Are you a panicker, a napper, a social sharer or a delegator? Do you stumble upon excuses and bad habits when you need to get important work done? If yes, then you’ve come to the right place! Here is The ProductiveMuslim Guide to Procrastinators designed to help you overcome habits that are standing in
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[Reader Discussion] What to Pack For Hajj
Every month, we host a ProductiveMuslim reader discussion where you can share ideas and tips to help each other become more productive. In our last discussion, readers shared many interesting thoughts on sustaining Ramadan’s productivity spike. The theme for this month’s discussion is what to pack for hajj. In less than a month, millions of
Read articlePlease Stop Pretending and Just Face It: There’s Nothing ‘Special’ About Special Needs!
I’m not a writer or a psychologist or the ‘happy girl’ most people know me as. Today I’m just a defeated mother who is tired of pretending she’s strong enough to handle this challenge.
Read article‘My Child is an iPad Addict’: 9 Tips to Get Your Kids Off Their Gadgets
Are you worried that your child spends more time on their devices than with you? Do you think they’re obsessed with their (or your) smartphones: your little one’s watching YouTube cartoons or playing games non-stop, and the older one is looking at it every few minutes, texting friends all the time, checking to see how
Read article6 Steps to Get Back on Track With Your Goals
Life is forever changing, and with change comes anxiety, stress, and the necessity to prioritize our lives. It is in these difficult moments that we sometimes find ourselves “falling off track” in some important part of our life. For some, it may mean not spending enough time with family, increasing your faith, taking care of
Read article7 Great Life Lessons that Honeybees Teach Us
Honeybees are fascinating and it’s amazing how much we can learn from a tiny insect! In fact, there is a whole surah in the Qur’an called An-Nahl (The Bee), where Allah says: “And your Lord inspired to the bee, “Take for yourself among the mountains, houses, and among the trees and [in] that which they
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