Safina

My name is Angelina, I am 19 years old. I am one of those people who is difficult to imagine without a smile, conversations and laughter. I am very sociable, I easily find a common language with people and can talk even with a person I see for the first time. I like to be among people, get to know each other, listen to other people's stories and, of course, tell my own. Sometimes even too much. 😄

I have brown hair, brown eyes and long, beautiful fingers - a detail that I especially like about myself. And I also have the same smile, which seems to say a lot about my character: I am open, cheerful and like to find a reason to be in a good mood even on an ordinary day. I generally like to have fun. I like spontaneous meetings, long walks, funny conversations, evenings with friends and those moments when you can just let go of all your thoughts and laugh from the heart. I can start telling one story, remember three more along the way, jump to a completely different topic, and then return to the first one. And this can go on for hours. Perhaps that is why I chose journalism.

I am interested in people. I am interested in why they think the way they do, what drives them, what stories are behind their words. I like to ask questions, listen to the answers and notice the details. I want to learn how to tell stories in a way that makes people not just read the text, but as if they are living it together with the hero. And I also love music. And I don’t have one favorite genre that I could call “mine”. It all depends on my mood. Today I might want something fun and energetic, tomorrow I might want calm music, and the day after tomorrow I might listen to something completely different. For me, music is a mood.

Like food. I love fish, and sushi is generally hard to give up. 😄 There is something special about ordering your favorite sushi, turning on the music to suit your mood, and just enjoying the evening. I am still very young, and this is probably what I like the most right now. I have a huge number of opportunities ahead of me. I want to travel, see new cities and countries, meet different people, try new things, and collect as many stories as possible. I want my life to be full of adventures, funny incidents, unexpected acquaintances, beautiful places, and moments that I will remember with a smile many years from now. I don’t want to just watch life. I want to be a part of it.

I want to learn, develop, build my future in journalism and at the same time not forget to live today. Because at 19, there is still a whole world ahead of me. And I want to see it. I want to laugh louder, talk more, travel further, meet interesting people, fall in love with new places and constantly discover something about myself. I don’t know what my story will be like in a few years. But I know one thing: it definitely won’t be boring. Because it contains me — Angelina, a 19-year-old brown-haired girl with brown eyes, a beautiful smile, long fingers, a love for music, sushi, people, conversations and fun. And these are just the first pages. The most interesting is yet to come.

I don’t know how many twists and turns await me. I don’t know what cities I’ll wake up in, what people I’ll meet, what stories I’ll have to tell, and how many times life will force me to change my plans. But I know exactly who I want to be in this story. Alive. Brave. Real. I want to wake up and realize that there’s a whole world ahead of me that I haven’t seen yet. I want to travel, meet new people, fall in love with new cities, laugh until I cry, talk until morning, and one day look back and think, “I really lived this life the way I wanted to.” I want to be a good journalist—one who isn’t afraid to ask uncomfortable questions, notice things that others don’t, and tell stories that leave a mark. But along with my professional dreams, I want to have simple things that make me happy: my favorite music in my headphones, a spontaneous meeting with friends, laughing until my stomach hurts, an evening with sushi, a long conversation about nothing and everything in the world at the same time. I'm 19. And I'm not going to rush through my life. I want to live it beautifully. With mistakes, adventures, victories, unexpected turns and moments that cannot be planned. I want to leave behind not just words, but emotions. Not just photos, but memories. Not just acquaintances, but people who will one day say: "I remember Angelina. She was always fun to be with." And, perhaps, one day, many years later, I will open an old diary or look at my photos and see the same 19-year-old girl there with brown eyes and a wide smile. And I will tell her: “You have no idea how much awaits you.” And then I will smile. Because my story does not end. It is only beginning. And if I am destined to write it myself, I want every page to be worth living. Because I am Angelina. And I did not come into this world to just watch it pass by. I want to see it all. Feel it. Hear it. Tell it. And leave my story in it.