Hello, lovelies. My name is Triasha (or Trish, if you can’t bring yourself to pronounce it). I am currently a Junior at the University of Georgia. I launched this site back in May of 2016 just a few days after I graduated high school. Here on Making My Way, you will find inspirational posts on surviving college, setting goals, and making the most out of life.
//Welcome to my little corner of the internet
I decided not to go the typical college track. Instead of going to the great (and expensive) university I got into from the get-go, I decided to commute and go to my safety school the first two years of college. Looking at how the millennials before me (I’m Gen Z, not Y) buried themselves in debt, I made it a goal to get through college without student loans (Either that or pay off my student loans before the grace period is over).
I spent the first two years of college living with my parents (Oh! The horror!) Not really. I’m the dork who thinks her parents are cool. I actually really loved it. I saved a lot of money by doing this and my younger brother has autism and I help my parents take care if him. (It was difficult when I moved to a dorm after transferring universities).
I’m also self-employed and hope to work with children with special needs in the future. After interning and volunteering and simply experiencing what it’s like working with someone with special needs has inspired me to get into a career helping them (Which is odd because most siblings of special needs kids steer away from those types of jobs).
//Why I Started This Blog
Honestly, I started this blog because I was bored. There was a one month period where I had nothing productive to do. I had all these ideas about starting a freelance business working with special needs kids, but I couldn’t implement them yet because I was traveling around the U.S for the month of July. It would’ve been unwise of me to establish a clientele, then disappear for a month. So I waited.
This blog kept the month of June productive. It gave me something to do when I was just waiting for the next phase of life. I had, of course, planned on starting a blog anyway because of my love of writing, but the timing was perfect.
I want this blog to keep me accountable to my goals, and thus far, it has. I want to live a life worth writing about. This blog has very much grown with me. When I started writing, I was in my childhood bedroom, fresh out of high school, with the whole world ahead of me. I had never lived on my own or gone on a plane, but by the end of this summer (2019), I will have traveled to 15 countries (!!!).
//A Little More About Me
Let’s see… I was born and raised in Georgia (So I’m a southerner no matter how dark my skin is) and am a first generation American. My parents are from Bangladesh, though my dad traveled a lot because my grandfather worked for the United Nations (He’s retired, but still translates books for them). I have two younger brothers and my parents still live in the house I grew up in (I had never moved house in my first twenty years of life)
As I mentioned before, one of my younger brothers has autism. This has affected every aspect of my childhood and will affect my future. This may sound sad to you, I am happy with the hand my family has been dealt with. It has shown us a love that most people will never know.
I plan on (not just dream of) traveling the world. I am saving money and making sure I don’t have any regrets in the future. I want a career helping people with disabilities. I want to get married and have children and keep a home. I want to go back to college in the future simply to learn new things that have nothing to do with my career. I want my life to be an adventure and I don’t think settling down or starting a business are boring. I think that learning and family are what make life worth living (and a little adventure sprinkled in here or there.)