Welcome to my first newsletter. I’m Elena.
Usually, I’m a content consumer. I enjoy reading articles and subscribing to other people’s newsletters, but never in a million years did I think I would be here as a writer and creator. After giving in to the impulse to sign up on Substack a few days ago, I decided that this would be the beginning of my content creation journey in the form of writing ✍️ . You’re entitled to criticize 🤔 my content however you want to or ignore 🫣 it altogether. I won’t be offended, I promise. At the end of the day, I’m just a young, dumb, and broke individual who is trying to figure things out along the way. The [unconventional and unpredictable] journey I’m on should be fun tho :)
Here are some things you should know about me:
I’m on a half-gap year until December.
I’m based in Toronto but will move to Boston next January to start college.
I’m a 17-year-old girl who’s anxious about her 18th birthday coming up this week.
Writing used to be my biggest fear, but here we are 🤯.
I’m an overthinker and a perfectionist(ik, it’s BAD), but hey, this is me trying to become more action-oriented.
I’ve been learning Python 🐍 for the past month and want to get to a 100-day streak.
I like business, entrepreneurship, startups, philosophical conversations, a bit of tech, and meeting new ppl!!
I play basketball 🏀 and chess ♟
I love iced coffee 🫶
Shoutout to my friend, Hardeep, for encouraging me to seek discomfort by putting out imperfect content on the internet.
Shameless plug🤓: watch my College Decision Reaction Video on Youtube and subscribe to my channel!
Be authentic, be vulnerable
Elena 💓
Love how casual your writing is, feels like I’m listening you talk rather than it just being a two dimensional block of text.
Looking forward to seeing your next posts in my inbox! 📬