Who is Saya

       

Saya Hillman is from Evanston, IL, has a BA in English & Sociology from Boston College, an MBA from the University of Chicago*, and currently resides in Chicago.  She’s been her own boss since 2004 and thinks self-employment is the best thing ever.  Her focus used to be on digital media and teaching; now it’s on helping others enhance their lives.

*This is a complete lie.  See her Wishes page.

Official Saya Stuff

Official bio.  Official photo #1 and #2.  Official logo.

Saya in List Form

  1. Almost changed her name to “Alexis” in between high school and college because “Alexis” was the name that epitomized normalcy
  2. Unable to do simple conversions – how many quarts in an inch?
  3. Her hair caught on fire at her seventh birthday party
  4. To prepare for a wedding, she cut off her bangs; no one told her that if you don’t want bangs, you grow them out
  5. In response to her selection as one of Chicago Magazine’s Top 20 Singles, a guy blogged:“She lite, mixed, tall and everything a woman needs to be. I could do without all that ambition though.”
  6. Things that make her swoon: white lights in trees, GoogleDocs, good grammar, politically-incorrect humor, and carrot cake
  7. She loves lists.  Employment Criteria List, Boyfriend Criteria List, Housing Criteria List, Life To Do List.

Saya in Esoteric Form

She doesn’t believe in a work-life balance.  She believes in living.  She doesn’t have a job and friends and errand time and professional peers and a fiancé and gym time and family and social time.  They’re all just life.

Sundays used to be “Ugh, I have to go back to _____ tomorrow;” now, she doesn’t know what day it is.

The countdown to 5pm used to be a workday constant; now, she doesn’t know what time it is.

Being social used to rely on others; now, she creates her own fun.

Routine used to be her caffeine; now, possibility/the unknown is her drug of choice.

Clichés she lives by –

  • Stop talking and do
  • Go big
  • Shoot for the stars
  • Life is short
  • Live for today
  • You never know
  • Just ask
  • Just try
  • What’s the worst that could happen?

She enters situations with big-picture expectations – learn a skill, check out a new venue, meet people – not expectations like “I hope I meet someone to date” or “I hope I get a client out of this!”

She’s rarely disappointed.