Dancing Monkeys

No One Signs a Movie Off a PowerPoint

A veteran’s reckoning with work, worth, and the dreams he owes himself

Jul 28 • 

Shahid Kamal Ahmad

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June 2025

The Zombies Are My Consequences

“The zombies are not the evil I’ve done, but the good I’ve left undone.”If you’ve ever let a problem grow just so you’d have something worthy to fight …

Jun 12 • 

Shahid Kamal Ahmad

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May 2025

The Work I've Been Quietly Building

For a while now, many of you have asked me to bottle what I’ve been writing, coaching, and exploring for years — to turn Code is Just into something…

May 30 • 

Shahid Kamal Ahmad

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Return to the Island

The joy you forgot is still waiting

May 23 • 

Shahid Kamal Ahmad

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Be Still, And Know

What Would I Say If I Just Had Two Days?

May 20 • 

Shahid Kamal Ahmad

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Rebuilding After You Fall

What Lego, PlayStation, and a dusty hardback taught me about undoing and rising.

May 16 • 

Shahid Kamal Ahmad

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How To Slow Down Time

Rituals are the milestones of the soul

May 9 • 

Shahid Kamal Ahmad

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Dear Merlin

The most astonishing conversation I've had

May 2 • 

Shahid Kamal Ahmad

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April 2024

Keep the Goose, I Want an Egg!

Reminiscing About My Mum, Part 1

Apr 9, 2024 • 

Shahid Kamal Ahmad

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February 2024

Make Time for Joy

Set aside some daily time to do what makes your soul sing

Feb 23, 2024 • 

Shahid Kamal Ahmad

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You're Not Falling, You're Walking

Relentlessness is a feature, not a bug

Feb 20, 2024 • 

Shahid Kamal Ahmad

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Your Journal is a Magic Mirror

You're not doomed to repeat the same patterns

Feb 2, 2024 • 

Shahid Kamal Ahmad

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