I'm turning 24 this year. Oh no. My student days will be long gone soon enough. I'm sure the next 2 years will go by in a flash. I'm losing motivation to do well in school. It's just ridiculous how packed the syllabus is in uni. Just embrace it I guess. Nothing will change. I am not aiming to graduate with FCH anyway so might as well take things at a slower pace. I look forward to the end of the sem so much, especially when Ramadhan awaits in sya Allah.

You know how in your 20s most of your friends are already in a stable relationship. Then there's me wondering how it'd be a miracle itself if I were to have a 6-month relationship minimum. I hate myself for thinking as such. I need a mindset shift. The biggest blessing of being single in my 20s is definitely the freedom I have to travel and work in my free time. Alhamdulillah. I am a strong believer in toiling hard in the present so that my labour will bear fruits in the future.

I am not going to settle for less. Don't date just for the sake of filling up the loneliness you feel at times. It is human nature to want to be loved by a s/o. What more when you're a young adult. Focus on your relationship with your creator first. Isn't He the Al-Alim, the one who knows all there is to know. Every single blessing in disguise. Every trial that I go through. It's all sent because He loves you. Yes it sounds contradictory but truly He only wants the best for you. Indeed He is the best of all planners. Subhanallah.

Here we go Yusuf. You got this. Set your intentions right. You can always renew it when things get overwhelming. In the name of Allah, the most merciful and the most compassionate.

La Hawla Wala Quwwata Illla Billah