Who is @event-horizon?

Whenever someone asks about my introduction, I go like...

I am Hira. I like books. I do nothing interesting. (I am an impostor - I can recall some achievements but that's bragging). That's all. Thank you.

I tried writing my introduction twice on Steemit but that feels like an eternity. I feel I didn't do it right then, besides I've evolved so much as a person that a re-introduction (an update) has become inevitable. I partly blame the compulsion to do so on my good old friend, weisser-rabe's who-is-who contest/initiative.

Before you drift away from this unintentional blabbing - allow me to tell you who is event-horizon in more detail. (As if I am an interesting personality...😏)

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In an astronomical context, the event horizon is an invisible boundary around a black hole, beyond which 'escape velocity' surpasses the speed of light which means it's a 'point of no return' as the speed of light is the cosmic speed limit.

I am a space geek and although not sure, most likely, the movie Interstellar was on my mind when I was registering for Steemit.

On several occasions, I have cursed myself for choosing a weird username, but with time it grew on me and it has become my identity now.

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So, Steem's event-horizon is in her early thirties now (no, the time didn't dilate for me 😅). She doesn't live on the outskirts of a black hole but in a beautiful Earthian country, Pakistan. Let's hear her out...

When all my friends were applying for medical schools, I wanted to be a Chartered Accountant (no clue why) but somehow, I ended up in an engineering university, studying Computer Science. I immediately fell in love with the world of coding - from the adrenaline rush of running a successful Quick Sort to working on Semantic Web when the concept was still new - I learned a lot. It is my dream to pursue a Master's degree from MIT but it seems impossible under my current responsibilities.

Furthermore, my mom-brain has now taken over my logical brain cells but I dearly miss problem-solving, designing algorithms, and writing codes. I satisfy my cravings by reading up on the work of Steem developers nowadays but I feel I have lagged behind a lot in this ever-evolving field.

I chose to be a stay-at-home mom, so I've always taken up light and flexible online gigs. Later in life, I found my passion in writing - since then CS has been a history, anyway.

I think that's enough for my educational background and sporadic work life. Let's switch to my other passions and leisure activities.

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I love collecting and reading fictional books in English. My recent purchase is an Empyrean Series by Rebecca Yarros. I'm guilty of reading Urdu very less because I'm more inclined towards fantasy fiction which is hardly written by any Urdu author. Although, some of the life-changing and the most thought-provoking fiction books that I've read are written in Urdu. This year, I promised myself to read more in my native language.

Since kids, I don't watch much TV except for a casual bedtime episode of some sitcom with my husband, like Friends, The Big Bang Theory, and The Ranch.

Most of my day is spent running after my kids. One loves to talk and the other wants to play all the time.

I am fond of visiting new places that hold history and are culturally rich. I wish to visit Baluchistan someday. There are some foreign countries on my bucket list too. But the expense of traveling from Pakistan has only allowed me to visit Turkey yet. If I get money today, I'd catch the first plane I can to the Middle East or Europe.

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Coming to my Steem journey... Before Steem, I had never heard of blockchain and only some bits and pieces about Bitcoin. I got to know about this blockchain through a random Facebook group in 2018. I was sure it was just another form of scam but my curiosity led me to register an account which took 5 days. It's been six years now on Steem and I have remained active at least half the time. My Steem growth had been exponential after the first few months of trial and error. I had been a diligent moderator in Steem Women's Club, Steemit Pakistan, Steem Kids (sadly the first two communities were disbanded) - a Greeter in the Newcomers' Community - a Country Representative - a Community Curator for the first six months straight - ran Engagement Challenges for multiple communities at the same time - Fought against abusers all the while.

Whooshh... I have done a lot. People used to ask me how could I possibly handle so many tasks simultaneously. I guess you only need to be passionate about something to pull it off.

I took a break last year when I burned out, it wasn't a break actually, I thought I'd never come back again. Although, I didn't power down for months because it turned out to be the hardest decision. Just when I got the courage and was done with the deed, I felt the loss. It's funny because in reality, I had all the liquid assets in hand after years.

I'm back now, all credit goes to my friends. There are days when I feel optimistic and think about bringing back my steem. Maybe one day... I just need that passion back.

^{Picking cherries and not posing - Hunza '23}

^{I still think I didn't do it right. Maybe that's how you feel about introductions always, no matter the number of attempts.}