ABOUT: WELCOME & WHY
Welcome and Why
Hi fellow overthinker (or just normal thinker! those are welcome to) .
Quick intro, my names Tasha (aka tashy tink) & the lil spaniel/i.e. my shadow is Mino (aka Mino Mouse…my family and I have an obsession with alliterations…and puns (as you will inevitably find out))
W H Y BLOG/YOUTUBE/INSTAGRAM?
I wanted to start with a brief introduction so you can get to know me and why I have started this blog.
Or maybe you do know me. In which case I should probably state this is not a baking blog (well not entirely…). Or perhaps you are reading this and you know exactly why I am writing (in which case yep I finally just grew a pair and clicked post. So you won’t have to have a should I, shouldn’t I Tasha anxiety cycle about it anytime soon – You’re patience is much appreciated).
Regardless I thank you for the support whoever you are and I hope it’s worth the click.
There is a long list of reasons I am starting a blog and perhaps one day I will share them all. For now? I will stick with giving you a an idea of the purpose of this blog/channel/page… or as I call it safety bubble
There are a lot of things that millennials could be remembered for, a lot of positive things.
However unfortunately I think one that we are at risk of being remembered for is the overwhelming amount of mental health problems. One of the main drivers behind this epidemic (impressive word I know), I believe is due to the fact our way of life revolves around pressure. A pressure that starts as soon as we enter the school system and will never stop, if you let it that is. The education system is just one form this pressure takes on.
In my 7th draft I did discuss most of them..
….however I seem to remember I said brief…Tasha with 10 coffees in her got a bit carried away…it was not brief….it was a book. So before I accidentally write an online diary instead of a blog – I think I need to practice how to stick to the point (for both our sakes if your attention span can be anything like mine).
For a l o n g time I was extremely depressed. I am an anxious person in general and incredibly self conscious. At the time I had a lot of undiagnosed health concerns and some other factors going on through college which were affecting me (and as a result my family).
I baked, I smiled around my friends, I got through the lessons and when I couldn’t do that I would just skip. However if you know me vaguely you probably had no idea.
My point is (I promise I will get there) I was probably (and am) surrounded by people struggling on the inside and smiling on the out. I am well aware that how I was feeling is no exception and if everyone went on X-factor we would all have a sob story (harsh but true).
THAT is why I started this blog.
To offer some ☀ positivity ☀ when you need it because regardless of your life stage, gender, age etc no one is immune to life’s stresses, insecurities or feeling low.
If I can offer coping mechanisms from what I have learnt over the past few years, an acknowledgement to those reading they are not alone. I feel like it won’t have been a waste of time.
Hopefully there will be something for everyone, I like variety (I mean my Netflix history ranges from “Making of a Murderer” to “Spongebob”…)
Whether that be in the form of a new favourite cake recipe (cause we all know cake can put a smile on anyone’s face – unless you are my sister…in which case you are gluten intolerant…in which case cake might not put a smile on your face), puppy spam posts (unless you are my sister…in which case you are allergic to dogs….in which case this might not be your smile hack either) or some tasha verbal diarrhea to laugh at
(such a way with words, you can see why I leave my tinder bio blank…).
Right. Draft 21 we got there in the end and hopefully so did you – in which case I thank you ever so much for sticking it through 🙂
Tasha and Mino x
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGrJSEuipVQXt6MmeBuiUSA