Post one: My thoughts on week one

  In the first week of this class, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was excited. When I saw that we would be creating our own blog, I couldn’t help but think that this is something I’ve been wanting to do for so long, but for some reason never gave it a shot.  In the past, I felt like I had trouble nailing down a niche but somehow the way Lantana put it (to find your own beat) made it make more sense.  I began to think about what kind of things I’d like to write about.  I thought about what topics I am interested in, what things I like, and even what I browse in my daily life when naturally scrolling the web. I asked myself what do I talk about often when I’m talking with my friends or what do people look to me for answers for? So I narrowed it down to my two beats.


 Firstly, I’m a wellness junkie, although it’s a bit tougher now that I have a toddler and I’m a single parent, I normally like to stay fit and in shape.  I am knowledgeable about nutrition and healthy eating and cooking.  I also do spiritual guidance with tarot cards and Oracle cards, and believe in being spiritually clean.  Like I mentioned before, I don’t do this as much as I used to, and have been determined to get back on it like I was before. I figure keeping wellness as a blog will help me to get back on track with the things that I used to do.


The second topic I chose is something that I am also very versed in simply because of certain experiences I’ve had. This would be the topic of healthy relationships and specifically how to have discernment when it comes to toxic individuals. Throughout my life, I’ve had a tendency to date the bad boy and I think it’s a trauma based thing that I’ve done but I regret it every time.  I have been through a few toxic and abusive relationships and because of this,  I’ve become sort of well-versed in the topic of tactics of toxic individuals, how they try to infiltrate your life, how they try to undermine self-esteem and control you, and how not being careful can have your life in shambles and chaos. I follow a lot of Youtubers and influencers and doctors who teach about narcissism or sociopathy or psychopathy. I have been doing this for at least 10 years and still I just recently got out of a relationship with one.  So it’s been a continual process and I am continually putting my brain through educational rewiring regarding this topic.


I created a Twitter, however, I feel like I’m not that great at Twitter. I was never really able to gain a lot of followers on Twitter.  Maybe it’s because I don’t tweet often enough but I really want to learn how to because I have other pursuits that I know would really benefit from being able to soar with a Twitter account.

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  1. Journalism 250January 18, 2024 at 12:56 PM

    Glad to have you on board, Aysha! Sometimes we just need a little nudge (or an assignment) to get down to doing what we wanted to do all along.

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