I’ve been away for the past few weeks due to personal commitments and some routine challenges. Now I’m back — refocused, recharged, and ready to stay consistent. Looking forward to learning, growing, and contributing more to this amazing community. 🚀 From here on, I’ll be sharing everything I’m working on in the AI field — experiments, insights, projects, wins, and even lessons from failures. Let’s build and grow together!

🗓️ Weekly Journal: Feb 9th – Feb 15th, 2026 "Trying to become a means for Allah Almighty, In'sha'Allah." ✍️ Weekly Overview: This week was a blend of highs and lows. After a long break, I managed to get back into my academy routine. The focus was heavily on technical growth—specifically mastering double-frame reel editing and navigating the world of job bidding. While my professional and household productivity was high, I struggled to keep up with my spiritual academic goals, leading to some emotional moments. 💼 Professional & Skill Development: ▪️Video Editing: Attended daily sessions with Raima. Dedicated roughly 6 hours daily to mastering double-frame reels. Processed raw footage for Sr. Haroon, spending 8 hours on precise trimming. ▪️Job Hunting: Maintained dummy bidding practice and actively applied for 2 jobs using the master cover letter framework. @Amber Naz is helping me a lot with my dummy budding. ▪️Community & Leadership: Guided and motivated Sarosh to help her overcome her discouragement. Collaborated with Hira Api and Amber on community strategy and editing discussions. Provided guidance to Rukhsana Api and remained active in GTS and MVS groups. 🏠 Home & Personal Management: ▪️Discipline: Despite late nights, I maintained a 7:00 AM wake-up call to manage the household. ▪️Sunday Responsibility: Managed the entire house (cleaning, kitchen, and cooking) while Mama and Baba were out. 🏆 Achievements: 🌸Completed the challenging double-frame reel assignment despite being a beginner. 🌸Successfully mentored a peer (sarosh) back into a productive mindset. 🌸Pushed through physical exhaustion to complete an 8-hour editing task for a potential job opportunity. 🌙 Spiritual & Personal Reflection: 🌸Current Struggle: Feeling sad about falling behind on Quran Tafseer notes and classes. 🌸Reflection: I poured my heart out to Allah about my struggles. I need to find a better balance between my $3k/month goal and my Deen studies.

📅 Date: 16 February 2026 📆 Day: Monday 🔹 One Thing I Want to Remember About Today: Work hard and work smart for your goals. Even small daily efforts move you closer to success. For the last 4-5 days, I was unable to write a journal due to a busy schedule. Ramzan is starting soon inshaAllah, and I am currently in the learning phase of video editing. 🔹 Sleep & Wake Time: Woke up: 6:00 AM Slept at night: 11:00 PM 🔹 Morning Routine (6:00 AM – 1:30 PM): I woke up at 6:00 AM and prayed Fajr, then went back to sleep. I woke up again at 9:00 AM, completed my house chores, and prepared lunch. After that, I prayed Zuhr and had lunch at 2:15 PM. 🔹 Community & Learning: I engaged in the community to see other members’ activities, announcements, successes, and progress. I started learning video editing, especially how to use keyframes. Sometimes my laptop gets stuck, probably due to the 8 GB RAM, which feels exhausting, but I continue learning once it starts working again. I prayed Asr at 4:45 PM. 🔹 Work & Skill Building: I focused on improving my professional skills and learning new strategies to grow in my career. I stayed consistent with my learning and made steady progress toward my goals. 🔹 Evening Activities: I prayed Maghrib at 5:25 PM. After that, I prepared dinner and ate at 7:00 PM. 🔹 Night Routine: At night, I practiced video editing again on Premiere Pro. I learned how to generate keyframes and use B-rolls. I still need more clarity and practice. I attended a video editing session given by Raima. Later, I prayed Isha and went to sleep at 11:00 PM. Alhamdulillah 💫

Sleep: Slept well, around 8 hours Day Activities Completed household cleaning tasks. Attended a lead generation lecture and spent some time practicing video editing. Overall, it was a low-energy day that passed quickly. Goal Focused on my target to earn $2,000 before March 1, reminding myself to stay consistent and keep improving skills. My assignment link 🔗: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IvZg77Cq8lWefKCC7QGsDm24aU-gxU5LUHB2HJnYMJ0/edit?usp=drivesdk Reflection A simple day with small but meaningful progress. Even limited work keeps momentum alive, and consistency will matter more than intensity in reaching my goal.

Yesterday I got my first payment as a freelancer. I used to think I'll be so happy when I'll get my first payment and my heart would be exploding with emotions and happiness but when I finally received the notification I felt nothing, just emptiness settling in the heart. I'm not ungrateful, because the first words that came out of my mouth were 'Alhumdullilah'. But that's a motivation for me to keep going.