Why 'Life, Revisited'?
Life changes with time, and we learn to reflect on it with a new perspective.
Around 20 years, back I wrote a weekly column titled ‘Life’ for a national newspaper.
It was about every little thing that inspired me, every issue that bothered me, and every thought that I had an urge to share with others.
Life is not constant, and change is a reality.
As I moved from my home country Pakistan to the UK, and then to the Netherlands, I felt my writing slipping out of my hands.
While trying to adapt to my new life and surroundings, I lost parts of myself to form a new identity, which would be more acceptable to my new environment.
I am proud and happy today for making a good life for myself - marriage, career, kids… And finally now at 40, I feel whole again.
I have the same ambitions and dreams that I had 20 years ago, but now coupled with experience and wisdom.
I am still reflecting on life, but now with a new lens.
I am revisiting life, ready to inspire and be inspired.
So, I will be talking about:
Life experiences
Family life - its beauty and challenges
The digital world & its nuances
Self-care and well-being
Inclusion & belonging
And anything else that I feel like sharing.
It's going to be an exciting journey! Thank you for joining me. Here’s to revisiting life with curiosity, kindness, and an open heart.
Your reflection highlights the profound value of experience and wisdom. While ambition and dreams give us direction, it is life’s journey - its changes, challenges, and transformations - that sharpens our lens and deepens our understanding. So, you are not just revisiting life, but doing so with a richness that comes from having lived it fully. This blend of youthful aspirations with the maturity of experience is a powerful force, that will enable you not only to reflect with greater depth but to inspire others with insights that only time can bring.
I am envious of your thought process, it is so organised.
The person 'I' is in the middle of the chaos or should I call it life events and they are forever piecing together newly found skills, emotion, reaction, survival mechanism, whilst looking for lost parts of them and holding on to what remains.
Thank you for motivating me into bringing my thoughts to a social platform outside of my e-diary.