There's more to growth than consistency 🌱 ✨

Writing is something I’ve always put off as it doesn’t come naturally to me.

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Writing is something I’ve always put off as it doesn’t come naturally to me. The reality is the best way to get better at writing is by practising. So let’s do this.

After meddling in Figma for months, I’ve finally put together a few templates I’ll be using. I’ve made the templates and code open source so you can grab them too.

The last month I’ve been off social media and focusing my attention on Ramadan and taking a break. When you watch videos about growing audiences on social media, they talk about consistency.

The reality is how can you be consistent if you don’t have the same energy as you first did? In the UK, “normality” is getting very close; priorities and focuses naturally change.

That’s why it’s okay to take a break and step back and think about why you started in the first place and get that spark back. Something that isn’t talked about enough in the tech world.

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