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draft 0087 – getting triggered, the worst feeling ever.

You know what one of the worst feelings in the world is? Do you really want to know? (Stop it, writer, just tell us. Ok, fine.) is the feeling of getting triggered.  Like, sometimes somebody could sa…

Jul 5·2 min read·370 words

draft 0086 – a cup of tea and a moment.

So, today I was having a cup of tea at 4 pm, which is a daily ritual for me. I was using my phone as I had been using it all day, and at that particular moment, my brain became overwhelmed with too mu…

Jul 3·3 min read·480 words

draft 0085 – when emotions make you something you’re not.

Isn’t amazing how emotions can change somebody Into something completely different? They will not even resemble them (I being dramatic again).  Like, if you had a recording of that person and compare…

Jul 1·2 min read·353 words

draft 0084 – the death of hearing something you can’t fathom.

You know sometimes when I am having a conversation with somebody, and they share something they believe. Then, they say something that you couldn’t even think of yourself saying, that is one of the mo…

Jun 28·3 min read·414 words

draft 83 – we have become a moaning society. maybe?

I have noticed that during the heatwave in the UK, we human beings just complain way too much.  Now, let me explain why I am saying this, that is because people are just moaning way too much. Its too…

Jun 26·2 min read·340 words

draft 0082 – who was the greatest man in history? (Prophet Muhammad ﷺ), according to Michael H. Hart

As I mentioned in my draft last week (draft 0079, the prophetic diet) that I would talk about Michael H. Hart’s book The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. I will be doing that…

Jun 24·4 min read·700 words

draft 0081 – feeling so unorganised, recently.

Recently, I have just felt so unorganised with literally everything, I’m not going to lie.  Especially, with writing drafts.  Usually, before I would write the draft with some time afterwards just s…

Jun 21·3 min read·409 words

draft 0080 – when you go outside, be with nature.

Sorry guys (drafters), but I am going to have to delay what I said I was going to talk about for draft 0080 because it needs more time. It was supposed to be about Michael H. Hart’s book, “The 100 Mos…

Jun 19·3 min read·517 words

draft 0079 – the prophetic diet.

Ok. The Prophetic Diet. What is it? So, The Prophetic Diet is the nutritional habits of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) day to day. They are very beneficial to our health and well-being. As h…

Jun 17·3 min read·511 words

draft 0078 – getting obsessed over what? watching sports? why? really? It is just a piece of metal!

I don’t want to sound like a bore in this draft, but why do we get so obsessed with watching sports, (ok, ok, ok, your right, writer, I’m guilty of this too) when if you think about it is just a piece…

Jun 14·3 min read·482 words

draft 0077 – when you don’t know what to write about.

So, draft 0077 is going to be about you know when you think and think, what shall I write about today, and because you thought so much, you now have made it harder. But, when you do the complete oppos…

Jun 12·3 min read·430 words

draft 0076 – one of those days.

So, today is one of those days where I was going to write a draft about The Prophetic Diet as promised in draft 0070, but I just don’t have the energy physically and mentally to do it. I know most of …

Jun 10·2 min read·266 words

draft 0075 – choices...

Choices...Where to begin with them? What to do with them? How to think what to do with them? When shall I decide to do them? Why should I do that choice? As you can tell already, that just by saying t…

Jun 7·3 min read·427 words

draft 0074 – people vs government: who is the bigger problem?

Do you know what one of the problems of the world is? It’s not the government completely, it’s people. Especially, my own generation, generation Z. Thinking that they everything know everything and do…

Jun 5·2 min read·291 words

draft 0073 – the power of consequences.

I just don’t think people understand how powerful consequences are, and how we need to be constantly aware of them in every action we take, I am getting better to be mindful of my actions leading to c…

Jun 3·2 min read·322 words

draft 0072 – beauty is everywhere.

Has anybody noticed how we are always drawn to beauty in any form you may find it? Beauty is everywhere, nature, art, music, books and other things that I can’t speak on (if you know what I mean).  T…

May 31·2 min read·348 words

draft 0071 – why choosing silence may be best for us, sometimes.

Do you know what I am starting to realise (and what is that, me telling myself) is that people just have too much to say, including me obviously. We just think that everything must and has to be said,…

May 29·3 min read·417 words

draft 0070 – why don’t we do the things that are good for us?

Why is that we always refuse to do the things that are good for us? I am guilty of this sometimes too, but I do try. I do think that one of the main problems is that we take our health for granted an…

May 27·3 min read·405 words

draft 0069 – why I have started using wired earphones again.

So, many of you might already know that people have started to use wired earphones again. Now, I personally love it because I have started dating that about 5 or 6 months ago. I think the main reason …

May 24·2 min read·312 words

draft 0068 – write when you think, not when you thought.

Something that I have realised is that whenever you are writing something, please don’t stop and leave that particular writing to be wrote later. As, I recently did that and now I came back to write t…

May 22·3 min read·438 words

draft 0067 – update on draft 0035 - stopping social media

So, a about a couple of months ago I said that I had quit using all social media platforms. This draft is a update of how that is going.  Ok so, I have stopped using all social media except Instagram…

May 20·2 min read·325 words

draft 0066 – being lost in a world with so many people.

You know sometimes I just feel so lost in a world with so many people, it’s like I’m staring into a void. A void that continuously spirals, taking me with it. I know this might sound crazy but it is r…

May 17·2 min read·299 words

draft 0065 – feeling lost and disconnected.

The last couple of weeks I have just felt so lost and I know that it is because I have become so disconnected from my religion (Islam), that it is destroying me. Everything is a mess. I know that a l…

May 15·2 min read·329 words

draft 0064 – when you plan, but it doesn’t happen.

You know when you are planning something with too much detail (which you know isn’t needed) and then the thing that you really wanted to do, doesn’t even happen, because you even run out of time or in…

May 13·1 min read·103 words

draft 0063 – family awkward silences

You know whenever you have family over and then you have that awkward moment of silence, it is one of the worst things ever possible, it is like a death sentence.  Like, it just makes me want to disa…

May 10·1 min read·105 words

draft 0062 – dealing with uncertainties

You know dealing with uncertainties, is one of the worst things imaginable. I know many of you are just thinking, that is just life. Yeah, I get that too, but nobody wants to deal with uncertainties, …

May 8·1 min read·100 words

draft 0061 – why i don’t capitalise my draft titles.

So, if anybody has noticed at all that I don’t capitalise my draft titles, that is because I want my writing to feel like a messy page on a notebook that came from my thoughts and not be a polished pi…

May 6·1 min read·106 words

draft 0061 – why i don’t capitalise my draft titles.

So, if anybody has noticed at all that I don’t capitalise my draft titles, that is because I want my writing to feel like a messy page on a notebook that came from my thoughts and not be a polished pi…

May 6·1 min read·106 words

draft 0060 – when advice cannot be taken (guilty too)

Does anybody know those people that whenever you give them advice that angry so quickly (like they have been possessed) and you thinking to yourself I am only trying to help you.  Like, I know someti…

May 3·1 min read·105 words

draft 0059 – why?

Substack, why suspend me? Why give me no notice? Why punish me, when I began to love. Hate has now consumed me. You give disappointment each waking moment. Now sleep has overtaken my disappointme…

May 1·1 min read·66 words

draft 0058 – I am a writer

I am a writer.  I will write till I die.  I will cry. I will rage. I will scream. I will laugh. I will give every emotion that I feel.  For my thoughts want to breathe onto paper.  They want t…

Apr 29·1 min read·105 words

draft 0057 - a new page from the draft-book

Untitled drafts now has a new home. Still the same unfiltered drafts that some of you 'drafters' (subscribers and readers are referred to as drafters) should be familiar with.  Exactly the same publi…

Apr 26·1 min read·92 words

drafts 0001 to 0056 – the untitled drafts you’ve never read - part four (last part)

The last part of the series and a moment where we move away from the 56 drafts that you must have read. From now you will just be getting a single draft, about a single thought, three times a week (We…

Apr 24·1 min read·113 words

drafts 0001 to 0056 – the untitled drafts you’ve never read - part three

We have arrived at part three, the series where I catch you up with the drafts you may have missed. So, you will find drafts 29 to 42 below draft 0029 You know that feeling when somebody is talking …

Apr 22·1 min read·114 words

drafts 0001 to 0056 – the untitled drafts you’ve never read - part two

In this draft you will find part two of the catch up draft series, where I show you the drafts you may have missed before I swapped over to ghost. So, enjoy drafts 15 to 28. Especially, draft 0019, wh…

Apr 19·1 min read·117 words

drafts 0001 to 0056 – the untitled drafts you’ve never read - part one

I can probably assume that many of you are new here. Or maybe you have been there from the very first draft. Anyway, this draft will catch you up with some of the drafts you may have missed. As I wi…

Apr 17·1 min read·113 words

draft 0000 – (redrafted)

This is the first draft that I will be releasing  since my last account got banned from Substack, hence the name redrafted. So, I just wanted to tell you drafters the story really. Basically, I publi…

Apr 15·1 min read·98 words