I put together these cards with some facts about me, so you can feel at ease and know there’s a real human on the other side of the screen 🩵

By degree, I could start my own mobile network company and repair the cell towers that give us internet and phone service. In theory, of course! In real life, I chose to be happy and do design 😚

Over the years, you realize that the real wealth (and the real hype) is loving parents, your own family, and everyone you love being healthy. I adore big family celebrations when all the relatives get together, cozy weekend get-togethers with my parents, spontaneous trips, and when my grandma packs me extra food to take home (homemade cutlets with mashed potatoes) and my mom hands me some homemade fruit drink and an apple pie straight out of the oven.

Honestly, I don’t get at what point people grow up, get married and have kids. Mentally I’m still 16, and my biggest problem is how to cheat on a test and skip home happily when school lets out early. But in real life, I’m a wife with a new last name in my passport, and I’m incredibly happy to love and be loved. I wish everyone endless love and a truly sincere person by their side 🩵

I love animals. When I moved my cat from my parents’ place, he went through his teenage phase, and now he’s the most affectionate cat in the world. Sometimes this world feels amazing: animals sense our emotions, wait for us to come home, truly get attached and become real family members. I see him as my little son, and it seems he feels that kindness and gives it right back 🥺

My mom often calls me a “klutz,” and it’s honestly true. I don’t know why, but whenever I try to do something quietly, everything falls with a crash, and whenever I prepare for an important meeting, nothing goes as planned. I’m probably not the only one, but that’s what life is: funny, imperfect, not always the way you want. I’m the world champion of phrases like “everything happens for a reason,” “someone up there was looking out for me,” and “better to lose money than your health!”

Thank God I have friends! I’m grateful that I rack my brain over how to combine two different friend groups at my birthday party, that I always try to fit our hangouts into my plans, and that I go to bed late because it’s impossible to get everyone to leave and we end up laughing until midnight. Thank you for the ab workout from all that laughing! I wish everyone true, sincere friends. People say “a friend in need is a friend indeed,” but the truth is, not every “true friend” will be genuinely happy for you when things go great and you’re on top of the world. I wish everyone the kindest, most sincere and empathetic friends!!

Lately, I’ve realized you don’t have to chase perfection and wait for the day when you’ll finally get fit, lose weight, or become someone better and more beautiful. Come on, people! When are we going to actually live? Work out for yourself and your health, so your future self will thank you! Love yourself now and enjoy today. There’s no time to put it off!

What worries me is how to fit everything into one lifetime: travel everywhere, try different sports and different fields, become a mom of three little angels, start a profitable business, speak several languages fluently, and build my dream body. From that list, I want to make at least lifelong travel a must 😭

Story time: I’d spent the whole night preparing to defend a report in class and slept for only 3 hours! At lunch between classes, my boyfriend suddenly disappeared, then called me and said I had to drop everything, go to the bus stop and get in his car. Wait, what about my report?! 😭 Of course, I went with him anyway. He even blindfolded me so I wouldn’t know where we were going, and we ended up at a skydiving center... They spent an hour and a half talking me into jumping. By then I suspected something was up and agreed. As the plane climbed, all my fear disappeared. My boyfriend was supposed to jump first, and right before jumping he shouted, “Will you marry me?” And of course I followed him out of the plane, and then I married him!!

The scariest part was the free fall, about 20 seconds. It feels like your heart stops and your insides shift around, you speed up to 200 km/h (about 125 mph), and all you can think is “please let the parachute open.” When it opens and jerks you upward, it feels like your heart might burst... And even for someone who isn’t afraid of heights, it’s a little scary to sit strapped to a “balloon” with more than a kilometer (over half a mile) between you and the ground, just dangling your legs and trying to look around instead of down! It was really cool, of course, but I never want to do it again 😊