Hi! 👋🏻 I’m Ashley.

Welcome to my profile!

About me

My age will always be the last two numbers of the year. As of 2022, I’m 22. I especially enjoy sharing my experiences through writing as a ‘Medium’, along with other creative outlets.

Being a musician and dancer are big parts of me ingrained into my identity. I’ve been dancing for over half of my life, and have been a full-time music student since 2017, 4 years after being a self taught musician from 2013.

A little bit about my work

I’m a writer and have been writing online since August 2021. I enjoy reading and writing personal essays about the experience, and about anything and everything I am and do, and beyond. One thing about me — I’m interested in a multitude of things!

Here are some of my more popular articles on personal growth and essays, which is what I publish most on:

• Why I’m In a Dilemma About Going Anonymous As An Aspiring Writer On Medium
• 3 Lessons I Learnt About Communication From A Recent Conflict with My Childhood Best Friend
• What Emotional Invalidation Does To Someone And What You Can Do Instead

I sometimes share articles about me and my writing journey.

• My First and Most Popular Article
• Shouting Out To My Fellow Online Friends And Neighbours Across The Globe
• I’ve Finally Beat Procrastination And Made One Of My Plans Come True

I’m currently a full-time music student in college, and I also teach piano part-time. So far, here are the articles on everything music-related: Life as a musician — a music student and teacher:

• 3 Important Life Lessons I Learned As A Classical Musician
• Misconceptions About Music Students and Challenges
• What I Learned In My Past Year Teaching Piano

Some of my personal favourites across all the content I produce:

• Is Happiness Worth Pursuing Or Have You Already Experienced it?
• Dear Younger Self
• Why I Wanted To Withdraw From The College Course Of My Dreams (My first ever article published on Medium)

I’m also an editor (music) for Coffee Times, hosting the Entertainment! Column, and Interviewer for the pub as well — do contact me if you wish to be interviewed! I’ll be happy to connect, make friends, and help promote you and your work! :)

I also edit and publish for another awesome pub called Plethora of Pop! We cover all things pop culture there from music, films and tv, and sometimes more!

Article Series that I’ve Published on Medium

I also have a mini-series that I wrote and published on a topic that I’m really passionate about and have plans to expand on. It’s the Jack of all trades series.

I’ve also created a list containing articles on Medium that I really like, or strongly resonate with. Think of it like a ‘favourites’ list.

These are articles that I’ve learnt from, and feel that they provide valuable insights and lessons to anyone who has to learn from these amazing writers as well.

I certainly recommend all of these articles and writers, and will continue to grow this personal collection.

I’ve also written and published a 10-part series in 2021 on the first 45 articles on this list with some of my personal highlights, reflections and takeaways:

I also run a newsletter where I curate and produce 5 minute content to inspire you with 5 lists of 5 ideas, life lessons, reading resources, and recommendations each!

I’ve also started a Substack to create a space that I could nerd about all things music. This is where I publish content about my journey as a musician, my professional (or not) projects, on learning and teaching, curation (videos, articles, songs and whatnot) and thoughts on stuffs.

If you’re a musician/music lover, I’m sure you’ll find something!

As of July 2022,

I’m not ready for further collaboration as I currently have a lot on my plate (writing and non-writing stuffs), but this might change and be updated in the future. Do reach out anyway and we can be friends! :D

Connect, and let’s keep in touch on Twitter, Substack pub on content curation, Substack pub on all things Music, and Quora. See you around! 👋

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