Eating is such a waste of time
Eating is such a waste of time sometimes.
That's why one of the things I appreciate about Ramadan is that it gets that out of my schedule.
Every time my mom calls me for a meal I feel like I have no damn thing to do other than eat all day.
- Amine! Breakfast is ready!
- Ok mom.
Then I go to my desk for work. One minute later...
- Amine! Lunch is ready!
HOW?
- Ok.
- Amine dinner is ready.
- Coming...
- Amine...
- WHAT?
Actually that last time she didn't say anything, I just got so used to it that my brain auto-filled the dialogue haha.
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Did you get the joke?
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I used to hear my mom call me for a meal so many times that I started imagining her voice calling me even if she doesn't...
Nevermind.
We usually talk about that my sister and I whenever we think about Ramadan or when we are both fasting.
We can both spend long hours without eating just because we are busy.
But when we are eating we don't spend 15min or 20min like normal people when they eat because we are not normal people.
We spend an hour and a half eating.
!!
Yeah...
Instead of just eat and go back to whatever we were doing, we talk and watch TV more than we eat. Probably that's why I am skinny and have the physique of a 12-year-old kid at 24 years old.
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I've been fasting Ramadan since 2013 when I was 12 years old.
We start fasting during Ramadan when we reach puberty.
See? You always learn something new from my newsletter.
It's not always the same nonsense, right?
But I did fast once every two days a year before that.
And also used to fast for a few hours when I was even younger and then I added the hours with each other to complete a one-day fast.
It's just one way for Muslim parents to encourage their kids to do it.
I was never forced to do it, I WANTED to do it. To feel what it was like to be a grown-up.
But I was always sneaking into the kitchen, opening the fridge and...
👀
Well I was just cleaning the fridge. What? Is that a problem?
Anyway now that I have more time to spend on work I have tons to share and I want to ask you:
Should I do that in that same newsletter or have a separate more business-oriented newsletter?
Personally I think I should just keep it all here. Because even if I had a separate business newsletter I will have the exact same language, writing style over there. It won't be like a formal and corporate newsletter.
I mean who in their right mind would read a corporate newsletter and enjoy it? Not me. 🤷♂️
I don't know how to be formal myself haha that's probably why none of the companies I applied to on LinkedIn answered me. Not even to tell me I was rejected. Probably because of my unfake and ungeneric posts. They don't like things like that. Anyways...
The thing about corporate and professional newsletters is there are some very insightful ones and I do learn a lot from the very few I am subscribed to (maybe 1 or 2, or 3 max) so I'm not judging people who write them okay?
Not everybody should be like me.
Not everybody should be as funny as me.
I mean they can't be as funny as me.
I am the only one. I am the funniest...
Damn I just got off topic didn't I 🤦♂️
Back to fasting.
Fasting is not a Muslim-only thing you know? Well of course you know that. What am I talking about? It's not like I am telling you something mindblowing.
I am not here to make people convert but I am just saying that fasting is super healthy even if you eat less and drink less. But there are some people who become "fatter" after Ramadan. I know some people living nearby who gain weight after Ramadan.
I don't know how they do that.
I think they take it personally. They fast and then when it's finally time to eat they turn into animals. They could eat crap and think it's chocolate. I am telling you.
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Aww that was so romantic 😂
Talk later.