Bahja, thank you so much for this post!! I'm glad to see you back on writing again. This was a much needed read and something that I hope to take away. I hope you're feeling a lot better! <3
Bahja, your letters always come to me at the perfect time!! Almost like you know what I need to hear the most.
Lately, my life hasn’t been feeling like my own. I know I’m burnt out. And constantly thinking “there’s no time to rest”. But reading this now, I feel seen and understood. You have reminded me that my rest is just as important as my hustle.
Thank you so much for sharing this. Barakallahu feeh 💓✨
Love this so much Bahja. Thank you for the transparency it’s so genuine. I’ve been feeling the same with all my uni work piling up and i neglected my self care. I’m done with my semester now so this was a wake up call to start somewhere!! Thank you so much and I hope this lets you know you aren’t alone and that you’re doing amazing!!
I love your message and I wanted to suggest how it might also be approached from a Buddhist lens. Your point about “fear disguised as ambition” as a state that cuts us off from life is echoed in a Buddhist teachings. The teaching is that this reveals a fundamental belief that life is not ok in the present moment; rather it is a problem to be managed. Without realizing it, we may enter different “trances” in order to escape our feeling of unworthiness— one very common one being the trance of Achievement, of accomplishment. The problem, as you point out, is not ambition itself, but ambition based in fear. We run not towards but away, thinking that life is somewhere “out there,” just ahead, instead of realizing that real life is in the present moment. In fact, a whole life may be spent chasing, only to find that you never arrived. The practice of mediation then, is to find a moment of arrival. That moment of pause then allows you to return to your work with more space and more awareness- It allows you to create from your full intelligence.
Hi Bahja, thank you so muuch for writing this. This was a nice read after juggling different deadlines lately. I hope we all feel better. Rest is radical indeed 💖
WOW THIS JUST CAME AT THE RIGHT TIME! So beautiful how connected we all are, thank you so much for this! I'm severly burn out right now because of approaching life the same way you did, but it's so beautiful and inspiring ot see how you got out of it THROUGH REST!!! I took many notes and sent it to my boyfriend, because you described it so well. You truly have a gift for writing and expressinf yourself, mashallah! I stopped watching a lot of youtubers but you just hit home and do inspiring and beautiful content!!! I will now shut off my computer and try to REST!!! Even though I've noticed why it's so hard for me is because i put my whole worth into my work and my biggest fear is being mediocre and not rememberd but it doens't make sense if this life is just a test. But it did hit home when you've mentioned spiritually burnt out, I myself am also muslim but my burn out has distanced me so much from the religion. Even now I still feel so overwhelmed (also got diagnosed with ADHD) but you just gave me hope in that sense! Not even therapy gave me as much clarity as you did! As I've also mentioned spiritually burnt out, what are your thoughts when people start to worhsip work and sucess? It feels for me so hard to doge it. I know it's not good but I still depend my worth from it. And I know the answer is, just to keep praying and pray for clarity. But yeah I'm still in the burnt out state but now you've given me hope to get out of it, thank you! ANd my grammar is all over the place, I apologise dearly!
Bahja, thank you so much for this post!! I'm glad to see you back on writing again. This was a much needed read and something that I hope to take away. I hope you're feeling a lot better! <3
Bahja, your letters always come to me at the perfect time!! Almost like you know what I need to hear the most.
Lately, my life hasn’t been feeling like my own. I know I’m burnt out. And constantly thinking “there’s no time to rest”. But reading this now, I feel seen and understood. You have reminded me that my rest is just as important as my hustle.
Thank you so much for sharing this. Barakallahu feeh 💓✨
I missed you soo much bahja. I see, you’re going through a lot because I watch your YouTube videos. Blessings to you and your family.🙏❤️😄🤩
Love this so much Bahja. Thank you for the transparency it’s so genuine. I’ve been feeling the same with all my uni work piling up and i neglected my self care. I’m done with my semester now so this was a wake up call to start somewhere!! Thank you so much and I hope this lets you know you aren’t alone and that you’re doing amazing!!
Love Zeinab.
Loved this read so much!!! I live how you always have action points, am gonna get to it and js take some time to really rest :)
I love your message and I wanted to suggest how it might also be approached from a Buddhist lens. Your point about “fear disguised as ambition” as a state that cuts us off from life is echoed in a Buddhist teachings. The teaching is that this reveals a fundamental belief that life is not ok in the present moment; rather it is a problem to be managed. Without realizing it, we may enter different “trances” in order to escape our feeling of unworthiness— one very common one being the trance of Achievement, of accomplishment. The problem, as you point out, is not ambition itself, but ambition based in fear. We run not towards but away, thinking that life is somewhere “out there,” just ahead, instead of realizing that real life is in the present moment. In fact, a whole life may be spent chasing, only to find that you never arrived. The practice of mediation then, is to find a moment of arrival. That moment of pause then allows you to return to your work with more space and more awareness- It allows you to create from your full intelligence.
Hi, Bahja. Thank you so much for pouring your heart and energy into this
writing. You and your kind words are blessings to many 💖💖
You have no idea how much I needed this
Hi Bahja, thank you so muuch for writing this. This was a nice read after juggling different deadlines lately. I hope we all feel better. Rest is radical indeed 💖
WOW THIS JUST CAME AT THE RIGHT TIME! So beautiful how connected we all are, thank you so much for this! I'm severly burn out right now because of approaching life the same way you did, but it's so beautiful and inspiring ot see how you got out of it THROUGH REST!!! I took many notes and sent it to my boyfriend, because you described it so well. You truly have a gift for writing and expressinf yourself, mashallah! I stopped watching a lot of youtubers but you just hit home and do inspiring and beautiful content!!! I will now shut off my computer and try to REST!!! Even though I've noticed why it's so hard for me is because i put my whole worth into my work and my biggest fear is being mediocre and not rememberd but it doens't make sense if this life is just a test. But it did hit home when you've mentioned spiritually burnt out, I myself am also muslim but my burn out has distanced me so much from the religion. Even now I still feel so overwhelmed (also got diagnosed with ADHD) but you just gave me hope in that sense! Not even therapy gave me as much clarity as you did! As I've also mentioned spiritually burnt out, what are your thoughts when people start to worhsip work and sucess? It feels for me so hard to doge it. I know it's not good but I still depend my worth from it. And I know the answer is, just to keep praying and pray for clarity. But yeah I'm still in the burnt out state but now you've given me hope to get out of it, thank you! ANd my grammar is all over the place, I apologise dearly!