A Day Well Spent with Leyla Kazim

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We are completely responsible for our own lives

2 weeks ago | leylakazim.substack.com | Leyla Kazim

You have 7 days left to purchase my limited edition debut special Pathways, until 27th May. Then it’s gone 🎈That people read and resonate with them. I have found the most impactful books in my life have been the ones that have left me feeling empowered and validated the way I think, when I had previously felt cautious about sharing my viewpoints beyond the safety of close friends and family. They are books that gave me the confidence to have conviction in what I believe.
9 books that literally changed my life

3 weeks ago | leylakazim.substack.com | Leyla Kazim

🎧 You can catch me presenting this week’s episode of BBC Radio 4’s The Food Programme called From York to Dubai: The Rise of Chocolate. It’s not hard to argue most books we connect with change our lives to some degree, even if only small. I think this fact often slips us by; we don’t always trace back the new and enlightening conversation we’re having to that book we read last summer. But other times, it’s really obvious.
'I don't have a book in me'

3 weeks ago | leylakazim.substack.com | Leyla Kazim

I had no intention to even write a book, at least not now. Pathways had not been conceived, had never been talked about and wasn’t even a kernel of an idea in the depths of my psyche. The book was not a thing in my life in any sense of the word. A few months before, in April 2024, my friend and bestselling author sent me a WhatsApp.
Why I'm leaving the only life I've known

4 weeks ago | leylakazim.substack.com | Leyla Kazim |Rosie Birkett

We talked about so many things.
I've written my debut book. In secret.

1 month ago | leylakazim.substack.com | Leyla Kazim

What happens when the only place you've called home (London) is unable to support the kind of life you dream of? Three years ago my husband and I made a life-changing decision and it is now finally, really happening. *inhale*1) We are uprooting our entire lives and moving to Portugal. We are building a house powered by the sun on a 3-acre patch of countryside with a ruin, just outside Lisbon. We are doing this to answer a calling to the land. and… 2) I've written a book about it! It's my debut book.
ðŸ’¬ Sunday Reflections #62 (good things)

1 month ago | leylakazim.substack.com | Leyla Kazim

Hi! This is Leyla from A Day Well Spent, a newsletter seeking pathways to more purposeful living. I know weâ€™re not quite there yet, but we almost are. May and June are my favourite months of the year because for me, itâ€™s when Nature is at its most magnificent. Itâ€™s the crossover point between late spring and early summer. The pace of life and growth is rampant, my garden is full of newly fledged chicks and everything starts coming into flower.
57 things I know about myself

1 month ago | leylakazim.substack.com | Leyla Kazim

Hi! This is Leyla from A Day Well Spent, a newsletter seeking pathways to more purposeful living. What subscribers received recently:How communicating with Nature re-enchanted my lifeStop buying expensive tat — and other ways to save moneyMy 5 most used cookbooksYou can subscribe with your email to ensure you never miss my posts:Last year someone sent me an email explaining they were hoping to write a book and that they wanted a chapter in it to be about me.
How communicating with Nature re-enchanted my life

1 month ago | leylakazim.substack.com | Leyla Kazim

Hi! This is Leyla from A Day Well Spent, a newsletter seeking pathways to more purposeful living.
ðŸ’¬ Sunday Reflections #61 (time to start)

2 months ago | leylakazim.substack.com | Leyla Kazim

Hi! This is Leyla from A Day Well Spent, a newsletter seeking pathways to more purposeful living. The thing about time is that it doesnâ€™t hang around. It offers few pleasantries in an attempt to get to know us. The moment is here and then the moment is gone; if you werenâ€™t paying attention, youâ€™ve already missed it. And so can you believe, a quarter of the year has vanished already - three months, just like that. Whooosh.
Stop buying expensive tat

2 months ago | leylakazim.substack.com | Leyla Kazim

Hi! This is Leyla from A Day Well Spent, a newsletter seeking pathways to more purposeful living. What subscribers received recently:My 5 most used cookbooksThings you really need to know about rosemaryThe single best thing my parents ever did for meYou can subscribe with your email to ensure you never miss my posts:I found it interesting that both sets of friends were experiencing the same thing.