Be courageous

                                                                    We all have personal stories we tell ourselves; it takes self-awareness to know whether the story we have been telling ourselves is true or not, and where does it come from? I realized that the story I have been telling myself was not my own story, it was the story I have been hearing from other people, and I believed it. It was clear why I thought and acted the way that I did, I felt like a victim.  It was time to rewrite my story, I had to figure-out how taking a full responsibility for my life looked like, I had to stop acting like a victim, and be mindful about my thoughts. I learned that my thoughts can either empower or destroy me, I had to change how I used to think about myself, and at first it was not easy, but I kept moving forward, chang...

                                                                                        There are a lot of things I wish I knew in my 20s, let me share with you the five lessons I wish I knew then. Know who you are - Going through life not knowing myself almost ruined my life, I didn't know what I wanted for my life, I was living life like I was a victim. We all know when the person doesn't know who they are, they are not able to make decisions for themselves. I was feeling stuck most of the time, I didn't have any clarity and I was always feeling a sense of emptiness. Discovering who we are requires courage, we need to confront parts of ourselves we might be scared of, heal past trauma, forgive ourselves for past mistakes, we need to be willing to do the work and become...

                                                Every morning, we need to find a way to start our day right, there are certain things I know I don't have to do the first thing in the morning, it is important to take control of my day before the day gets control of me. I stay away from my phone because I don't want to find myself scrolling on social media and losing focus on what matters to me. There are many distractions in the world, and we need to be aware of them and do our best every day to focus on what matters.  I have noticed that I am more focused in the morning and if I want to do activities that requires focus, I need to do them during this time. I try my best to always use this time to my advantage. I start my day by thanking God for another day, then I do stretch like exercises for about 20 minutes, make a cup of coffee and I think coffee goes well wit...