I am embarking on another world-traveling journey this week – to Israel. It is my heart and deepest desire to travel the world. Because of this, it felt appropriate to reflect on how far I’ve come. I added some posts from the distant painful past to the bottom of the page, but thought I would […]
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Life – According to Me
Hi – I’m Amanda. This is life – according to me.
The Train
Reduce Your Stress and Enjoy Your Life Have you ever heard the story of the train? In the story, the people on this fast moving, roller-coaster like train intend to exit the train when they reach this city or that city. They say they will get off the train to enjoy a city and stay awhile, but […]
Quarter-Life-Crisis
What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do Next Coffee shop – 2 am – studying – having a mini-quarter life crisis. This isn’t like the full-on quarter-life-crisis of 2008 in which I rearranged my entire life and moved across the country to pursue my education (best decision of my life). This […]
Health
Four Ways to Burn More Calories at Home, in the Gym, and at the Table. First of all, I’m not obsessed with calories. The most important thing is to get the nutrients that your body needs every day of your life. However, since calories are an easy way to examine a workout and a meal, […]
Life-Lessons
Grab the Keys and Get in the Back Seat! My car died Monday night. It decided enough was enough – 189,131 miles was all it was able to give to me and krrrr-plunk, she was gone. No warning was given. She gave up the good fight. So I, of course, decided to improvise! […]
Lessons from the Past
When you find an old journal. . . (Originally written Jan. 10, 2010) I’ve been writing my entire life. I started when I was 5. I have probably 100 journals completely filled with my hopes, dreams, desires, visions, fears, all the guys I thought I’d marry, and more. When I found this entry from a very […]
The Worst of the Worst
[I’m posting this because I think it’s okay to be this vulnerable. I guess I think it’s fine to expose yourself. . . because that shows you and who ever is listening how far you’ve come. Reading this, It doesn’t seem like me, not really even a very sad, scared, pessimistic version of me, but that’s […]
