Hi, I'm Shuayb 👋, I'm a self-taught Developer currrently working for a Sports Nutrion Company in the UK . My Journey into tech started on the Summer of 2020 and I'd love to have you along for the ride. I write about productivity, lifestyle habits and minimalism.
The Psychology of Money
This weeks post is a little different, a start of a new book review series where I highlight the main points of the books I’m reading. Todays book is called the Psychology of Money,
Why overstimulation is ruining your life
We’ve all been there, that typical social media loom, where you’re constantly switching between tabs, refreshing your feed, waiting for a video to play, for someone to like your tweet - anything. You’re sort of just waiting to be entertained.
The stoic idea that will make you unstoppable
Your everyday inconveniences and irritations in life might be weighing down on you more than you think. Picture this, its your first day at your dream job. You’re 10 minutes late due to traffic and you just spilt coffee on your new shirt.
How to improve your focus - 3 Easy Steps
Before you start any task, it's important to plan and prepare adequately. As the saying goes, if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Take 5 minutes to break the task down, create a time estimate and get a clear context.
Why You're Always Tired.
For most of human history, we never had access to alarm clocks - or electric lights for that matter. Our ancestors used their internal body clocks to wake up at the same time and always feel rested.
Passions And Chasing Your Dream
If you stay in your comfort zone, you'll just try to stay there or sink deeper into it, a bit like a sofa or a toxic ex. Being born with the proverbial silver spoon in your mouth, can make you complacent and less hungry to make money and succeed in your personal life. You have the luxuries already
Navigating through our 20s
There are too many get-quick-rich schemes out there that disguise themselves well, but take it from me, There can never be a replacement for hard work. And let's face it, most of you wanna be successful but you don't want it bad, you just kinda want it.
How to trick your brain into doing hard things
As we try to develop ourselves and improve our productivity, we also need to focus on small, consistent improvements. These small daily improvements are the equivalent to interest that accrues to a savings account.
Why You Need A Morning Routine
For the last year, I have been conforming to a loose morning routine. Although I wake up at 6 am, I am yet to stick to a consistent routine when I wake up. Therefore, I figured I'd write a post about how I plan to change that.
Why you never have enough time
There is this notion that society blinds us with that we need to be at a certain stage in our lives at a certain age. Being married by 25, having a good career by 27, buying a house by 30. All these expectations and rules are really more like ultra-lose guidelines. Y
The Power of Journaling
Have you ever wondered why you sometimes have trouble sleeping at night? why your brain suddenly floods with all the bad memories and feelings of the day? Its becoming a massive problem in our society today.
What I learnt to become a Software Engineer
In software engineering, there are mainly 2 routes you can go down to start off with. Front-end web development is the development of the graphical user interface of a website/app, through the use of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
My 3 Golden Rules For Productivity 📆
Parkinson's law is the adage that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion". Remember the days when you somehow managed to complete 80% of your assignment the night before? It really is amazing how much work we can get done when the pressure is pumped to 99.
Why I live like a Minimalist and why you might want to
In short, Minimalism is owning fewer possessions. Consumerism has gripped society with an iron claw and it is not talked about enough. We have become too reliant and obsessive with hoarding, buying and collecting to the point where we would work 7 days a week if it meant owning more stuff.
Why I wake up at 6am everyday (yes, including weekends) ⏰
Over the last year, I started my days between 6-6:30am and I can genuinely say it has changed my life. See, most of us start work at 9am or earlier , so we don't really have much time to do things before work yes? not quite
How I became a Software Engineer without a degree in 8 months💻
Unlike many people, I wasn't motivated purely by money, my fuel and passion derived from something much more liberating than $$. Freedom. The ability to work anywhere and anytime was my primary motivator. I relished in the thought of typing away on my laptop at some distant beach with just the ocean and birds as company.