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There are organisations out there who say they can help you during the lowest points of your life. They say that, but…

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Updated my website. It’s a struggle to find a good balance between using the website as a professional portfolio and a space to promote personal projects. Would love to get your thoughts 💭 yasminqureshi.xyz

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What would life have been like, if Adam and Hawa hadn’t have been expelled from Jannah?

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Conversations about ditching social media and owning our own platforms and email lists are everywhere. This feels like a time where people are taking back their time and power from the algorithms. With that being said, this weekend I’ll be updating my website and re-publishing it #DitchTheAlgorithm

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This morning I had breakfast. I think this is the first proper breakfast I’ve had since Marrakech! Speaking of… this is what a breakfast in Marrakech looks like 😋

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2025 is the year I take my writing seriously. I’ll be working on building my portfolio and looking for a publication I can volunteer to write for too 😊

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Today’s the last day of National Apprenticeship Week. I thought I’d share a little Q&A in my latest newsletter 🗞️ open.substack.com/pub/yasminqu...

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My prison memoir has fallen to the wayside. I think I need to write it in my own time, just for myself. But! I really want to challenge myself to write a book, fiction or non-fiction. I just need the find the perfect subject 😅

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Thinking of giving Substack a go? Creative Boom have summarised its value here. Take a look 👀

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Happy full moon in Leo 🌕 Take it easy. Don’t react 🙃

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My Loop Engage 2 earplugs arrived yesterday. They are amazing. Perfect for retreating into my own little bubble. I’ll be using them A LOT at home. Considering getting the Quiets next.

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“Know what you really know Feel what you really feel Say what you really mean Do what you really feel is right.” —Martha Beck

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After weeks of brainstorming, I finally settled on a new name for my newsletter: That Sunday Feeling ☕️

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Placed an order for Loop Engage 2 earplugs. I’ve heard mixed reviews about them. Really hoping they help with the overstimulation 😅

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As scary as it sounds, I’ve decided 2025 is going to be the year I stop holding back and playing small. I’m going to step out of my comfort zone, make new connections, and share my writing with more people 🙈

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On February 12 we have a full moon in Leo ♌️ Full moons usually mean an ending of some kind. Since the next one is in the sign of Leo, I can’t help but feel it’s going to be quite a dramatic ending to something 😅

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42 days until Spring apparently. Couldn’t arrive quick enough 🥶

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The end is nigh.

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It’s National Sickie Day, but creatives don’t call in sick. We just call it "working from bed while watching YouTube tutorials". 👀

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In 2024 I made two of the best moves for my career—enrolling on to the ilovecreatives Creative Copywriter Course and applying for my now apprenticeship. Here’s my testimonial of the Creative Copywriter Course for anyone wondering if they should enrol or not: ilovecreatives.com/testimonials... 🙌🏼👩🏻‍💻

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My agency is getting ready to launch their re-brand! I can’t wait to share the things we get up to 🚀

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“It's really obvious when someone is writing a post for the sake of being visible and to satisfy algorithms rather than genuinely seeking to start a conversation, and it's utterly boring. Be a human."

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They’re gonna demolish the Wolverhampton Uni’s art block. Please sign this petition to try and stop this from happening. www.change.org/p/save-wolve...

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I’ve also been considering starting a writing course, either memoir writing for poetry. All I ever want to do is write these days 😊

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Currently reading: The Success Myth by Emma Gannon. Rediscovering my love for Emma’s writing is the best thing to come from Substack, apart from the fact that I’ve started writing again myself. Excited for the release of Table For One too! 📚

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A few years ago The Haven Wolverhampton supported me with difficulties I was facing at home. Now that I’ve needed people to talk to and help again, they’re ignoring me.

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‘A wise person knows when to keep things dark. An even wiser person knows when to let the light in.’ —Philip Pullman, The Book of Dust 2

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The feeling of being on a gigantic breakdown and only holding it together by a thread isn’t the one 🙃

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I didn’t go to work today. Last night I slept only 11pm-1am, then was awake all night. I ended up getting medication from my GP and I’ve noticed it’s stopped working 🙃 Lord please let me sleep tonight 😅

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I just read a post that said she’s said stuck at earning 5k-8k a month. The ick of that just made me want to cyber-slap her. Stuck at 5k a month? Stuck? 😵‍💫

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Super proud of myself. Two of my articles have made it to the first page of Google, with one being at the very top! 😁

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Today I’m sharing insight into a typical day of working at a digital marketing agency. You can gain access to this post, and my entire archive FREE for 12 months by sending me your email address 😊 open.substack.com/pub/yasminqu...

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Tomorrow is newsletter writing day and I can’t wait 😊

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I had toast for breakfast this morning. Will this stop the belly raws at 10am? Let’s see 😅

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