This week has been especially hard in my budgeting journey. Not for any particular reason. Nothing financially strapping came up, but when I look at my budget realistically it just has been overwhelming. I was reading payday because that would need I would need to update my budget planner and pay my bills. I really... Continue Reading →

This has been a topic I have been thinking about for a long time now. I don't mean something that I just think about every waking minute, but it has been a topic that I mull over in my head quite often. What is self care? What does this mean to me? What make me... Continue Reading →

Rizq means the nourishment provided by Allah. This is everything that comes to us as humans. We all work to provide for our family and our lifestyles but our Rizq comes from Allah. Everything that is meant for us will never miss us. Allah has the power to bring us each and everything that will... Continue Reading →

The word trauma can sound dramatic. But the truth of the matter is that we all suffer from trauma. Some are obvious large traumas like experiencing the aftermath of a mass shooting. Or witnessing an extreme act of violence. And some traumas come in the form as normal life circumstances. We all have experienced some... Continue Reading →

This last two weeks has brought about a lot of realizations when I think back on this budgeting journey. Now we all are aware of our hourly wage and our paycheck dates, yet many of us don't plan ahead. When we don't plan the only thing we plan for is failure. I had some unexpected... Continue Reading →

For the past few years I have really been in a turbulent stage in life. I endured a couple life altering events that all have been outside of my control. I know that I am far from the only person on Earth who has experienced this. Which brings me to why I have decided to... Continue Reading →