Date: 07/28/2025

I may be speaking into the void a little with this post, but I’m not sure that I mind. There’s something to be said about someone who is a perpetual doer, chaser, and shaker being forced into stillness and what feels like inaction. These days, my life has been calmer than I ever imagined, and it had me feeling a bit stir crazy.??‍??

Additionally, I don’t know how to show up on social media and “perform.” I have an overwhelming desire to just be who I am, but I also feel an obligation to present myself in a way that doesn’t confuse the audience I’ve cultivated. As a result, the two have tricked me into silence more often than not. I don’t post. I miss out on opportunities to do the very thing I love because I’m afraid to show up on social media outside of the box I’ve created.??

I don’t have fancy content. No upcoming trips. Just grad school, my special interests, and honest moments I happen to capture. I’ve been planning something with a dear friend of mine, and I’ve felt like I couldn’t just spring who I am on you all without an introduction. Part of that is my own doing… Believing I had to keep some parts of Jeyza just for me.

But life is fleeting, time is not promised, and I’ll never get this “now” again. I hope you’ll stay as I push past my own fears of rejection and performance in the pursuit of simply being out loud. I love you.?????????