Hi, I’m Sonia.
I’ve been writing this blog for a couple of years now and I still haven’t figured out the right way to introduce myself, so I’ll just tell you some things that are true.
I live in Goa with my husband and daughter. I work as a writer for tech, healthcare, and AI companies. My job involves taking complex, dry, important ideas and making them clear and interesting. I genuinely love what I do because I get to work with really, really smart people.
I grew up moving around a lot, between cities and countries but I call myself a Bombay girl. That’s where I spent fifteen years of my life before I found myself in Goa. I think I’ll always be a big city person at heart, and in my mind, and in the fervent pace at which I walk. The theme of home, change, and belonging shows up a lot in my writing.
For fun, I read a lot, I play with my daughter, I do MMA, I bake bread, and I spend time with a small, precious group of friends and family that are, without a doubt, the finest people in the world.
My faith is extremely important to me, and it’s the key lens through which I see the world. My essays usually cover the things I’m interested in: Culture, modern life, relationships, media, internet, and philosophy.
These are the kinds of things that keep me up at night and, eventually, end up here.
I like sitting with questions, and following them wherever they lead. Questions matter a lot to me—sometimes more than answers.
Most of what I write starts as a conversation with a friend, or something I read somewhere, or a question I’ve been pondering. Writing is how I find out what I actually think.
One thing I knew from the start was that I didn’t want this blog to become a public diary. It’s very tempting to mine your life for content, and it’s rewarding too. People are curious about other people, so am I. Intimacy is compelling that way. It creates a sense of closeness and makes people want to keep reading.
BUTTT I’m not always convinced that this kind of closeness is meaningful. Personal detail can give the impression of depth without actually leading to insight. It can satisfy curiosity without offering anything else.
I wanted this blog to be a place for thinking, which is why I try to write through ideas rather than simply offering up my life.
Every now and then, I break my own rules and unpack stuff that’s going on in my life. If you want to get to know me better, these essays will help:
- A deep dive into my years of diary writing
- The internet does motherhood dirty
- What online school taught me about digital identity
- Dealing with loss
- My thoughts on living a mundane life
- How I tackle getting older
I’m really glad you’re here.