Faith, Family, Mission
The first few minutes after you wake up can make or break your day. They’re that powerful. So it’s important to be very intentional in how you spend those initial moments after your eyes open. Get it right, and you can build tonnes of momentum to power through all those difficult things you have planned. […]
If you’re anything like me, you might sometimes struggle with how exactly to relax before bed. YouTube videos, TV shows, Instagram, reading a book—none of them feel relaxing enough or use the little relaxation time you have to the max. Even after six years at Oxbridge, I am still struggling with how to spend my […]
Keeping a daily prayer routine is hard. We always have excuses: in the morning we’re too sleepy, in the middle of the day we have no time, and in the evening we just want to relax and head to sleep. I’ve struggled with all of these things. In this blog post I want to share […]
Before my final year of high school, I rarely took any notes at school; just listening to the teacher during class and reading the textbook enabled me to get by. University was, however, a different beast altogether; suddenly I had to take in 100x more knowledge than my brain could remember. For those familiar with […]
One thing I have been training myself to do recently is to follow routines, not emotions. We all have moments where we don’t feel like doing something. And conventional wisdom dictates that we should leave that “something” alone and come back to it when we feel like it, as long as it is not urgent. […]
In our modern, busy lives it can be hard to find time for exercise. While a morning routine that involves exercise is important, that by itself may not be enough. In this short post, I want to share a few in ways in which I have incorporated exercise into my everyday life on weekdays. All […]
“I don’t do routines,” my friend said, “I just take it as it comes.” While it may be true that some people just don’t do very well with routines, I’d argue that they are in a very tiny minority. For the rest of us, even those of us who don’t like following rigid schedules, a […]