#TGIF: Things I've realized in 2026, so far

• Birthday cards will never get old 
• Iftar plans aren’t all that
• Recognising your privilege is indeed a privilege, keeps you humble 
• Money > men
• Alone you can go fast, together you can go far
• My sisters are everything to me
• Adulting is really really brutal
• You can only grow in the face of uncomfortable situations 
• Most hard things are just mental game
• Just….rely on Allah for everything. From biggest to the smallest of things
• Do it scared, do it alone, do it anyway 
• Parent’s berkat is a real, sacred thing. Protect it
• Don’t worry about spending money for family, it’ll come back to you, in ways you never imagined 
• Life is about taking risks
• Nothing in life is ever mine
• You still have so many characters you have not met in your life - that’s the exciting part!
• You really don’t know what other people are going through - the world does not revolve around you alone
• You can always start over
• It shall pass, it always does
• It’s always going to be political, whether you like or not
• It feels so nice to work with someone genuinely kind
• You have no idea how much things can change in less than a year
• There will always be people who dislike you for no reason