#553 AAPlus IGC EP6

how you think will influence how you feel. how you feel will influence how you act. how you act will become a habit. and your habit will become yourself.

- Aiman Azlan

Well excuse me as I need to write that down in order to actually comprehend how it applies to my own situation lol I have been listening to that part so many times but just had to pause and apply it to myself first before I move on with the rest of the podcast.

Practising positivity
- Gratitude: Focus on good parts and how the good parts nurture you as a good human being. Allah gave everybody something and at the same time Allah did not give everybody something. The bad that others have while having the good, you might not be able to handle it. But he could. For instance, Allah gives extra patience for a person to face the people around him, which you won't be patient with, because Allah does not give you extra patience.
Putting this as principle of your life will make you grateful and not comparing yourself to other people's lives. I.e. "Everything that Allah has given you or has not given you is the best."
- Self-awareness: Why am I mad? Is it worth it to be mad?
- Self-talk: How you talk to yourself. A pattern of behaviour. How you communicate with yourself.
- Awareness that you have a choice: The fact that we do not know what Allah has planned for us is a BLESSING. It means that we always have a chance to have a different future based on what you choose to do today. So there's no such thing as Allah has written this for me, so I do not need to do anything.
- Be humble: The fact that only Allah knows, that we don't know.

#552 reminder

I’m just posting all these because people like these exist. The world is cruel. Shrugs

Edit:
Wed, Aug 7th, 11:22 AM

Cruelty includes the harsh reality that gangs actually exist. That you need to pay someone or do something for someone to get something.

Cruelty includes Muslim politicians actually do drugs or do adultery. Well actually, not just them. Celebrities or just normal people. It has become a norm and that's even sadder.

I am just trying to live, putting the 'Why' to my life, for Allah, and Allah only. Seriously. The reminder from my friend really helps. If I don't follow Islamic profiles on social media, alhamdulillah I have friends who love to give those kind of reminders.

p/s: The 'friend' is Muna, a revert. MasyaaAllah. I actually like to read hers and Hanis' WhatsApp stories. So full of reminders <3 br="">

#551

It’s funny that all you reply is just that sentence and also a screenshot of google search which proved I’m right. 

Inches is double prime - “

Foot is single prime - ‘

So what are you trying to say here?

And the fact that I’m left hanging like that lol

The customer service is so bad y’all just be thankful that IG don’t have ratings from customers. SMH

It’s sad that people don’t want to take an anonymous customer seriously. Like, what if it was a celebrity? I assure you they would treat them differently and better. 

I respect them but now having this reply, I kinda lost respect. They’re not like Anaabu’s customer service. I’m disappointed. 

#550

Here was a post about this IG shop https://beautificious.blogspot.com/2019/05/537.html

So I made a complaint then just ignored her reply because I was sick and annoyed by her ego and ignorance. 

After I made a couple of complaints the other day recently, I toughen up to read what she has said.

And it’s so disappointing. I just cannot with this kind of seller.

I’m so curious on sellers like this. Don’t you want to know what people think about your business? Ah yes, do whatever you think is right and ignore all the haters. But how can you improve without knowing your flaws?

I mean, I know I’m so egoistic that it’s hard to take criticism that I always cry when people tell the bad side of me. But I accept it. It’s true. And that’s where I could improve myself.

Since the first time I complained about the address, that tak sampai ke alamat saya ni sebab different courier. Since even that, no apologies AT ALL. Until the end of the conversation!

Can’t she just admit that yeah you need to check again on the courier. I don’t need your repeated explanation. You just don’t want to admit that you’re wrong lol zz

I like the clothes she sell but I think it’s better for me not to deal with this IG shop anymore. 

#549

A lot of times, we think we need to be reassured by someone else but what we don’t realise is, the worst criticism we often get is from ourselves and it’s actually our own toxic opinions that we need to save ourselves from.

We can’t change how people view us but we can change how we view ourselves. The person you’ll have to live with for the rest of your life is ultimately yourself, so don’t forget that YOU are in need of compassion just as much as the person next to you.

- dearsarina

#548 talkative friends

I realise it's easier for me to talk to people or be close to people who talk so much. I feel like I can easily open up to them.

I mean, look at my lower high school friends, Atul, An, Mad, Qila, Na'a, some others but not major;
My high school friends, Atira, Alia;
My Uni friends, Hannan and actually some others but I stopped trying to be natural because some realisation hit me...

Anyway. Those people, are talkative. And I'm close with them, or was close with them. Or so I thought.

The point is, in this world, it's really hard for me to talk, having conversations on random topics, even politics or global warming. I just couldn't. I'm passive like that.