I read. I think. I write. I speak. I teach. I learn. I seek. On a journey to become my best self. Documenting the lessons and resources along the way.
Do we have too many identities?
Hey guys,
So this week I have been thinking about my identity.
I am a man, a father, a husband, a project manager, a photographer, an Australian, a Pakistani and a whole bunch of other things … do you think these are too many identities?
Unfortunately, almost all of us, identify with way too many things. We have too many anchors in life. Often we switch between these identities depending on our social circumstances and morph through them over the course of our lives.
I have written an article on Medium detailing the various forms of identity we carry and how we can try and simplify things. Check it out and let me know your thoughts.
Do you have too many identities? (Reading time 6 minutes).
Stay awesome and have a great week ahead 🙂
Naimat
♥️ My Favourite Things This Week
📝 Article - Stop Telling Kids to “Be Careful” and What To Say Instead. As a parent for a 4-year-old, I am constantly evaluating my language with my daughter. Knowing a thing or two about psychology, I know these are the year where our inner dialogue gets formed (based on our parent’s language with us). This article really helped me put a few things into perspective.
📱 App - Feedly. I like to read lots of blogs and articles but I don’t like them clogging my inbox with daily/weekly emails (much like this one I am sending you - hypocrite alert 🙄). Feedly helps me simplify by having everything I want to read in one place - which is not my inbox.
✍️ Quote I am pondering
The ONE Thing by Gary Keller, Jay Papasan
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Naimat Ahmed
I read. I think. I write. I speak. I teach. I learn. I seek. On a journey to become my best self. Documenting the lessons and resources along the way.
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