To Be Free Spirited : Zakkiyah

This is Zakkiyah. She has a lovely home with her husband and their adorable baby boy. She worked for a well renowned bus company in the Johannesburg city of South Africa. She has a degree in Psyhcology but recently studied teaching through the online University of South Afrca (UNISA) when she realized how much she would enjoy teaching. Her dreams of becoming a teacher are almost a reality and she's couldn't be happier.

1. What is your name?
 Zakkiyah

2. How old are you?
 26
 

3. What is your idea of living a free spirited life? 
Being carefree, not worrying about what others think about you. Being able to live life on your own terms and rules.

4. Would you like to live a life you just described? 
Yes, definitely.

5. Comparing your life now to where you would want to be, how far away from achieving you goals?   Quite far, actually.

6. What achievements do you wish to have? 
Uhmm, good kids, no loans or debts to repay, property and lots of travelling!

 "her life motto is : Have courage and be kind."








7. What is your life like now?
Content... I am content with my life now.

8. What are your hobbies or things you enjoy doing? 
Photography! I like to bake too. I'm not too sure about sewing though, I'm still learning.

9. What is the one place or thing that makes you feel most relaxed? 
Isa! That's my son. 

To Be Free Spirited : Revisited

This is a new year and a time for new starts. I began writing this blog in 2015 and it was great, I thought this blog was about lifestyle posts and what everyone else wanted. I lost interest soon after because all along I didn't know what I wanted.


This blog is supposed to be a reflection of myself but instead it became something or rather someone I didn't know at all. I was trying to be someone else and it wasn't working. It became a struggle to keep up this blog and think of new posts because I wasn't thinking about what I wanted but rather what this other person I had created had wanted. So this year I'm back with fresh ideas of myself and posts that make me excited and happy. This year I'm back for myself.

Malaikah

25 Free Printables

 

Hello everybody! I'm actually posting on a Thursday, the day I said I would - isn't that amazing??

So recently, along with donuts and nutty peanut butter, I have been completely obsessed with printables (free ones obviously...) and now everywhere I look I just want to add printables. They bring just the perfect touch to just about anything and everything and the brilliant part is - there's always one to match you colour scheme! 

Down below I have listed 25 of my favourite printables (so you can go crazy too!). Enjoy!

1. Free Printable Page Flags - Chelly Darling 
2. Free Motivational Quotes Printables  - Beautyholics Anonymous
3. Live A Colourful Life Printable - Everything Etsy 
4. Life is a Great Big Canvas - Everything Etsy
5. Vintage Music Sheet Printables - Crafty Secrets
6. It's Kind of Fun Printable - 30 handmade days
7. Photobooth Props Printables - Oh Happy Day
8. Printable Donut Buddies - Oh Happy Day
9. Look At The Stars Printable - Sprik Space
10. Practice Makes Progress -30 Handmade Days
11. Dance in the Rain Printable - Everything Etsy
12. Bee Mine Free Printable - Sprik Space
13. Printable Watermelon Boxes - Oh Happy Day
14. Small Steps Everyday Printable - Everything Etsy 
15. Aztec Wrapping Paper - Bespoke Bride 
16. French Inspired Wrapping Paper - Lia Griffith
17. Printable Cookie Bags - Oh Happy Day
18. More Wrapping Paper (Ice Cream Edition) - Make and Tell
19. You Got This Free Printable - Everything Etsy
20. Endless Possibilities Printable - Make and Tell 
21. Popsicles Printable - Make and Tell
22. Summer Printables - Oh Happy Day
23. Don't Worry Be Happy - Live & Enliven
24. Measure Twice, Cut Once - Oh, Sweet Joy
25. Enjoy Today Printable - Make and Tell

Thank you for visiting,
 Malaikah

June Recap

I would be lying if I said that June wasn't an eventful month. For starters we moved houses over a weekend, I had an entire month of exams, my brilliant cousins and aunt came to stay over for a weekend, I have also joined bloglovin, the month of fasting started about a week and a half ago and it was all just very exhausting. In times like these it makes me realise how productive I could actually be if I wasn't so lazy -- but I still wouldn't take a chance.

I may have thrown out the new marker and kept the old one...

So yes, I'm aware I've been away for years and years but I am now on holiday and I will try my best to reach my goal of posting every Tuesday and Thursday. I've even bought a pretty book to help me plan out my blog posts! 

I did find some pretty cool things while moving though, so I thought I'd share them with you.

An old box full of 'new' jewellery. Non of it is actually mine... well not technically anyway. My sister used to love jewellery, collecting them, making them, wearing them; however over the years I think her passion for it died down quite a bit and most of it just ended up by me as if I'm some kind of storage facility...(not that I'm complaining, those are some pretty sweet earrings!)

My sister and I about ten years ago.

Another thing I found was a bunch of old pictures. I think it was my fourth birthday (to be honest, I can never tell how old I am before the year 2007, so basically from when I was three up until when I was about six I just tell everyone I was four because I literally cannot remember). I do remember the party quite clearly though. It was a weekday and because everyone was working my parents decided to have it in the evening and only my family was invited. It was still amazing and I ended up with a lot more presents than I could have hoped for.

I also found a pretty bucket (pictured on the right), an old dress up kit, multiple bags stuffed into one giant bag, my teddy bear - Gary/Doug, and an artificial sparkly rose that serves absolutely no purpose whatsoever.

Also, same sex marriage has been legalised in America this passed weekend and if that's not amazing, I really don't know what is! Rock on, my fellow LGBTQs!


Thank you for visiting,
Malaikah