Dear Reader,

Welcome to another online diary. Starting a blog makes me feel like I'm back in the early 2000s before blogging turned vlogging and vlogging turned into Instagram stories and those turned into TikToks. But I've been thinking to start one for a while now and I feel like it's a good time since it's technically still a new year (although January is already ending), so here it is. Just feel like, in the words of Nike, I should #JustDoIt.

Since this is an introductory post, I guess I'll share some basic details about myself, and some (hopefully) interesting things - orientation style...?

That's me!

My name is Aisha. I'm a 22-going-23-year-old girl in university feeling very lost in life. I'm pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Business, specialising in Marketing and work part time on the side, yet I have no idea what I'm doing. Hence, I decided to create a blog to express my random thoughts and ideas in hopes of it maybe helping me to figure things out - take this as a forewarning that it might (no, most definitely will) be a mess. I'll post life updates too, cause I like documenting things and having stuff to look back on. Yes, I'm sentimental + I have the memory of a goldfish so need stuff like this to remember what goes on in my life from time to time.

I am the only girl and middle child in my family of five and while I may have suffered the middle-child-syndrome a bit growing up, I am still relatively close to my family and love them a lot. Growing up, I'm realising, is making it increasingly difficult to find proper time to spend with them since we all have so much to do but we do our best.

Here's us at my parents' birthday dinner (fun fact: they're only 6 days apart in age!)

My MBTI is The Entertainer (ESFP) and I'm a Scorpio, but don't ask me what these mean I literally just know my titles for fun and nothing much else. I'd like to think I'm quite a compassionate person but I also have a bad habit of converting compassion to people pleasing and it sometimes makes me feel horrible - a topic for another time maybe. My love language is Quality Time and I feel the most at ease when I feel understood and accepted by people. Otherwise I am actually quite timid and easily anxious.

Some other things I like:

- Fashion

- Travel

- Sleep

- Walks

- Everything about the sky

- Beaches

- Architecture

- Museums

- Events (birthdays, parties, picnics etc.)

- Little things (notes, flowers, showers, peaceful drives, etc.)

Anyway, that should be enough for now. I feel like I have so many ideas and never really expand on them until they get lost in my overthinking mind so this is kind of my stepping stone to trying some of them out. If you'd like to follow another random person on the internet trying to figure life out, you can keep up with me on this blog. Gonna be honest, I'm not sure how often I'll post on here buttttt.... I'll be more active on Instagram @aishaashraffx and TikTok @aish.y if you'd like to follow me there too :)

THANK YOU for reading up to this point if you have. I hope it was an enjoyable read and that you'll maybe stick around for another. Either way, I appreciate the visit and wish you well!

Yours truly,

Aisha Ashraff