YASMEEN YAHYA
PASS/FAIL
Essays for online platform Pass/Fail, "a fun, empowering and inclusive space to have a conversation about succeeding, failing, and everything in between. We exist to normalize failure, demystify success, and encourage kindness both to ourselves and to others. Vulnerability, solidarity, empowerment and freedom are our jam."
WHAT SELF-CARE ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE
October 2018
Imagine this scenario: Work has been crazy. You have three social events to go to tonight. You have to buy groceries for the week, do laundry, respond to emails, call the parents, feed the furbabies, clean your desk because it is an absolute mess, all while trying to juggle the pressures of your other commitments. It is easy to feel like we have the weight of the world on our shoulders...
LETTING GO IS MAGIC
January 2018
By letting go, I have developed a greater sense of agency in regards to unfavorable circumstances. Instead of thinking, why is this happening to me? I can think, what can I learn from this? Though, don’t get it twisted, I’m still slightly a control freak. I can’t promise that I won’t start to sweat when I am in a moving vehicle that I am not driving. I also can’t promise to not hover over my boyfriend’s shoulder when he’s cooking for me...