept that.  I think an important part of knowing yourself is not caring if others don't know you or even accept you. I have struggled with that for a long time, and I still do but I always want to remind myself it doesn't matter what anyone in the world thinks as long as I know myself and I am working on finding out who I really want to be, and I want to remind you too that you can take all the time in the world getting to...

So it's been a while, my life has changed. Maybe even I have changed. Change can do that to you. There has been a big change in my life... um...ah.. I got married. If I'm honest I have been feeling slightly overwhelmed and I did stop running and volunteering amongst other things. I choose not to go to the Malawi trip but the money still went (my Nikkah was around the trip time) Despite this, I am getting back into my running,  I stopped that for a while but alhamdulilah I am getting back into it. I have been running for an hour twice a week at gym with my husband and I have been trying to get back into writing too. I am still working alhamdulilah, so things have really changed. Do you remember where I was a year ago? I can tell you I was miserable. I wasn't getting married (I had tried), I failed my driving and I left work. All in all 2017 was a rubbish year, things have changed so much, I am blessed with a job and a husband, I guess I never r...

Hi there. I have some news-in the past month I have been away a few things have happened. I signed up to Volunteering in Malawi (in Africa) and I have been fundraising by selling sweets and organising Iftar events! Alhamdulilah so far I am happy with the progress and I feel motivated to do more. The plan is, InshaAllah to visit Malawi in August for a week before then I am to raise 2.5k for the School, the registration fee I pay will cover my flights, accommodation and meals. So alhamdulilah! That is something I never thought I'd be able to say, that ME, I am going to volunteer abroad. And for me, it's not just a one trip and then a tick for my bucket list. No I genuinely want to be actively involved in projects abroad and I plan to InshaAllah do the ICS three month abroad programme to be a part of those projects. I have also have been involved in numerous projects like with an online magazine, fundraising challenges and I am also looking into doing some spoken word poetry. ...

I did it. I actually did it. I ran a half marathon on the 25th of march. The experience was better than I anticipated, i didnt feel that tired until the 12th mile and I ran without stopping until the 12th mile too, although if I had taken breaks I may have been able to get a better time. I ran the half in 2:48mins but I have to say I was with the 2:30 pacer the whole way until mile 12, so that let me down. I think music helped me to be faster, but if i ever do it again i want to do it without music. The half marathon event itself was disappointing if im honest. The crowds, stalls, music etc. werent as i expected, everything just appeared really dull. There were toilet cubicles every 3 miles or so and water around then too, I did have lucozade when i could but it didnt really do much, i was just focused on getting to the next mile. look at my foot, its flying! Things that helped me: -having a good meal the day before, i had three jacket potatoes medium sized -I ...

I have realised something. It is brave to realise your dreams, it is brave to pursue them. It takes courage to try and get there with the possibility of failing. I have finally decided I want to try and get there no matter what. With simple inspiration "If you can dream it, you can do it!" by Walt Disney I think we can all believe in these simple words to try and achieve our dreams. It's way more complicated than just 'doing it', but starting the process makes it a whole lot easier. 1.The first step for me, was to identify my dreams and goals. Just simply noting down my passions. Sometimes even thinking about your hobbies can help you to identify your dreams. These steps weren't followed one after the other, it kind of happened naturally. Taking time to write down how these dreams and goals will make you happy will help you visualise how it can impact your life. Sometimes the fear of failure can stop you from even identifying them, its s...