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Dear Younger Me: 15 Things i wish i knew sooner

Benazir Hamza Elayo
1 min readMar 28, 2022

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  1. Procrastination Prevents Progress.
  2. Invest in your religious life.
  3. Hoarding potentials can only set you back. Put yourself out there and connect with people, being an introvert won’t help you.
  4. Learn a skill asides your field of study.
  5. Avoid Tutorial Hell by all means; it drains motivation & dims creativity.
  6. Read more books, both fiction and non-fiction.
  7. Incorporate the spirit of positivity in every bad situation.
  8. Avoid relationships that lack potential. Do not date till you are 18.
  9. Be Adventurous. Make time for regular fun outdoor activities with family and friends. Enjoy exercises.
  10. Give loved ones their roses while they are still fresh.
  11. Take morning and evening adhkars very crucial. Make it a compulsory aspect of your life.
  12. Expect the unexpected, but do not be negative about it.
  13. Keep a gratitude and progress journal; Appreciate the little things and recognize your progress.
  14. Practice contentment. A contented heart is a wealthy heart.
  15. Invest in your beauty, space, hygiene, skin, hair and energy.

It is still not too late to adopt these in your life. Thank you for reading. Ma’assalam.

A preacher of love as always,

Benazir.

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Benazir Hamza Elayo

Developer | Writer | Researcher | Constantly unlearning and relearning