Everything I Wish Someone Told Me Going Into My 20s

How do you motivate yourself? I just try to set goals.

I try to understand my deeper mission to life.

But in terms of motivated, I am never always happy.

There are many times where I want to negotiate with myself, and I want to say, "Oh, I can do this tomorrow," or, "I don't feel like doing this," but I understand, no, I've committed to doing this thing.

I'm going to stick to the thing that I said I was going to do, and that's the outlook that you have to have in life, and understanding that this life is not meant for happiness all the time, and that's okay.

One thing that really helps me, though, is always just being grateful.

Whatever you want in this life, God can give it to you.

But you have to always remember that it comes down to just having this self-belief.

What does hijab mean to you? It's much more than just a scarf on my head.

It's the way that I show up in the world, and there's been many times where I get looks.

There's many times where people stare at me in a rude way.

There's many people that perceive me or call me oppressed.

You have to ignore it because people are always gonna judge you in life.

So if it's not Islam, it's gonna be something else.

The most important thing about hijab for me that truly led me towards it was the concept of self-love, truly loving who you are as a person inside without feeling the need to consistently want the approval of others.

I'm Liana Diab.

This is Being Human.

I'm glad you're here.

Hello, and welcome back to another episode of Being Human.

I am so excited for today's episode because we are doing a Q&A, which I asked you guys on Instagram what you want me to cover, some topics, some questions.

And so we are gonna be diving into that today.

I have not looked through any of your questions, so I am just gonna read them off raw and real and answer them honestly of how I would if you were just in person with me and just asking me a question.

So without further ado, let's get into this episode.

How do you motivate yourself? I just try to set goals.

I try to understand my deeper mission to life.

But in terms of motivated, I am never always happy.

There are many times where I want to negotiate with myself, and I want to say, "Oh, I can do this tomorrow," or, "I don't feel like doing this," but I understand, no, I've committed to doing this thing.

I'm going to stick to the thing that I said I was going to do, and that's the outlook that you have to have in life, and understanding that this life is not meant for happiness all the time, and that's okay.

One thing that really helps me, though, is always just being grateful.

Whatever you want in this life, God can give it to you.

But you have to always remember that it comes down to just having this self-belief.

What does hijab mean to you? It's much more than just a scarf on my head.

It's the way that I show up in the world, and there's been many times where I get looks.

There's many times where people stare at me in a rude way.

There's many people that perceive me or call me oppressed.

You have to ignore it because people are always gonna judge you in life.

So if it's not Islam, it's gonna be something else.

The most important thing about hijab for me that truly led me towards it was the concept of self-love, truly loving who you are as a person inside without feeling the need to consistently want the approval of others.

I'm Liana Diab.

This is Being Human.

I'm glad you're here.

Hello, and welcome back to another episode of Being Human.

I am so excited for today's episode because we are doing a Q&A, which I asked you guys on Instagram what you want me to cover, some topics, some questions.

And so we are gonna be diving into that today.

I have not looked through any of your questions, so I am just gonna read them off raw and real and answer them honestly of how I would if you were just in person with me and just asking me a question.

So without further ado, let's get into this episode.