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Amal Totkay and self reflection
By: Imran Khan
Tags: Quotes, Amal Academy, Motivational, Amal Totkay, Motivation

Every person is responsible for his/her own success. You have put yourselves in the water but you are asking yourselves I can not do this, the water is cold , the water is deep, I will be drowned. Not only I but most of people are also asking like these hopeless things but we don’t usually ask ourselves questions why can't we do this? Why it is not possible?Therefore, everything is possible, nothing is impossible. Keep your hope alive till last breath. Our internal is our enemy,our fobbia of what will happen if I not. Theses thoughts will not let us allow to take risks or to do anything. Moreover, I found “FIVE” tips in amal totkay which are really supportive because the tips actually let my thoughts a kick start to make anything strong and productive in an efficacious manner and I have been implementing these five tips in every situation for solving my problems since I read.

The Key takeaways:

I realised the self talk is something very important that help me in reflectiveness towards positivity after hard thinking asking myself so many questions I found myself to the creativity and this helped me in adaptation of slogan that you are one who can do this and you are the one who born for solving this problem.

Everything you ever wanted is one step outside of your comfort zone. So, you need to step outside of your comfort zone, In order to become stronger and grow to top level . I understand the value of getting head out from my comfort to make myself able to do everything. Furthermore, you should put yourself in huge challenges in which you do or die and think of never give up.
Fixing stuff around yourself
By: Tassawar Abbas
Tags: Amal Fellowship, Amalkindness, Amal Academy, Amal Totkay, Amal Acts

I am staying at a flat with my friends. When I was going to complete the online course, I noticed the things around me in the room. Many objects were lying around in a wayward manner that direly needed to be corrected. So, I decided to fix them. Here are my little efforts that will depict my efforts of fixing stuff around myself.

1. Cleaned my office

When I looked towards my office, I saw many things over there in a very inappropriate manner. Magazine, laptop, Evo, books, notebooks, towel, cap, chargers, and dirty things were there.

Before

I put these things in the right place where these things look good and the place looks neat. I arranged the aforementioned things in a fine manner.

After

2. Cleaned my freezer

When I saw my PW2, I realized and checked my pantry in which the freezer was not in good condition. The freezer was not cleaned for the previous 2 weeks. This pantry is attached to my room. In the freezer, no single thing was in the right arrangement. Bottles were irregularly placed and there were some wasted particles of vegetables.

Before

I arranged bottles and refilled them, properly cleaned the freezer for further usage. Now, you can have a look at the freezer.

After

3. Cleaned my Kitchen

After dealing with the freezer and office, I observed that the kitchen with massive displays demands cleanliness. There are many things such as rappers, water bottles, vegetables, glasses, plates, knives, and some other pantry-related accessories. You can see this in the below picture.

Before

I decided to go the extra mile and after spending my 15 minutes for maintenance of the kitchen, I did another job. I put the things in the cabinet and threw waste in the trash box. Here is a picture after cleaning.

After

4. Bedroom

When I started fixation I looked around and I saw a massive setup of my blanket. I saw that there are many things are here in a very irrationally. I think when others see this setup they think I am an irresponsible person. I saw a laptop, bags, water bottles, charger, pillows, and many other things.

Before

I started to put the things in a very organized pattern, where these things should be kept. After 30–40 minutes I cleaned my room. After cleaning my roommates were shocked that I have done a wonderful job.

After

5. Cleaning your home.

I have cleaned my whole flat and I am thankful to Amal Academy that it helped me to do some acts of kindness and I feel the leadership in these steps.

I checked my terrace then there is a lot of garbage are here then I decided to clean the terrace.

Before

After cleaning the terrace it looked neat and clean, I felt more comfortable.

After

So, these are my efforts and now it is your responsibility to fix stuff around yourself and and show that you are the good citizen of this global village.
Amal Totkay,s
By: Syed Ali Akkas
Tags: Amal Totkay

“ A challenge only becomes an obstacle when you bow to it ”

When we hear the word TOTKAY, we just feel that there is something about shortcuts or something like that, but It is completely not like that. Amal totkay are like the things which if you learn and understand, then you can face any resistance confidently and success will come to you automatically.

So let me introduce these “5 TOTKAY” which help us to develop a growth mindset;

1- SELF TALK:

Self-talk reflects your innermost feelings.

When we talk about self-talk, we observe 2 types of self-talk.

POSITIVE (+)

NEGATIVE (-)

There’s a big difference between positive and negative self-talk. Positive self-talk tells you things like “I’m doing my best” or “I don’t feel too great today, but things could be worse.” It allows you to look at the bright side and encourage yourself. On the other hand, negative self-talk makes you feel bad about yourself and your overall life. For example, you might say, “Everything is terrible right now” or “I’m not smart enough to do this. I should do better.”

2- GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE:

“The only thing that is stopping you from where you are to where you want to go is your comfort zone.”

Getting out of your comfort zone means doing things that you don’t feel comfortable with doing, Encouraging yourself to push yourself in unfamiliar places to do. With this, we develop our inner strengths, build our confidence, Makes us more adaptable to change, and make us more creative.

3- CREATE NEW HABITS;

Start Simple — Don’t try to completely change your life in one day….

With a small amount of initial discipline, you can create a new habit that requires little effort to maintain. Here are some tips for creating new habits and making them stick:

Commit to 30 days

Make it Daily

Start Simple

Stay Consistent

Not only are habits important. They grow stronger and stronger over time and become more and more automatic. So make sure you have the right ones! 👍

4- ASK PEOPLE HELP:

Healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step. …

Sharing personal information and problems demonstrates to others that we like them and want to develop the relationship. … People who are willing to share information are seen as more trusting, friendly, and warm. This will make your circle big and PR more strong because they start valuing you more.

5- FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT:

What simple and ordinary lives we live, underneath the shadows of projection screen and artists.

It is actually like to portray yourself like the person you always wanted to become. Challenging yourself to perform a task which you are not good at. These things will move you towards growing mindset.

Before joining this academy, I didn’t know about these. But now I feel blessed and want to go with at least 2 of these TOTKAY’S.
Taking Flight 🐱‍🏍
By: Muhammad Faisal Shahid
Tags: Amal Fellowship, Reflection, Amal Academy, Amal Totkay, Taking Flight

Reflection time!

Now the last session also ended. These 3 months have flown I can’t imagine. I learnt a lot of things that I think I can’t learn by only studying my course books.

Today I will precisely focus on the last Amal Session. It was a very unique and golden chance to talk to the people or your fellows to exchange emotions, to reduce their shyness and release their stress.

Credits: Asma Manzoor

We thanked to our facilitators that what they did for us was their duty but always ready to help the fellows and try to solve the problems when we need and to facilitate us as we want, is a thing that a person actually do when he/she loves his/her duty and wants to create an impact and wants to bring a change in the society.

We also did activities like singing songs etc. to connect our souls and emotions to each other to create a comfortable environment to express our emotions.

All the fellows were really cooperative throughout the fellowship, whenever anyone faces an issue all were only a message away and all were ready to help each other. And I hope everyone will be ready to help each other in future also.

Beside gratitude and appreciation, I have learnt a lot of things in my fellowship Journey like Teamwork skills through group tasks and discussions, Leadership skills through different assignments, Accepting Failure and moving forward specially from Mega Project, Improved my communication skills through in session participation, Problem Solving, Time management, Business writing, Interview ethics, Presentation skills and a lot of things.

And I know it will definitely help me in my professional life as these skills are also known as 21st Century skills that will be needed in my career and the aim of Benje (Co-founder & CEO, Amal Academy) to start this fellowship is also the same to help the Pakistani students and young graduates to land on their jobs with the skills that they were lacking.
Spreading My Wings to take Flight— Amal Family
By: Urooj Arshad
Tags: Amal Fellowship, Amal Totkay, Amal Academy

If I could describe my last two weeks at Amal in one or two words, it would be “developing connections”. From making new friends to learning the story behind their smiley faces, Amal created such a safe place to give us a chance to be our true selves. Sharing our feeling and emotions without being judged while also having fun together, is the memory that will always cheer me up. It was such a lively experience that words are running short for me to write more about it.

Developing a connection to your peers gives a human touch to our interactions. This is something that differentiates us from the robots at work and makes work does not sound like work!!

Yeyyy We did it!!!!

Also, another benefit of developing connections is making the people who hardly knew you, your friends. As the fellowship has ended, we the Amal family, are planning to stay connected by planning meetups and a recreational tour.

Another thing that we are going to do is keep working on our MEGA Project, thus playing our little part to transform the world into a better place for all of us.
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By: Molana Arshad Khan
Tags: Love Relationship, Boyfriend Back, Girlfriend Boyfriend, Amal Totkay

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Reflections on the efficacy of Amal Totkay
By: Bilal Ahmed Rogi
Tags: Amal Fellowship, Amal Totkay, Amal Academy, Lifestyle

Amal Totkay are basically the key points for developing a growth mindset. These are the principles that essentially guide you to be a better person and professional. Following are the five postulates of Amal Totkay.

1. Self-Talk

The very guideline is conversations with yourself. This relates to the Amal principle of progress “Khudi”. Self-knowing is an indispensable tool to motivate yourself. It will inculcate in seeing your inner self with strengths and weaknesses. It is the famous quote, “You are what you think of”, therefore always strive to upgrade your mindset with a positive attitude.

2. Get Out of Your Comfort Zone

You already have read that a comfort zone is a great space, but nothing grows there. This postulate follows the first one. In the process of upgrading your mindset, it is necessary to put yourself in challenging situations. It will sharpen your mind to develop strategies that are momentous to brighten your mental capabilities.

3. Create New Habits

It is one of the important principles inclined towards a growth mindset. You need to work hard and develop positive habits with the passage of time. It will help you to learn something new and move you towards the achievement of dreams. Start reading, discussed with mentors, delivering presentations, and attiring professionals are some of the positive habits that you can absorb.

4. Ask People Help

This trait will help you to improve yourself. Make sure to ask your dear ones who honestly care about you. You can also enquire how you can be more effective and responsible and by what criterion you must pass in order to convert you into a polished version. Don’t hesitate to ask for better advice.

5. Fake It till You Make It

The brain works in mysterious ways. This sentence is the gist of this postulate. You need to keep telling yourself at the start of every new change. Your mind starts to absorb this new thing. Let’s say if you need to develop a reading habit, start realizing yourself to keep reading. Make sure that you need to fake it until it becomes real.

These tips are necessary to implement in our daily lives because it teaches you to elevate yourself from the current level. Start step by step and you will realize a positive change in your life. My favorite tips are talking to yourself and Fake it till you make it. The reason why I am choosing these is because they directly click to your brain and everything comes from your conscience. I hope you will love this article. Happy Reading!
Amal Totkay
By: Aqsa Mukhtar
Tags: Amal Fellowship, Amalkindness, Amal Academy, Lifechanging, Amal Totkay

Amal Academy has taught us five life-changing totkays that are essentially home-made solutions to our everyday problems. By following them, we will make amazing things happen in life.

Self Talk:

Self-talk is something that we do spontaneously during our waking hours. People are becoming more conscious that positive self-talk is a powerful tool to improve self-confidence and minimize negative emotions.

Get out of Comfort Zone:

It’s really important to have clarity about stuff to talk to yourself. It helps us to see our week and the power of our points. It makes us accountable and frees us from any kind of judgment.

Create New Habits:

Identify something you’re already doing and make a small, easily palatable change you can commit to that pushes you toward your target. When you’re happy with the switch, make another minor change before you actually get to the routine you want to make.

Adopting new habits every day that help us follow our aim is a vital part of a healthy life. Shift is only possible if we adopt these new behaviors.

Ask People for Help:

It’s hard for us to start something new, but if we’re going to make a team, or if we need support from others, we can ask for it. We should make things happen in that way.

Fake it till you Make it:

It’s like a rule of attraction, if I have a dream of being somebody, then I have to act like that. By adopting the day-to-day behaviors of people I like, it will help me to become like that person.

Reflections:

How did they find the 5 tips?

Well, I found these tips incredibly helpful, and if I look at them closely, these are some of the points that the fellowship has been presenting from the outset. In addition, I think that a number of people have implicitly or specifically discussed these points to me during my education.

Takeaways?

Stepping out of our comfort zone is important because it will let us live life at its fullest. It will help you mature and grow as an individual.

Favorite tips:

The favorite tip that allows me to make it appreciable is to get out of my comfort zone. At the same time, it’s the toughest thing for me.

Growth mindset

The journey of cultivating a growth mentality is a daunting one with a few patches of rugged landscape, but the only way to get through is through hard work.

Started implementing already:

By adopting all of these, I can build my Growth Mind Set. By having a development attitude, thinking out of the box and doing something creative.
Growth Mindset — Amal Totaky. In our daily life we set some goals for…
By: Saleha Sajid
Tags: Self Improvement, Amal Fellowship, Amal Academy, Growth Mindset, Amal Totkay

In our daily life we set some goals for a day. Some people set them with a fixed mindset. They won’t bother to change it. They avoid challenges, fixed about talent and abilities, focus on the outcome and feel threatened by the success of others.

While there are some people who embrace challenges in daily life, they take risks, preserve themselves in the face of failures and focus on process not outcome.

These people are divided into fixed mindset and growth mindset respectively.

Growth Mindset is the new world. It’s about stretching yourself into something new where you make new resolutions, new beliefs, embrace inspiration and innovation. It actually gives the freedom to embrace novelty and set a journey towards the land of miracle.

fixed v/s growth

Amal totaky is all about the development of a growth mindset. Just follow some tips which act like a map and lead you towards magical places.

Once your Mindset changes everything on the outside will change along with it. — Steve Maraboli

The toolkit for growth mindset contains:

Self Talk:

When you create your imaginary world then you put characters of your personality and the personality you want. There you find your strengths, weaknesses and wonderful ideas. You have to just change your mindset or more likely evolve that if you want to be a confident person and you lack then just work for it. It’s like self-reflection.

Get out of Your Comfort Zone:

When you are trapped into your bubble then there is high chance that you lose your creativity. If you want change then you must have to come out of your comfort zone. In that way you put yourself in a challenging situation and operate your growth mindset.

Create new habits:

When you introduce new and powerful habits in your daily schedule you actually upgrade from fixed to growth mindset. You learn new things, you evolve with every change.

Ask people help

It really seems hard to ask for help. But you have to put your ego aside and you interact with them. Ask their feedback and your change.

Fake it till you make it

If you didn’t fully absorb the mindset then just try acting like that. And surely the time comes when you improve yourself and become confident.

These five tips are really useful, it can act as a magic pills, by taking these pills your mindset health gets improved.

The main takeaway for me is self talk. This really showed impact on my life and it changed my mindset fully. By it you can easily differentiate between your negative and positive aspects and the points which should be improved.

All tips are amazing but my favorite one is fake it till you make it. It really works when you correctly identify something within yourself that’s holding you back.

I started implementing it to ask for help. It’s hard as I am the antisocial person but yes it works.

I developed a growth mindset as I replaced the word failing with the word learning. And also try to cultivate a sense of purpose.
Amal Totkay
By: Raheel Adil
Tags: Amal Totkay

A challenge only becomes an obstacle when you bow to it ”

When we hear the word TOTKAY, we just feel that, there is something about shortcuts or something like that, but It is completely not like that. Amal totkay are like the things which if you learn and understand, then you can face any resistance confidently and success will come to you automatically.

So let me introduce these “5 TOTKAY” which help us to develop a growth mindset;

1- SELF TALK:

Self-talk reflects your innermost feelings.

When we talk about self talk, we observe 2 types of self talk.

POSITIVE (+)

NEGATIVE (-)

There’s a big difference between positive and negative self-talk. Positive self-talk tells you things like “I’m doing my best” or “I don’t feel too great today, but things could be worse.” It allows you to look at the bright side and encourage yourself. On the other hand, negative self-talk makes you feel bad about yourself and your overall life. For example, you might say, “Everything is terrible right now” or “I’m not smart enough to do this. I should do better.”

2- GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE:

“The only thing that is stopping you from where you are to where you want to go is your comfort zone.”

Getting out of your comfort zone means doing things that you don’t feel comfortable with doing , Encouraging yourself to push yourself in unfamiliar places to do. With this we develop our inner strengths, build our confidence, Makes us more adaptable to change and makes us more creative.

3- CREATE NEW HABITS;

Start Simple — Don’t try to completely change your life in one day….

With a small amount of initial discipline, you can create a new habit that requires little effort to maintain. Here are some tips for creating new habits and making them stick:

Commit to 30 days

Make it Daily

Start Simple

Stay Consistent

Not only are habits important. They grow stronger and stronger over time and become more and more automatic. So make sure you have the right ones! 👍

4- ASK PEOPLE HELP:

Healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step. …

Sharing personal information and problems, demonstrates to others that we like them and want to develop the relationship. … People who are willing to share information are seen as more trusting, friendly, and warm. This will make your circle big and PR more strong because they start valuing you more.

5- FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT:

What simple and ordinary lives we live, underneath the shadows of projection screen and artists.

It is actually like to portray yourself like the person you always wanted to become. Challenging yourself to perform a task which you are not good at. These things will move you towards growing mindset.

Before joining this academy, i wasn’t know about these. But now i feel like blessed and want to go with at least 2 of these TOTKAY’S.

Thank you for reading…
Pomodoro Technique To Overcome procrastination
By: Kazim Abbas
Tags: Amalkindness, Amal Fellowship, Amal Totkay, Amal Academy

Today we will talk about Procrastination and its solution. So what is procrastination means? In simple words it means delay our important work until it became a problem for us. I think everyone relates to this problem. In our daily life we set some goals and complete just few of them. Today we will discuss few steps that will help to complete every task with quality work and joy.

1- Select a task you want to complete 2- Set a timer for 25 minutes 3- Stay focused on your work 4- Take a 5 min break when timer beep 5- Restart the cycle 6- Take 20,25 min break after completing 4 cycles

Pomodoro Cycle

Its time to apply this technique. Great news, I already used that technique to complete my task. I was given by an assignment but I delayed and didn’t complete it. I was wasting my time on social media and games and just forgot about my assignment and so the deadline come and I was panic how to complete that assignment in the given time.

So I apply this technique. I set a timer for 25 min and just focused on that assignment. Although the assignment was lengthy but after apply this technique, I realized that i completed 70 percent of my assignment in just 1 hour and 20 min. I really enjoyed this technique. This technique help me complete my assignment in the short period.

I will definitely apply this technique in my daily life routine as this technique is very helpful and help me to complete my task. Hope you also apply this technique in your daily routine.
Playing with Pomodoro ft. Urooj
By: Urooj Arshad
Tags: Amal Totkay, Amal Academy, Pomodoro Technique

I started my journey of learning online in the quarantine time. I got to know about Coursera, and I got myself enrolled in so many courses. Soon my energy started depreciating and I found myself overwhelmed learning from all the new stuff that I started to learn without digesting. I slowed down my pace by taking this course, Mindshift, In which professor Barbara Oakley shares Pomodoros technique to increase focus and productivity while managing time and removing distractions.

Though the technique is simple, it really helps in maintaining focus. On Monday morning, when I was browsing through the course content, the technique immediately caught my attention. I have not been so productive lately. So I thought, why not play with Pomodoro and complete the course in hand in time.

I put my phone on focus mode. One Pomodoro session is usually 25 minutes long, but a person can gradually increase the timing of the session with gradual practice. It took me 55 minutes to complete the whole course along with answering all the reflection questions and watching Ted talks.

After studying while applying Pomodoro, I realised that I was able to retain things and answer all the reflection questions. Also, by removing distraction I completed the course in a very less time without any compromise on my productivity.

Pomodoro is indeed a champion for me. I am trying to incorporate it in my everyday task such as journal writing, completing chores, and studying.
Exploring my curiosity :
Tags: Learning, Amal Fellowship, Amal Academy, Amal Totkay, Positive Thinking

Exploring my curiosity :

From my university day’s i always want to work as social media manager, not knowing actual reasons that why it fascinates me alot but this curiosity helps me to reach an other level to learn differnet things about social media from maintaining to researching everything. By keeping this in my mind i started to explore more about needs for social media manager and find out that they are creative about posting and have specific skills in graphic designing so i decided after my university to take admission in an organization where i can learn about graphic designing, i applied for E-rozgar, gave a test and finally got an email of confirmation of my selection but due to COVID-19 situation and lockdown i was unable to submit all of my documents at that time and lost that opportunity but will apply in next one soon InshaAllah.

But Amal gave me opportunity to learn a course of my curiosity so i quickly picked up Graphic designing course from udemy. My friend helped me to get access to this course by buying it. I have completed 19% of the course i came across with new terminologies but all of them are giving me more and more knowledge it’s bit difficult at start for me because of having no background of graphic designing but I’m trying my best to do level best.
My Reflections on Amal Totkay
By: Muhammad Sadeem Arshad
Tags: Amal Fellowship, Amal Academy, Growth Mindset, Amal Totkay, Growth Mindset Activities

There were a total of 5 Amal totky or in simple language, tips discussed in our online course;

1-Self talk:

It is a common thing which we all do while taking a shower or before going to bed. This thing can be made very positively constructive if one holds himself accountable during self-talk. I often think of my mistakes, about my future goals, solutions to any problem I am facing, etc. At the end of the day, I find myself accountable and strive for better after analyzing myself in self-talk.

2-Get out of your comfort zone

Getting out of my comfort zone urges me to compete with my fellows and I always find myself moving forward.

3-Create new habits

4-Ask people help

5-Fake it till you make it

Reflections:

-How did you find the 5 tips?

I found all the 5 tips motivating, demanding, and creating a growth mindset.

-What are your takeaways?

I learned that to achieve something bigger, you have to think and act out of the box.

-What were your fav tips?

My favorite tip was “get out of your comfort zone”. This tip urged and motivated me to do more and more to achieve my goals and you can only get success in life you work tirelessly without thinking about your comfort.

-What have you started implementing already?

I have started to implement “get out of your comfort zone” and I find it really motivating and I wish to complete my task even if odds are against me.

-What can you do to develop a Growth Mindset beginning from today?

I will implement “self-talk” and “get out of your comfort zone” to develop a growth mindset. As the first one helps to hold ourselves self-accountable and the latter urges us to work hard even f the odds are against us to get success in life.
Remembrance of first two weeks at Amal academy:
Tags: Amal Academy, My Beloved Amal Academy, Amal Totkay, Experience, Positive Thinking

Remembrance of first two weeks at Amal academy:

I remember that first glance and initial days of fellowship. My first day with fellowship was quite interesting, when I have to wake up early after so long with chirping sound of birds as alarm tone and just like a little student who woke up for school after his summer vacation.

Joining the session as a team member i saw a lot of new faces in a zoom meeting for the first time with their camera’s turned On. XD It was something i was feeling odd in my first days making my self comfortable with all these zoom sessions and interacting with different people was challenge for me i was not an introvert from beginning that Arousha was not who i know and i have to REMIND THAT TO MY SELF. I was wondering looking at those skilled faces and listening to their voices, questioning myself If I’m good as they are? Are they going to like me or just pass stares. - _-

But All of this was games in my mind because We over think alot which is an art of creating problem that weren’t even there and I’m expert at that.

Okay back to story:

I was so surprised when my teacher’s Sir Zeeshan and Ma’am Huda gave us break for 15 minutes, but it wasn’t like a traditional break we had in our past online session experience, It was a MUSIC BREAK.

If i take myself back at that time, staying in my house after testing positive for COVID-19 on 23 March , All positivity around negativity is not allowed to enter. XD

Sharing some shots from my rooftop where i sit for hour’s, having tea, eating cheetos, enjoying the view and yes videocalling and gossiping with everyone. (^_-)

Looking at all these snaps take me back to those golden days and remind me of beautiful moments
Positive Reflection
By: Ch Zeeshan
Tags: Amal Fellowship, Self Learning, Self Relfection, Amal Academy, Amal Totkay

I was motivated to build a platform for the development of my local community but couldn’t take this initiative because of the fear that I don’t have sufficient financial resources to sustain such a platform and was postponing my plan for the next three to five years. I believe that I need a certain amount of power or autonomy and money to do something like this.

But during our fellowship when I came across the story of the Rizzq foundation, it changed my approach towards this. I don’t know what it does with me? But just one video clicks on my mind. I started believing that to change or impact someone’s life or your community, you don’t need to have something unique and resourceful. Instead, your little action can change someone’s life, and eventually, you will end up in something great.

By getting motivation from this, I decided to gather all my friends on a platform and convince them to start serving our community in whatever capacity we have.

To discuss this idea, firstly, I approached Mudassar (Educationist by profession), sibtain (Doctor by profession) and Hafiz Abdul Wadood (Quality inspector by profession). Later we extended our approach to other friends as well. Seven of mine friend agree to go with this proposal, and we officially started our working on this in APRIL 2021 by the name of Muslim Boys Foundation.

Logo (Muslim Boys Foundation)

Until now, we have completed all sorts of initial paperwork i.e., Mission, Vision, Principles, Values, and logo etc. and have formed a committee to discuss the matter of business.

Initially, we have decided to give counselling session to the students of Muslim Model High school regularly, a donation of 15 thousand for classwork and a speech competition with prize money worth 15 thousand to enhance the soft skills in students.

Because of financial need and to make the foundation sustainable, we decided to give funds monthly. We launched our fund collection in June and have collected 25% of the target budget (target of July 2021) in just 5 days, and we are hopeful that if COVID-19 situations remain better we will soon conduct a speech competition.

I would like to thank Amal for this regard, it motivates me to take the first step with a positive attitude. If I was not in Amal, I was planning to develop such a platform in the next three to five years.
Taking Flight 🕊
By: Alina Fatima
Tags: Endings And Beginnings, Amal Fellowship, Amal Academy, Amal Totkay, Flight

It has been a week since the last Amal online session and this perhaps is the last of my Project Work for this fellowship. It also is the last time that I shall be assessed and awarded marks for writing a medium blog but it surely is not the last time that I feel blessed and filled with gratitude. One major reason goes to how vividly I could recall all the moments from that day, from writing farewell notes for each other to having a girls VS boys antakshari competition; each of us dearly wished for a longer session.

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I could see tear filled eyes, gleaming faces and the widest of smiles from my laptop screen. Wanted to capture all, wished for the moment to cease and prayed for the wellbeing of my dearest mates. Encompassed with a gazillion of emotions, everyone participated to thank and actively respond to Ma’am Sahar and Sir Saim. They say: “Sunsets are proof that endings can be beautiful.” And trust me when I say that the last session was my sunset which ended ever so beautifully and opened way more doors of happiness, compassion and lifetime friendship.

And if we were to talk about keeping in touch and staying connected, I do not believe it is much of a task for Batch 178B. We were lucky enough to have an amazing meetup, strengthen our bond in person and crazily laugh at the stupidest of things we did this Friday. From individuals travelling from a different city to many of us leaving our work for this get together, it has shown how love and passion is when it comes together. Now, as the WhatsApp groups bombard with the perfectly angled selfies and weirdly aligned group photos, I may even share one, for these humans who have my heart.

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Though just a part of it was named as “Taking Flight” but worth mentioning is the fact, how the whole program groomed us to be the best version of ourselves. To give us the strength so that we may not fear climbing higher or jumping high but we may look far and beyond because we have been equipped now. We have now been trained to take the flight. We now have our wings!

Adios Amigos!
Last Session Of A Never-Ending Journey 🤗
By: Hira Arshad
Tags: Amal Fellowship, Amalkindness, Amal Academy, Amal Totkay, Taking Flight

My Most Memorable and Precious Days! 🤩

Last Session ❤

Taking Flight 🕊 to the last session of AMAL Fellowship. Just the Fellowship has ended, but the AMAL Journey would definitely never end. It was a lifetime experience journey with a lot to remember and follow my whole life.

This Padlet, is just Love… A Memory of every emotion associated with Fellowship 🧐😇😪😔🤷‍♂️😍😉

This fellowship ended very well. The thing I admire the most learned and realized from this fellowship was my emotional uplift. Even on the days, I am tired and couldn’t feel like working with the focus required to complete my things! Emotional stability is what uplifts my mind to relax a bit and realize the fact, that it’s okay to feel down and tired sometimes, it’s okay to take a break from work when you can’t focus. And it’s also okay to keep trying when you aren’t able to do things properly.

The most I will be missing from the fellowship are my fellows. I would love to stay in touch and meet every single fellow from my AMAL Family including Ma’am Huda and Sir Zeeshan off course. I am planning to meet everyone for once at least to leave an impact and stay connected to every fellow. Meanwhile, supporting each other in their things is another factor that could always connect each one of us.

From personal to professional grooming, I will always use the things learned in this fellowship. I will always imply communication, especially professional skills, i.e., Resume, Cover Letters, Email Writing, and other things to get the best outcome out of my fellowship leanings.
Taking Flight 🕊
By: Mahpara Tabassum
Tags: Amalkindness, Amal Fellowship, Amal Totkay, Amal Academy

The last two sessions are very close to my heart as I made a strong bond with my fellows. Though I did not attend the very last and goodbye session, I realized how much I connect with these peeps in the span of just three months. I made good friends not just in my circle but also outside the circle. It does not matter to me if people connect with me on a superficial level, but also on a deeper level. Connections last only when you open up to someone on a deeper level.

The most memorable day of fellowship

The 2nd last session revolved around the painful stories and journeys of my fellows. Some described the sensitivity of their blood relationships with great lessons for young souls. While some narrate the stories of their long-term journeys and sufferings. This session helped me to understand that people hide much of the pain behind their smiles and positive attitude. Somehow, these troubles made them strong as well as sensitive. As a nation, we do not accept the pain and feel of suffering for others. These open-up activities should be done in every educational institute to revoke the concept of the growth mindset.

In my opinion, sometimes it is necessary to share things with other people to make the emotional bond stronger. We humans, as social animals, need someone to hear us in this occupied era. We, humans, are made to work every day as we have to engage ourselves in different living ways. But what’s important is to keep up with people even if you no longer work with them.

Social media is the most powerful tool when it comes to being accessible to lovely people all the time. Despite we have a WhatsApp group to connect with, I followed the Amal fellows’ social media handles just to stay connected and updated with their lives. The online activity of each fellow gives me the chance to connect with every single day. Communication is very important to make the connection last. That’s why Amal Academy will also make Amal Alumni WhatsApp group to revitalize the bond.

Cheerful faces with all the smiles and hearts

What I have learned during the last three months of fellowship is not new to me, as I live in the 21st century where soft skills and leadership, communication, teamwork, and time management skills are considered very important in any profession. In the start, I was skeptical because I did not get many opportunities to polish these skills. But in the end, I equip with these refined skills because Amal has given me a platform to implement these skills practically. The significant thing is to take flight in my personal and professional life with these skills. Because what I can do the most is to use these skills effectively to continue a lifelong learning process. These skills encourage me to break the norms by taking initiative in the Pharmacy career with no hesitation. Insha Allah, I will do all this with a growth mindset, honesty, determination, and kamkamkam along with my Amal fellows.
Amal Academy Learning
By: Muhammad Jawad
Tags: Learning, Amal Fellowship, Amal Academy, Improvement, Amal Totkay

here are some questions about my learning in Amal Academy. through this you can know how good my learning in amal academy was.

What was the instance that had the most impact on you?

Chat was going on in WhatsApp group and we were discussing something with each other. So, we start discussing something about women. I texted something about women which was showing my narrow mindedness about women. All girls and boys come against me and they gave me some ideas and proofs and their complements about my point and then I came to know that I am wrong about my point and then I changed my mind and adopted their opinions. It was the time when I learnt something extraordinary.

What about this incident made you think about yourself and the way you see things around you?

Once I was discussing something with my batch fellow. She asked me about something and I stat defending myself about her opinions and then I texted her my personal chat with someone else. She teached a big lesson which I was in need. She said you should never give someone your personal info or chat with someone. You should never trust someone blindly and never give someone clues or defending statement about yourself or the work you have not done and are blamed of doing that work. You should believe in yourself and should remember that ALLAH know everything well and there is no need to defend blames. It was mind blowing and I was very happy that today I have learnt something new. It was very big message for me.

How much of this realization was the result of the way the other people/person around you acted and exhibited their energy?

They acted positively and if they have given some harsh statement about something against me then they texted me personally and apologized me if they have hurt me. I was very happy and I forget all my worries and all their harsh statements and I said no you have done good job. You have tried well to teach me a good lesson. I am thankful to you.

Looking back, how do you think you would do things differently?

After all these lessons I am going to be graduated from Amal as a groomed and polished guy. I am not as same as I was in start of my Amal Fellowship. I was always confused in talking with girls. Now I am very confident and now I am humble, kind and selfless boy. I am very happy to learn so much from Amal Academy.
MEMORIES ARE SO IMPORTANT:
Tags: Amal Fellowship, Amal Academy, Life Lessons, My Beloved Amal Academy, Amal Totkay

MEMORIES ARE SO IMPORTANT:

There are many things which comes and goes in our life but the most impact full are those which we remember all the time, no matter how much time is passed. In my point of view, the things due to which we remember that thing for a long time is the best and enjoyable passed time. Its same about the journey or for an event, if we spend the quality time in it, we are not going to forget those days. Similar thing is with my recent fellowship course of Amal Academy. Last Saturday , I had attended its last online session and enjoy most that day after our final Presentations. Last session was held on Sunday but due to some personal reasons i was unable to attend that session.

"Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.”

I severe i still want to go back and attend the last sessions with such amazing people because i missed it. That whole day i was thinking about session, i felt so down that day because i never wanted to miss that session. All i can say is Allah has better plan’s for us.

“Words are few, thoughts are deep. Memories of you we will always keep.”

WILL ALWAYS MISS THIS. 🥺
Reflecting — First two weeks at Amal Academy
By: Zoya Aimen
Tags: Amal Reflection, Amal Totkay, Amal Academy, Amal Fellowship

There are so many things that remind me of my first two weeks at Amal Academy; places I changed in the sessions to find a suitable one, a Notebook on which I used to take notes, the Life map, Bookmarks I made to display values, my laptop and WhatsApp, and much more.

But the most effective thing which has helped me practically applying the “Connecting the dots” theory is the “Life Map”.

I remember when I roughly sketched the life map while taking notes, it was hard to write everything. When I recreate it during the session, I got many more things I could display. At first, I thought to make it very simple but when I saw posts of my fellows on the Facebook group, I got the idea of bringing in the creativity. I am not very creative so I made it using chart paper.

Before joining Amal, I was a kind of fixed-minded person. I used to recollect my memories, past mistakes, and habits that I dislike and want to change but couldn’t.

Ever since I joined the first orientation session, I knew that I am going to learn a lot, and would surely have, a good experience through this fellowship. Seeing my Life-map now and then helped me a lot to connect the dots and accept every sorrowful time of my life and reflect upon how better I was after every hardship. A quote our fellow shared in the group fits here perfectly:

I am in debt to the tough times because when you break through, you are an unstoppable force. -Coner McGregor

The first two weeks at Amal were full of challenges followed by brainstorming; meeting new fellows, Interactions with groupmates, courses on such important topics as finding you why, Teamwork, Video Awards, developing smart goals, and activities like values display and a gift overdue was also fun. I feel like connecting the dots and the courses together helped me become more confident, strengthened my belief in myself, and also made me very mindful of the things I do as “the WHY” behind every action is very important. This reminds me of a quote out of a bunch of MOTIVATIONAL THOUGHTS that Sir Ali Siddique, CEO of Amal Academy, shared with us a few days back:

We are what we practice and we are practicing things every time.

Other than the life map I also am sticking to the values that Amal emphasizes us to stick to. The four values I displayed as a reminder on the bookmark were: Family, non-judgemental, Faith, and Growth. All of these values are dear to me and I make sure to hold myself to them. There is a list of things and moments that have added productivity in my learning process and I am just so blessed to come across all of them. When I was asked a question that why I am applying for Amal Fellowship now and not after graduation, I replied: “ the sooner, the better”. I am glad to take this opportunity sooner. I hope I remember all of the things and I have learned and keep practically applying the lessons. I am thankful for such a productive environment that pushes us to go out of our comfort zone and grow.