Aly Gulamhusein

Tag: Self-Reflection

  • Day 20 – Resilience

    Today’s prompt: What has helped you rise or recover from challenge?

    I’ve never really thought of resilience as a transformation, but what else could it be? It almost sounds like an Hegelian dialectic, that we must resolve the conflict within ourselves in order to continue, to be resilient.

    This video is pretty good: https://youtu.be/xjQc9-yLB7g

    This makes me wonder if we don’t have both the problem and the solution within us. Resilience would then become something that results in a transformation in ourselves through ourselves I suppose, that makes sense when you think that you can approach a problem in multiple ways and you can view it in a number of ways, as well. How we respond may then have an impact on the transformation that takes place.

  • Day 18 – Mystery

    Today’s prompt: What mystery are you living with – and how does it shape your days?

    People confound me. I never can quite understand why people do what they do, especially when it comes to traffic, an interesting place because people feel isolated in their vehicles and act as such but are completely surrounded by other people.

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  • Day 9 – Connection

    Today’s Prompt: Where do you feel most connected — to others, to yourself, or to the world around you?

    I want to say that feeling connected to others starts with a connection to yourself. Until you understand who you are, can you draw lines connecting yourself to others? I don’t know. If this is true, than there are few places where I feel connected. One, of course, is at home with my family. One step outside over the threshold and that feeling becomes capricious.

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  • Day 8 – Shadows

    Today’s prompt: What part of you hides in shadow — and what might it want you to notice?

    I wish I were better at taking risks. When I take a risk, it’s like running out on to hot sand during a midday sun. Instead of enjoying a day at the beach, I’m worried about a sunburn. So, I keep it under the umbrella as much as possible. The umbrella, however, is rooted into the ground so as not be to be blown over by a gust of wind.

    Today’s prompt came from Letters’ Lounge.

  • Day 3 – Stillness

    Today’s prompt: What has been quiet lately — and what might that quiet be holding?

    There are a couple of things that come to mind. First, I’m thinking about getting to the shop today, how that’s been a quiet part of my life lately. Second, there’s the search for quiet that I’ve been doing, hoping to find out what it may reveal.

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  • December 20, 2025

    I recently applied to Google AdSense for this website. I had it running on Bernard Walter, making maybe a total of three dollars over the course of half-a-dozen years. It was something, I suppose. My application was rejected due to “low quality content.”

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  • December 4, 2025

    It’s not like me to want to put up pictures at work, but I want one of Emi on my desk so I 3D printed a picture frame to go with it.

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  • July 1, 2025

    Since getting my e-bike, driving in this city has become more unbearable. I now know that there is a better way for me to get around, yet I still find myself stuck behind a car carrying someone I’ll never know but project hate toward anyhow. Lately, it feels like the world – Karma – is out to get me because nobody, fucking nobody, has been driving the speed limit.

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  • October 15, 2023

    While walking to my haircut appointment this afternoon, I realised that I don’t actually listen to the words in songs. It’s been a while since I’ve taken a walk with my headphones on, something I love to do, so I haven’t been paying such close attention to what I’ve been listening to. Chelsea Cutler has a new album that I thought I’d give a listen to. I don’t know what she’s singing about.

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  • October 10, 2023

    I learned something about myself today that I already knew. See, I was given the day to clean a room of the library. Just the one room. It was a mess, filled with loose cables and broken computers. Spending the day working on just the one task reminded me of how I work best when I’m given time to focus.

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  • September 28, 2023

    It happened again today. Somebody told me that the reason people keep asking me for help is because I keep saying, “Yes”. I was probably complaining about feeling overwhelmed or simply too busy.

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  • September 15, 2023

    Do you see yourself as a leader?

    This is a writing prompt.

    A couple of years ago, I had a vice-principal who was encouraging me to take my principal qualifications. She told me that I have leadership qualities, that I like to move conversations and ideas forward. I appreciate what she said but I don’t know that that’s what makes for a good leader.

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