About Me

 I’m not much of a writer – the only times I’ve written anything for the sole purpose of writing for myself was during my preteen phase of writing cheesy poetry and when I used to fill my lilac notebook with illegible, abandoned diary entries containing emotions and secrets I’d never bothered to let out. I’m glad I’ll be able to use this opportunity to express myself through my pieces and work towards improving my writing in general. Here you’ll get to see parts of me through my words, my various emotions, sudden realizations, and personal reflections – my scattered sentiments.

Here are a couple of things you should probably know about me:

I am Sarah.

To my family and to my relatives I am Sara, (the other pronunciation) meaning princess, joy and delight. Those words would definitely describe me a decade ago; a young girl who was happily lost in her own fantasy. I do wish I’ll be able to live up to my basic-but-pretty name and be a source of positivity and encouragement for others. I prefer Sarah by the way – it’s just who I’ve been known as outside of home.

A part of me resides in the mountains of Hunza.

My family and ancestors come from the heavenly, mountainous regions of Hunza, Northern Pakistan. I wasn’t born there, yet I’ve always felt the rush of an indescribable emotion that brings me to tears every time we visit. I’m absolutely in love with the mesmerizing views and especially how the sky looks at night. However, I wouldn’t say I’m deeply connected to my roots since I’m still learning the basics. Nevertheless, my background, culture and language continue to fascinate me and still play an important role in my life and in how I view myself.

I am 80 % introverted.

An ideal day for me would include getting lost in a good book, drifting off with my headphones in, and enjoying the small details of my surroundings outside – its how I’d recharge after a long day. I’ve noticed that I seem to be more spontaneous and outgoing with my close friends but the polar opposite when I’m alone in uncomfortable, crowded places. Depending on where I am and who I’m with, a different side of me will be in view – I’m sure some of my friends can attest to that. The few people I trust are my ledge to lean back and grip onto when I’m making my way around the edge of a steep mountain and I do my best to be the same, for others too.

For my site URL, I chose two inspiring symbols with multiple meanings that spoke to me and invoked a sense of passion as well as creativity in me. I’m hoping to channel that and also portray these symbols in my work.

That’s all for now.

Thank you for taking the time to read through this. ♥︎

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6 thoughts on “About Me

  1. Dear Sarah,
    I loved your use of words in this piece, it made it so much better! I also really liked how you talked about your connection with your heritage and your homeland, I thought that was a super cool fact to learn about you! The way you describe who you are, and what type of person you are was beautiful because you didn’t hold back, and showed us the true colours of yourself. The imagery of this line: “The few people I trust are my ledge to lean back and grip onto when I’m making my way around the edge of a steep mountain,” was a really thoughtful use of a metaphor.
    The only thing I would change about this was to expand a little bit more on the ending, and tell us why you chose this URL and what it means to you. I can’t wait to see some of your future posts in this course!
    Sincerely, Jovan.

    1. Dear Jov,
      Thank you soo much! I’m glad you liked my piece and I also appreciate you helping me out with editing too! Now that you mentioned it, I do realize my ending might have seemed vague but I wasn’t sure if I wanted to go deeper into what they meant. I’m planning to post some peices that involved those symbols in relation to my personal life and then hopefully my blog theme aesthetic might come together. I enjoyed reading your about me too- it really brought out your amazing, compasionate personality. I’m looking forward to seeing more of your peices. <3
      Sincerely, Sarah

  2. Hey Sarah,
    I really enjoyed reading your piece about yourself, and even though I’ve known you for just more than five years now, this piece still informs me about who you are. You discuss the main points about yourself and I think it’s amazing how open you chose to be on this blog. Your descriptions of yourself and your preferences were wonderful and insightful to you as a person. The only thing I would suggest would be that I would’ve liked to see more of the small details about yourself, because people are made from the small pieces as well as the big. Overall, I think you did a really good job and I look forward to reading and commenting on your future blog posts.
    Sincerely, Tanzi.

    1. Dear Tanzi,
      Thank you for your considerate feedback. I’m pretty pleased to know that I was able to have that sort of impact I guess in terms of how informative my peice was. I completely agree with you – small details about someone can definitely be insightful and tell a lot about an individual. I’ll keep your suggestion in mind and weave in some smaller details about myself in my future pieces. Thank you so much again for reading my work! <3
      Sincerely, Sarah

  3. Dear Sarah,

    This is a masterpiece!! The use of metaphors, imagery and all the types of figurative language you implemented into your writing really highlighted the intrinsic nature of your identity. It made me gain a deeper more insightful understanding of who you are. The poetic language and flow really brought your writing to life, it’s amazing. My favourite part was when you talked about your homeland, Hunza. I hope I can visit one day, it seems beautiful!! Moreover, your title is so creative, your connection with the title and your identity. “Scattered sentiments.” How clever!!

    I absolutely loved this piece. I wouldn’t change a thing but I think you could write about your specific memories in Hunza. I know I would definitely like to hear about that! I really enjoyed reading this Sarah, can’t wait to see your future work.

    Sincerely,
    Sadhiya

    1. Dear Sadhiya,
      Thank you soo much for those kind words!- I was obsessed with your descriptive “About Me” peice and I’m glad you liked mine too, including the part where I talked about my connection with my homeland. Also, I like randomly came up with the title. I was struggling in the beginning but in the end it made sense to me and complimented my “about me”. Honestly, your words have encourgaed me to try writing a piece relating to some really impactful memories I had in Hunza, so thank you for that. 🙂 I can’t wait to read more of your work too. <3
      Sincerely, Sarah

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