A little something about ‘Rise&Shine! with Saima Ahmed’
Mindset Matters Issue #22
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Today I will tell you about ‘Rise&Shine! with Saima Ahmed’
Can you think and tell your purpose in one sentence?
I feel if something cannot be easily said, it cannot be easily taught.
That's the idea behind my publication's name; Rise&Shine! with Saima Ahmed.
To backtrack a little, Rise&Shine! with Saima Ahmed is the name of the blog which I started in 2020.
This blog is the start of my writing journey. It is the start of a new ME.
I felt it is appropriate to start my Substack newsletters with the same name and hence here we are!
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2020 was a life changing year for me and the world.
So much happened in 2020.
Covid.
My dad losing his job.
The pressure on me.
Finally finding a new job myself and out of the job that drained my brain.
Most importantly my mind changed in 2020.
My mindset shifted in 2020.
It dawned on me when I was at my lowest. When I was really giving up. When I was tired and disappointed in everything.
The voice in my head said: you are knocking on the wrong door. You are looking at the wrong thing. You are expecting something that is not for YOU.
What is for You is out there, you NEED to get out of this imaginary bubble created by your peers and family members.
You can be different and you are different.
Stop trying to FIT IN.
Life changed after this epiphany.
Having my own website, writing and sharing my thoughts seemed very exciting at that point and maybe it is even now. But some things have changed..with time, better thoughts and mental clarity.
The name came naturally when I asked myself what do I want to name this website?
Rise and shine.
For a while it remained rise and shine.
And after writing for a few months on WordPress, I felt it lacked a personal touch.
Rise and shine seemed generic and lost in the world of web with thousands of names and websites.
Hence Rise&Shine! with Saima Ahmed was created.
It was personal, with a message I wanted to convey to YOU specifically.
Rise:
waking up every day, with a belief it is going to be good.
The emphasis here is on TODAY and this DAY.
The focus is on the DAY.
The importance is given to the fact that you and I are getting another DAY to WAKE UP.
Special isn’t it?
Going to bed at night not knowing anything about the TOMORROW/ if it will or will not be there.
But somehow having a ‘belief’ that yes the sun will RISE again tomorrow.
And it does.
Every single day.
So we RISE with the sun, we get another opportunity every SINGLE day.
Remember, no day is a waste as long as you RISE and believe in yourself.
You rise and appreciate where you are, you treat this day with importance and urgency.
Because TODAY is all that you will ever SEE.
Rise.
It's a beautiful day to live.
Shine:
You are sufficient.
You are enough,
as you are.
Starting today,
Starting right now.
Tell this to yourself.
To the person you are,
Look at the mirror if you need to.
This is self talk.
When you start believing you are enough, you become that.
You become enough,
Enough to try,
Enough to try again.
Enough for becoming better,
Little by little
Every single day.
You SHINE when you believe,
You shine when you are your best
You shine when you are getting better every single day.
That's the idea.
Rise and shine.
Rise; know it is another day, another opportunity to seize what you want, to achieve what you want.
Shine, you are enough as you are today..you only need to shine your light.
When you rise and shine every single day,
You are moving towards your best life,
You are becoming your best self,
Little by little,
Every single day.
You are unstoppable.
You can reach any new heights you desire to be at.
with Saima Ahmed:
This is my message to you.
This is what I want to share with you, in the way I learnt it myself.
In one sentence I can tell you RISE and SHINE is all you NEED to live the life of your dreams!
This is what I want you to know.
You are capable more than you think you are.
It’s only a matter of believing in yourself,
trusting yourself.
It's a matter of getting in the right mindset for YOU to live that best life, every single day
This is what I want to help you see, through my words and thoughts.
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PS: take a look at this checklist I created for you. Find out if you are READY for a mindset SHIFT!