This is not my first attempt at a blog, and I have a feeling it won’t be my last.

I used to write under different usernames, each one more embarrassing than the next, or so I thought. Maybe they were. Or maybe that discomfort was just a shared generational phase, following all of us around as we tried to figure ourselves out in public and on social media.

Either way, I’ve grown since then.

Fifteen years later, I’m back with a different mindset and a better relationship with my own emotions.

What do I want from this blog?

Nothing.

And that nothing is exactly the point. This space isn’t about outcomes or conclusions. It’s about the act of moving forward, one step at a time. Sometimes steady, sometimes stumbling, always continuing.

So here it is.

My name is Miya and I am here to write.

Pull up a chair.

I’ll tell you how I got here.