So last podcast I said I was going to take some of your questions. So either you could type them

into me or you could voice message them into me and you did. And so al-hhhah this session is going

to be just literally I picked two of the sisters out of the lot and I'm going to answer your questions.

And if you have any more, if you have any more, you can continue to send them to me on Instagram at

mindful Muslim but let's get started let's find out the questions that we're having about

starting brands businesses side hustles things for halal employment for ourselves or

in other spaces with jobs and interviews, all that gets stuff. Let's go.

Hello, Sama'aaaaqa. Welcome back to the Mindful Misama Speaks Podcast.

I'm your host, Mindful Misama 5, big sister to the community,

licensed educator of 25 plus years, al-a-a-a-a-a-a-in all different areas in the U.S. in Dubai,

and I've been taking your questions on Instagram in the past

week related to working. Many of you were very interested in the fact that I once had a

traditional job. I did the old like degree thing and I, you know, did traditional like going to work,

commuting, driving and now I don't anymore.

It just didn't serve me.

Maybe at one point in my life it did, doing it for, I don't know, maybe since the late 90s.

Yeah, I'm that old.

But there was a point where I was like, we've got to move with the times.

Like, and I want to be,

like I was having these life realizations. I want to be with my kids. I want to be home.

I don't want to spend like so much of my life commuting. A lot of times, if you're in New York City, shout out to women in New York City. It is ridiculous. The traffic, yes? Yeah.

All right. So like there was one point where my family

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