INTRODUCTION & PERSONAL STORIES
About Me — Sarah Meier
A Medium author with less anecdotes, more antidotes. Less ‘me’, more ‘we’.
Roughly 19 percent of people worldwide spend between three and four hours writing a blog post. I guess I’d consider myself one of these people. Only three percent of bloggers post daily. A total of 24 percent of bloggers post weekly. I fall into the latter category. I just made my first 1.16 dollars on Medium. I don’t even know how that converts into Great British pounds, but I like an enigma. Interesting and insightful as they may be, stats, numbers and metrics give us little more than a black-and-white picture. I try not to give too many f***s about all numbers, just the important ones. Like birthdays.
I’m Sarah (phonetically ‘Sara’), I’m from the south of the UK — just outside London — and I grew up in a household with my non-identical twin sister and German parents who migrated to the UK in the 1980s. I started writing Medium articles in November 2020.
Voilà, some dating-app-style insights into me:
- I hold a bachelor’s degree in German, French and Italian. I love culture, language, communication and the way we connect with each other and our surroundings. Since graduating in 2017, I have worked as a translator, content manager, researcher and editor.
- Animals are great. They are far better than humans — of this I am confident.
- I love sports. Watching, playing, attending.
- I smile a lot and partake regularly in joke-cracking. British panel shows that embrace sarcasm and dry humour are a dream.
- Tea is life — and I therefore successfully fulfil the great British stereotype.
Where I’m headed
Who knows. In this world of too many options, life isn’t easier; it’s harder. How the f*** are we supposed to find Robert Frost’s road not taken or less travelled by in this chaos? Tbh, as far as I’m concerned — mainstream road or not — I will take whatever road feels right for me. In this very moment, writing on here and being myself seems to working out just fine.
On a platform that’s pretty competitive and already saturated with SEO experts and blogging gurus, I just want to stay true to myself. I don’t want to write for the sake of writing. If I write weekly, it’s not to adhere to blogging recommendations on posting consistently to gain a following; it’s so I can find my flow. So far, my most used story tags are ‘Mental Health’ ‘Self Love’, ‘Self Care’, ‘Self Improvement’, ‘Self Help’, ‘Confidence’, and I’d say these are fair indicators of what’s to come in terms of my content. Confidence is something about which I’m particularly keen to write, so perlease stay tuned for such articles.
Why did I opt for watercolour-style images in my stories? At first, I thought I chose the surreal colour pallet because it let me crucially and momentarily escape reality. Something I’ve wanted to do at several low points I’ve had this year. But actually, with this vibrancy and abstraction, I weirdly feel more present. Less passive. More inspired. More engaged. There’s nothing fictitious about my writing, but why not infuse reality with energy, imagination and fantasy. It can’t hurt, right?
Where you should head
I’m really friendly by nature, so feel free to drop me a line on Medium or on LinkedIn — whichever works best for you.
I do love receiving compliments (who doesn’t) and feedback. I pride myself on being a good participant in discussions and a good recipient of recommendations.
You could (*should*) also head over to my other blog articles, which are multiplying by the week.
