ISSUE #10

Happy New Year!​
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Hey folks 👋🏽

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Reflecting back on 2025 💭

I ticked off a few bucket-list moments and closed the year celebrating a friend’s wedding.

Some reflections and notes to self from the year:

1. Problems don’t go away. They just change. You don’t wake up one day with 0 problems. Learn to deal with them better instead of wishing they’d disappear.
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2. Nobody cares as much as you do. Stop overthinking every move. Most people are too busy worrying about themselves.
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3. Relationships matter more than anything. The people you do life with are what determine your happiness.
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4. Health is everything. Protect it aggressively.
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5. The things you’re putting off are usually the things you need to do most.​
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6. Be yourself. It’s your most unfair advantage. Nobody can compete with authenticity.
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7. Audit your circle. Some people drain energy, create noise, and slow progress. Distance is sometimes necessary.
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8. Self-awareness is a dangerous superpower. Learn who you are and lean into it.
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9. Reality is largely self-created. Your mindset shapes your outcomes more than circumstances ever will.
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10. Just start. Clarity comes from action, not planning.
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11. Speed kills - in a good way. Momentum beats perfection every time.
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12. Most people aren’t willing to struggle for an extended period before seeing results. If you are, you’re already ahead of most.

2025 - A record breaking year for Dubai Real Estate 🚀

As some of you probably already know, Dubai’s real estate market had a bumper year in 2025. But even knowing it was strong…the final numbers are still pretty staggering.

📌 215,700 property sales - the highest number of transactions ever recorded in a single year.

📌 AED 686.8 billion in total sales value - a record-shattering annual figure that eclipses previous years by a wide margin.

📌 That growth represents an 18.7% increase in transaction volume and a 30.9% jump in sales value compared with 2024.

Demand in Dubai remains broad-based and robust.

Activity stayed strong right through the year, with December delivering a particularly powerful finish.

December:

• AED 64.82B in sales value
• 18,587 transactions
• Double-digit year-on-year growth across both value and volume

I’ll be breaking this down in more depth over the coming weeks - including what this momentum means for 2026.

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What's on your lock screen? 📲

I set this up as a simple automation so it updates daily on my lock screen every day.

It shows exactly where we’re at in the year.

We’re on our phones more than we realise, so having a visual reminder of time just makes sense.

You can do the same here 👈

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​Thanks for reading - until next week.