Durdana IlyasTaking Flight 🕊As the parent birds make their little baby birds take flight after some time of nurturing them in the nest and making sure they have the…2 min read·Jun 20, 2021----
Durdana IlyasAmal FellowshipI can not believe that this journey is coming to an end. It seems not so long ago that I was figuring out my short term goals to make them…2 min read·Jun 12, 2021----
Durdana IlyasRewards of TeamworkI have always been a solo performer. Since childhood I have been a student who was self sufficient and would do the work in a solitary…2 min read·Jun 9, 2021----
Durdana IlyasPomodoro ProgressI have recently discovered this technique, The Pomodoro Technique, which basically is setting a 25 min timer and focus on just one task. I…2 min read·Apr 14, 2021----
Durdana IlyasStairway to Fulbright: ProcrastinationYou guys, whoever is reading my rambles, know that I wrote quite a motivational piece on how I am doing GRE prep, with my fancy S.M.A.R.T…2 min read·Apr 10, 2021----
Durdana Ilyas‘Business Bash’Students in middle school are experiencing severe depression; owing to the sudden transition to online classes. Primary cognitive…2 min read·Apr 8, 2021----
Durdana IlyasFake It Till You Make It!It’s a really mundane saying, and more often than not, people disregard it as translating to ‘overconfidence’. Which is utterly wrong and…3 min read·Apr 8, 2021----
Durdana IlyasStairway to Fulbright: GRE prepIt has been only a month since the semester started, and already I am so exhausted of it. You see, this is my last semester. I have to…3 min read·Apr 2, 2021----
Durdana IlyasLittle thingsI have recently found the courage to get help for my mental issues and if it wasn’t for my friends, I would not have done what was so…2 min read·Apr 2, 2021----
Durdana IlyasDoing what needs to be doneSo, today I came back home after a month. I was in hostel before. My charpai (bed) here has been converted into a storing spot for my…2 min read·Apr 2, 2021----
