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With how things are going on, cost of living, rent, unstable politics.

I feel that the best way to avoid all of these is by jumping ship and relocating to another country.

Whenever I'm turning my head left to right in a pitch black room I can see a light striking up at the corners or my eye, both left and right.

For context, I'm 31 Male and have myopia of 5.00.

I'm planning on going to see a doc to have this checked, it's been one year I've noticed this.

I also feel it started at the same time that I started having retinal migraines (pain behind the left eye) with aura as in blind spots. Unsure if it's related.

Would love to hear thoughts on this.

Thanks. :)

Are you running a Daily or Weekly newsletter ?

And what's you're Open Rate/CTR ?

Have a nice day! :)

I hear a lot about starting a YouTube Channel only around one subject and never talking about anything else. Supposedly this helps with the algorithm and pushing your content to the right audience.

Lately, I've thinking of mixing it a bit and talking about:

• My life living in Southeast Asia/Travel content
• SEO/Marketing content

I wanted to know if anyone else is mixing different niches/topic, and does it really make a difference in terms of reach on YouTube.

Thoughts on this?

Thanks.

Salam aleykum.

I left Canada back in 2021 and decided to permanently move to Indonesia, it took me a whole year to decide whether or not I should move or not. A lot of preparation, selling all my assets, paperwork, and everything else.

Now I've been living here for 5 years, and if there's one thing I've learned is that Hijrah isn't for everyone. Some end up loving it, and others do not and I feel this is quite hard or a taboo that many muhajir have a hard time telling themselves or being honest about it. It takes time to get used to another country, whether it's a majority Muslim country or not.

I know a couple stories of brothers that ended up moving back to their home countries after 'making the move' to Morocco, Algeria, Malaysia.

Culture

You need to be open minded when moving to another, people there have a different perspective in life compared to us born in the West. Different food tastes, food smells, different languages, people in SEA are a lot more open socially than Westerners so don't be surprised when they ask you personal questions. (lol)

Marriage

Make Hijrah with your wife, husband or kids, moving countries alone is really hard psychologically for some, or find a wife or a husband in that country you're moving to if you're single it will help you soooo much to have someone with you.

Finances

Another thing is you have to absolutely find a way to make money, whether online or have some investments back home or invest in the country you're moving to. If you can set this up before making Hijrah. I know a kurdish brother here that started an English teaching school and a kindergarten and he's doing great. I know another brother who does App development, another brother teaching English online, and another making websites. There are plenty of ways to make money online, you just have to find what works for you.

And before making Hijrah, make sure to have a good amount saved up just in case you need it.

Expectations

Don't expect everyone to be perfect in majority Muslim countries, you will see people that don't pray at mosques during the Adhan, some woman that don't wear the hijab, there are drug addicts, criminals and bad people. And corruption especially.

You have to be realistic with your Hijrah, because you will be disappointed if not.

What about me?

For me personally it has been one of the best decisions in my life, knowing that I can educate my child Islamically at home. Life here is so much better, more freedom, quality of life is a lot better especially if you can work online and make US Dollars.

It will break you out of your comfort zone, you will learn new things about yourself, start learning new skills, new languages, and honestly you will feel so proud of yourself. It will open your mind to different perspectives in life, and you will love it.

And of course, don't forget to move back to your home country to visit friends and family every year or so.

Salam. :)

Is it me or vlogging in public in a foreign country feels easier and less embarrassing, I think simply because not a lot of people understand what I'm saying.

Speaking in public in my hometown is so freaking hard. lol

Has anyone noticed this with themselves?

Do you think we should niche down or not in the beginning ?

And should we stick to a niche and specialize instead of going wide as sales go up ?

Would love to hear different strategies and methodologies around Amazon stores. I've heard both sides, but I'm wondering which one is the most realistic to do as a beginner as I think both work at the end of the day.

what do you think ?

have a nice day.

Monetizing a newsletter is tricky as I've noticed with many. Different niches/market have their challenges with monetization.

And I just wanted to know how you guys out there are monetizing your newsletter.

I'm selling low-ticket digital products which worked well for a period but when I stopped nothing, I tried selling high-ticket but my audience didn't seem to be interested. (I'm in the freelance/expat niche that's probably why)

What about you ?

Have a nice day!

Salam alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

We all have heard of the best countries to make Hijrah to.

But what about the worst ones?

Would love to hear those who had a bad experience relocating to a Muslim country.

(Btw I know it's subjective to each one's personal experience with hijrah)

Jumuah Mubarak.

What's your best tips to lower CPC with an Amazon brand ?

Now with AI and Chatbots I feel it's starting to change, I'd love to know what you guys and gals are doing out there.

Thanks!

So I'm looking into ways I can cross reference GA sessions or sources with Shopify cart abandonment, Shopify lacks in 'customer journey analytics', where you cannot really see what's going on right before they decide to abandon their cart.

I want to see which one of my Ad campaigns has the highest/lowest % of cart abandonment and conversion rate.

Would love to hear if anyone has done something similar or if there are platforms that can help me analyze this, especially with cart abandonment which is my current struggle right now.

have a nice day y'all

I left Canada back in November 2021 and moved to Southeast Asia, had enough of the cold Winter, the average 9 to 5 life I had and just wanted to travel and explore SEA. I was looking for something that my hometown Montreal didn't have, I won't be going into the details of my personal life.

I decided to leave specifically after the pandemic, it was my last sign that I needed to say to myself, "let's do this!". The pandemic was really hard for me mentally, I had to shut down my business and a few other things that really made me feel really bad about my life situation.

One thing led to another and here I am in SEA, I prepared for 1 and a half year before booking that one-way ticket to SEA. Sold everything and left.

Now there are many things that happened to me mentally, first month I felt really sad and broke down after my niece sent me a GIF image saying that I was the best uncle in the world. I bought her a paid of airpods and she was so happy I could tell as she added them in the GIF. I literally broke down and started crying, even now I'm tearing up writing this. (This was major emotionally)

I've met many people to say the least, culture in SEA is really different from Canadian culture, people here are a lot more communal. Community, family and religion plays a huge role in the daily lives of people here.

Food is still making me sick, especially street food, last time I was on a ferry and I got one one of the worst stomach pain in my life after eating rice and chicken, vomited dozens of times in a few hours, I thought I was about to die, thank God I didn't. lol

Now I'm married and got a kid here, which are things I could've never imagined a few years ago. Crazy how life goes.

So what I've learned after living in SEA for +5 Years:

Regardless of where you live, you will face problems, issues and challenges, I've faced quite a few challenges here in SEA, one specifically that really had me stressing related to immigration and paperwork. (As you know, sometimes paperwork/bureaucracy/corruption here in Asia is quite complicated sometimes IYKYK)

If you're leaving the West to espace problems, just remember that you will face problems wherever you decide to relocate to.

And this is something I've only realized after moving here.

I just went back to Montreal not long ago, and couldn't wait to move back to Asia, I'm at a point where I can really say that Asia is my new home.

Have a nice day. ❤️🏝️

(Another thing I want to add - there's no cr*ck here unlike Canada, which is a good thing lol)

So I just wanted to share why I'm still using Substack in 2026:

To put it simply, it's one of the best newsletter platforms out there for discovery if you have no audience.

I've gotten a good number of subscribers from the Substack network through posting Notes and from other newsletter promoting my content.

Another thing that I really appreciate from Substack is the SEO tools they offer us to have your Substack newsletter appear in Google Searches.

Every single day I'm getting a good amount of clicks to a few piece of content, and from them I'm also getting subscriber's, which is amazing! (Probably my favorite thing about Substack)

And of course, the quality of writers and content on the platform is great, there isn't too much AI slope on the platform which is really refreshing to me.

The only downside I have is in Substack Notes, you will notice many are starting to post about Substack growth. And offering services to help you grow your Substack, which I find a bit annoying.

Just wanted to share why I'm on Substack, what about you ?

Have a nice day!