Starting from 12th of January 2026 till date, my family has faced different colours of challenges. Lol, did I say colours! Yes, different shades of them. Some of these problems has become so tough that I don't even know how to handle them but to allow them define who I am. I became so worried to point that it started affecting my peace, my mental health, and even how I look.
I HAVE UNLEARNED WORRIES IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR.
I will tell you how. Worrying over everything, became a serious problem to me, to the point that it stole my sleep and almost led me to serious sickness. I don't even notice when I'm thinking or when I'm awake, it's when I hear a mosque cry for morning prayer, that's when I'll realise that it's already daybreak. I kept thinking that when I stayed awake I would find answers. But it never happened that way.
My turning point came, when I decided to open up to my eldest sister, who I completely trust. She asked me one simple question that change everything,
"All these things you're telling me, which one can you solve right now by staying awake and thiinking?"
I answered "None"
Then she further told me, "Whatever problems you have no solution to, don't allow them to steal your sleep or peace."
Those words actually freed me. Since then, I have been sleeping well. Now, whenever worries try to steal my sleep or peace, I remind myself. "Don't allow problems you cannot solve to steal your sleep or peace." Till date, it has been like that.
By unlearning worries, I gained my peace, mental health and my looks back. Unlearning worries also helped me to always remember that we are living in an uncertain world, things will not always go as we planned. For that reason, I don't have to carry what I cannot control for the moment.
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