Five years ago, there were few things that relaxed me as much as sharing my thoughts and experiences on my Xanga blog. While that blog is still in existence(ask me for the URL, and I'd be happy to share...), I soon felt like the purpose for which I created that blog no longer fit. I had created that first blog of mine during the Fall of 2003, when I was a senior in high school. Oh, how innocent those times were.
I stayed with that blog through the Summer of 2006. A few years after that, I began to blog anonymously. I enjoyed the freedom of writing about anything and everything that came to mind without judgement. But eventually, that too, did not feel right as I enjoy having a sense of openness and honesty about my life with those around me. Just recently, I deleted that blog. And here I am now.
My idea behind this blog, I Was Born Desi, is to recognize that while I was born with a certain cultural identity and raised with these ideas and biases, I truly feel that it is our independent experiences, thoughts and interpretations thereof that actually define who we are. I hope to share a bit of this journey with you.
Let me warn you, if you are looking to hear me expunge the intimate details of my personal, everyday life, you might be sorely disappointed. Many of you know that I am a deeply private individual, so I will likely be writing more theoretically.
So here we go:
I am a mid-20s young woman living in the murk and mire of Southern California. To give a bit of background to my posts, and to sum up the events of the last five years of my life: I got into two significant car accidents within the span of 6 months that changed my life; I barely graduated college; I dated and repeatedly broke up, and ultimately completely broke up, with the same person for 5 years; and I struggled with various eating disorders.
Now? I'm about to graduate with my first master's degree. I'm healthier than I've been in a very long time. I'm hoping to work in the healthcare field someday. I'm in awe of the people in my life. And I'm as happy as can be.
Who says life can't turn around?
My name is Nishi. And I was born Desi.
I stayed with that blog through the Summer of 2006. A few years after that, I began to blog anonymously. I enjoyed the freedom of writing about anything and everything that came to mind without judgement. But eventually, that too, did not feel right as I enjoy having a sense of openness and honesty about my life with those around me. Just recently, I deleted that blog. And here I am now.
My idea behind this blog, I Was Born Desi, is to recognize that while I was born with a certain cultural identity and raised with these ideas and biases, I truly feel that it is our independent experiences, thoughts and interpretations thereof that actually define who we are. I hope to share a bit of this journey with you.
Let me warn you, if you are looking to hear me expunge the intimate details of my personal, everyday life, you might be sorely disappointed. Many of you know that I am a deeply private individual, so I will likely be writing more theoretically.
So here we go:
I am a mid-20s young woman living in the murk and mire of Southern California. To give a bit of background to my posts, and to sum up the events of the last five years of my life: I got into two significant car accidents within the span of 6 months that changed my life; I barely graduated college; I dated and repeatedly broke up, and ultimately completely broke up, with the same person for 5 years; and I struggled with various eating disorders.
Now? I'm about to graduate with my first master's degree. I'm healthier than I've been in a very long time. I'm hoping to work in the healthcare field someday. I'm in awe of the people in my life. And I'm as happy as can be.
Who says life can't turn around?
My name is Nishi. And I was born Desi.
Yay! I like when you blog, not matter where. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so proud of you already! but I know there is a lot more from where that came from! LOL xoxoxo =) Love ya, Diana Paez.
ReplyDeleteYay! More blogs for me to read when I'm supposed to be working!
ReplyDeleteo hai, bebeh. <3 Just passing through before sleep and loving on you~ KEEP UP THE HARD WORK. WOO
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