About Me — Dagmara Sajdak. Gen-Z; Engineering student; animal…
By: Dagmara Sajdak
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Gen-Z; Engineering student; animal lover; self-proclaimed writer

Introduction — some basic bits and bobs

Me, clowning around, circa 2019

Hi! My name’s Dagmara, but most people can’t pronounce it very well and call me Mara for short. Currently, I’m studying Engineering. If all goes well, I will be a qualified Engineering Technician by Summer 2021. Right now, I’m unemployed because I left my last job as a PA due to sexual harassment.

I’m a first-generation immigrant as I was born and raised in Poland until I moved to the UK with my parents some years ago. Currently, I live in one of the biggest cities in England.

Hobbies

I like learning new languages. However, I’m only fluent in English and Polish so far. I know French and BSL at a decent level that allows me to communicate but sometimes results in native speakers giggling at my efforts. I understand the basics of a couple of other languages, but I don’t consider myself proficient enough to really list them.

I always had a passion for writing. When I was about 10 I first decided I wanted to write a novel (which of course I didn’t work out at the time, but I never abandoned the goal itself). Since then, I have worked on some bigger and smaller projects. I have an account on Quora and Fanfiction.net. Both of which I used to visit very regularly. Over the years, I made two or three failed attempts at blogging, which for everyone’s sake we don’t talk about. I have been working on a book series for some time now while juggling school, work, and some personal issues. Hopefully, in a couple of years, it will be done, polished, edited, and published. That’s one of my top goals in life.

Right now, I intend to focus on Medium. My goal for now is to get to a stable income of $80 dollars per month, so I can pay for my partner’s therapy. Unfortunately, I’m not naturally great at consistency, so I know I will need to work very hard to get there.

I like gaming — I have a PS3 and a PS4. The games I usually go for tend to be plot-heavy. If you scroll down a bit more, you can read about my favourite games.

Obviously, I read quite a lot. I haven’t been particularly good with books recently, but I read articles, posts, and answers on a daily basis. I also like musicals. In particular, Hamilton and Heathers. (I was going to watch Hamilton in London this year, but it was cancelled because of the pandemic).

I’m interested in psychology and never miss the opportunity to learn new things about it.

I enjoy SCUBA diving, even though it’s usually well out of my budget. I even have a scar from one of my first dives. I hope to become a Dive Guide one day.

Favourites

My favourite shows: Killing Eve; iZombie; Brooklyn 99; How To Get Away With Murder (I’m only on season 2 of HTGAWM, so no spoilers)

My favourite films: the whole Saw franchise; Atomic Blonde; The Midnight Meat Train

My favourite games: the Mass Effect trilogy; Until Dawn; Assassin’s Creed II and Odyssey.

My favourite books: Millenium; Vampire Academy; Fingersmith; The Hunger Games. (Once again, please, no spoilers because I haven’t finished some of them)

My favourites in the music industry: Billie Eilish, P!nk; Dua Lipa, Avicii, Imagine Dragons (They’re just the ones I can think of at the top of my head. Admittedly, most of my playlists were made by my partner because our tastes in music align almost completely)

My favourite cuisine: Greek and Chinese

My favourite fruit: strawberries

Personal life

I have two kittens. Lilith and Lucifer. The biblical anthology is mostly coincidental. I named Lucifer because he would always, without fail, come over when we were watching the Netflix show “Lucifer”. I let my mom name Lilith, and she just seems to like the name. Besides, we like the alliteration because the kittens have been inseparable from the very beginning.

Lucifer when he was little

Lucifer is blind. We are unsure whether he’s entirely blind or just mostly blind. He is a big fan of baths and everything to do with water.

I have a long-term partner that I love and appreciate a lot. For privacy reasons, I won’t include a photo or a name (at least not just yet).

I have a decent relationship with my parents, but I don’t have much contact with the rest of my family.

Contact

If you want to talk to me either casually or about business, my e-mail address is dagmara.sdk@gmail.com

Feel free to contact me. I don’t bite, I have two cats for that. I check my e-mail daily, so I shouldn’t keep you waiting for too long (unless I’m really busy).

Keep in mind that any inappropriate messages might result in getting blocked. Be nice and respectful, and I’ll be sure to do the same.

Some random facts about me to finish off