about me
allyson dianna
I'm a daughter, a sister, a friend, a student, a mentor, an artist. I've lived in the beautiful state of Washington my entire life, and I've been complaining about the weather the whole time. I am a fresh graduate from the University of Washington who majored in Communications and minored in American Sign Language. I adore the city of Seattle and I knew from a young age that I was meant to be a city dweller. I have a cat named Sprinkles and had a great dog named Lucy who recently passed away. I have a wonderful mom and dad, and a 16-year-old brother who is the coolest. I have a background in dance, classical singing, and a little bit of piano. I love makeup, pasta, succulents, dark chocolate, inappropriate jokes, a good concert, and bringing my loved ones joy. Throughout my college journey, I've learned the best and worst ways to deal with anxiety, which is something I hope to help others with through documenting my experiences here.
mission statement
I’ve never really understood the point of advice blogs? Or even like niche blogs like cooking, shopping, traveling, gardening, etc? If you want to know how to make enchiladas or find a cheap flight to Paris, you can just google that. A long time ago I tried to make a blog like this to write baking and makeup recommendations, but I ended up giving up on it because I just wasn't feeling it.
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Enter the Tumwater High School graduating class of 2015. After the class of ’15 seniors graduated, a class full of inspirational writers, artists and intellectuals I had looked up to probably since I was in middle school, many of them started blogs, whether this was chronicling college, missions, social issues, or just life in general after high school, many of them started blogs that inspired me. So, after my own graduation and a rocky fall quarter at UW, I made it my New Year’s resolution to start my own blog (as a white, privileged college student usually does). Long story short, I completed my blog in January of 2017, and proceeded to be too scared shitless to make it public until January of the next year.
I’ve had a lot of time to think about the purpose of my blog, how it will benefit both me and others. I want it to be helpful, informal, relatable, informative, and someday hopefully inspiring. For now, I think it’s going to focus a lot on my journey with anxiety, something I haven’t talked about on social media before, and how it looks and feels going through life as an average college student with high anxiety. Life as a young adult is a weird and wild place, and it can be confusing. When I first came to college I didn’t really talk about my experience with my friends and family because I was so ashamed. But, as someone who has learned so much about their own mental health in the last year and has come out on the other side so much stronger, I feel like I would be doing a disservice to others who are in a similar situation if I continue to stay silent.
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Thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading. xo
