Fazal Hadi
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Hello, I’m Fazal Hadi, a motivational storyteller who writes honest, human stories that inspire growth, hope, and inner strength.
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The Courage to Begin
I remember sitting in my tiny kitchen on a rainy Tuesday morning, staring into my lukewarm coffee, feeling like a complete failure. The kind of morning where even getting out of bed feels like an accomplishment. I wasn’t where I thought I’d be in life—career, relationships, health—it all felt off track. Not disastrously so, but just enough that everything felt heavier than it should.
By Fazal Hadi6 months ago in Motivation
Start Ugly
I remember staring at a blank page for what felt like forever. The cursor blinked, the silence buzzed, and I felt… embarrassed. Not because anyone could see my screen, but because the words in my head sounded so powerful—yet came out messy, flat, and all wrong. I wanted to write something meaningful. Instead, I started ugly.
By Fazal Hadi6 months ago in Motivation
Build These Habits Now, Thank Yourself Later
When I was younger, I believed that big dreams needed big moments. I thought success looked like giant leaps, groundbreaking ideas, and perfect timing. I admired the finish lines, not the long roads people walked to get there.
By Fazal Hadi6 months ago in Motivation
From Rock Bottom to Rising Strong
The Fall I used to think hitting rock bottom was something that happened to other people. People who made terrible choices, who didn’t plan, or who weren’t strong enough to hold it all together. I never imagined it could happen to me. I was the reliable one—the one with the color-coded calendar, a decent-paying job, a cozy apartment, and a long-term relationship that looked picture-perfect on social media.
By Fazal Hadi6 months ago in Motivation
Don’t Feed the Thing Under the Stairs
I was eight years old the first time I heard the knock—two soft taps, then silence. It came from under the wooden staircase in my grandmother’s old Victorian house. The kind of knock that made you freeze in the hallway, your heart thudding louder than the sound itself. But what made it worse wasn’t the knock. It was what Grandma said when I asked her about it.
By Fazal Hadi6 months ago in Horror
Why I Deleted Half My To-Do List
A few months ago, my to-do list was the first thing I looked at in the morning and the last thing I checked before bed. It ran my life—color-coded, bullet-pointed, and never-ending. If productivity had a face, I wore it proudly. I thought the longer the list, the more successful I was.
By Fazal Hadi6 months ago in Longevity
The 2-Hour Rule That Changed Everything
There was a time—not too long ago—when I wore “busy” like a badge of honor. You know the type: multiple tabs open on my computer, to-do lists longer than my attention span, and days that blurred into nights with no clear sense of accomplishment. I was always doing something, yet somehow, nothing really got done.
By Fazal Hadi6 months ago in Motivation
The Quote That Changed My Life
I didn’t expect my life to change that day. I was just out for a walk. It was a chilly, gray Tuesday afternoon—one of those days when everything feels a little heavier than usual. I had taken the afternoon off work after an exhausting week of pretending I was fine when I wasn’t. The truth was, I’d been feeling lost for a while. Not in the dramatic way you see in movies, but in that slow, quiet way that sneaks up on you.
By Fazal Hadi6 months ago in Motivation
