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A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME

Hi lovelies, thank you for joining this beautiful journey with me.

As you might already know (if you’ve read the ‘about’ tab), my name is Singita Shiluva Khosa and I am 18 years old. I was born in Johannesburg, moved to Durban when I was 11 and moved back to Johannesburg this year for University. I am currently in the University of Witwatersrand studying a Bachelor of Health Sciences (Biomedical).

There is so much I want to say but I’m going to keep this brief and just tell you a little bit more about me. My entire life I have always dreamt of being independent, being able to travel the world whenever, being my own ‘boss’, working from wherever, on my own terms and at my own time. I am a firm believer of working hard at your goals instead of living your life building someone else’s. I have recently joined an Online Beauty Business that gives me all of these things (we’ll talk about it later), and I couldn’t be happier!

I have had so many people tell me how much they want my life or ask me how I manage to juggle all that I do and still manage to stay sane and to be quite honest, I don’t actually know! But I’m just here to tell you that my life, much like every other internet human you meet, is not all fun and roses. I have good days and really bad days. I am a perfectionist who sometimes likes to pretend / tell herself that she is super woman, when I know very well that I’m barely holding things together. I hate looking weak and I really do enjoy accomplishing tasks on my own. My friend Karabo (total babe by the way, you will hear more about her later) literally said to me two days ago, “Why do you always have to pretend like you’re super woman, can’t you just admit for once that you need help?”

There was a time in my life where I struggled immensely with self-esteem issues and that is the main reason why I started modelling. I wanted to break out of my shell and learn to love every single part of me, even the parts that no one else claps for. I joined the most amazing modelling agency in February 2016 (@imodelmngt) and I honestly can’t imagine my life without it. My biggest achievement has been modelling for Mr Price (TWICE – I’m still so shook and so grateful). Since I’ve joined, I’ve grown so much as a person, I’ve learnt more about myself and I’ve learnt to interact with different types of people – ultimately making me a wholesome person. I, like any human – still have days where I feel ugly or not good enough, but my overall general feel and look towards life and myself is mainly positive. And that makes me so happy. It’s so important to be your own biggest fan.

I also used to really love sport, specifically – athletics (sprints), soccer and netball. In the end of grade 10, beginning of grade 11, I kind of quit all 3. I’m not too sure why (at the time I used the ‘grade 11 is so hard and so demanding’ excuse) but to be quite honest, I just fell out of love with sport. I tried really hard to enjoy them again but it didn’t feel genuine and felt more like a chore than a hobby, which makes me sad. I really want to get back into some sort of fitness at some point! My body really does hate me for it.

I am so happy I finally started this blog. I do have a YouTube channel but along with sport and many other things I used to love, I’ve fallen out of love with the feeling of creating content. And I always want to portray the most authentic parts of me (well..to whatever extent I can). Writing however, has always been a passion of mine therefore writing this blog makes me feel all types of satisfied. I currently am working on a poetry book that I hope to publish in the near future, so starting this blog just felt right for me.

And talking about my body, I have struggled A LOT with weight-loss over the past year and a half and I would really love to tell you my story…it’s taken me a while to find the courage to speak about it (stay tuned, i’ll be posting it soon) but I hope it one day inspires someone or reminds them that they need to love their body and teach their mind to respect it. Regardless of what social media or society says. Love your body unconditionally and wholeheartedly.

I have so much to say to the world and I can’t wait to share it all with you. Thank you for being part of my journey, I appreciate you!

With all my love,

Singi xox