<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[ayeshshariff]]></title><description><![CDATA[ayeshshariff]]></description><link>https://ayeshshariff.wixsite.com/mysite/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:18:36 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ayeshshariff.wixsite.com/mysite/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Subject: Elsewhere]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vilhelm Hammershøi, Interior with a Young Woman Reading, c. 1900, oil on canvas. There is a line from The Great Gatsby that has followed me for years. "I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life." The first time I read it, I understood it instinctively before I understood it intellectually. I think we all know that feeling.The strange experience of standing inside a moment while also watching it unfold from somewhere just outside...]]></description><link>https://ayeshshariff.wixsite.com/mysite/post/subject-elsewhere</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a25f7561f44c606b37cc429</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:05:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/056aa3_848e328d0c6b422f85d104f88e677b48~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_720,h_708,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ayeshshariff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Visit to an Art Museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[You walk into an art museum with no real plan. You’re not looking for anything specific. You’re just looking. You stop in front of a painting that almost pulls you in. Almost. You lean closer. You tilt your head. Something’s missing. Maybe it’s blue. Maybe white. Maybe pink. Maybe it’s just not the shade you were hoping for. And for a moment, you feel that familiar urge — the one that whispers, if only it were a little different. But you don’t yell at the painting. You don’t demand it change....]]></description><link>https://ayeshshariff.wixsite.com/mysite/post/a-visit-to-an-art-museum</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696826230d9b34c9e292f02f</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:07:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/056aa3_45affaf6112f48ab9230a8e7d39757f7~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_720,h_705,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ayeshshariff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Even Is Realistic?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let’s get this out of the way— We live on a floating rock. Spinning around a ball of fire. In the middle of endless, silent space… and we...]]></description><link>https://ayeshshariff.wixsite.com/mysite/post/what-even-is-realistic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6897f101399919cdeed26acc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2025 01:13:29 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ayeshshariff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Isn’t About Stickers]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was younger, I collected stickers like they were sacred. The shinier they were, the more carefully I hid them away. They sat...]]></description><link>https://ayeshshariff.wixsite.com/mysite/post/this-isn-t-about-stickers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">688bf35e24f4edc2c0c237c7</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 22:53:54 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ayeshshariff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Little Things: Where Mr. Heart Aligns with Mr. Brain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello, dear readers! It’s been a while since I last shared my thoughts here. Life has been quite the whirlwind, and today, I want to talk...]]></description><link>https://ayeshshariff.wixsite.com/mysite/post/the-little-things-where-mr-heart-aligns-with-mr-brain</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66c9d1300c19acd4cb59b20b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2024 12:49:24 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ayeshshariff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affirmation For a Positive Mindset]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is a positive mindset? A positive mental attitude is a practice of focusing on the good in any situation of life it makes it easier...]]></description><link>https://ayeshshariff.wixsite.com/mysite/post/affirmation-for-a-positive-mindset</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60eaef9f3c3dec0015ee5520</guid><category><![CDATA[Advice , Faith ,lifestyle]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2021 13:24:42 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ayeshshariff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Does self confidence Mean And Ways To Build In Confidence]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is self confidence ? To me self confidence is having confidence in myself knowing my self worth having confidence in my ability and...]]></description><link>https://ayeshshariff.wixsite.com/mysite/post/what-does-self-confidence-mean-and-ways-to-build-in-confidence</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60b5d6372b7a1b0015fa3b96</guid><category><![CDATA[Lifestyle Experience Skill]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2021 07:39:54 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ayeshshariff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My hijab story and advice]]></title><description><![CDATA[I belong from a Muslim family I’m the youngest of two sisters and one brother and I believe that hijab is a personal choice it can not be...]]></description><link>https://ayeshshariff.wixsite.com/mysite/post/my-hijab-story-and-advice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6099d77795511d0015ad7b7f</guid><category><![CDATA[Advice , Faith ,lifestyle]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2021 01:07:05 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ayeshshariff</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>