Why being unhappy, unglued, un-nerved, and bored out of your mind can actually be a FaBuLoUs thing. None of us would have a reason to do anything new or different with our lives if we were completely comfortable, content, and settled all the time. Dissatisfaction breads growth. I am in no way suggesting that it’s […]
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The Best is Yet to Come
The Little Things If you haven’t noticed, I am the type to continually ask myself, “What does it all mean?” Part of me thinks that there no meaning, and that we have the ability to make life what we want it to be for us. That is an important part. You can miss out on […]

Haters Gonna Hate
Remember the mean girls from High School? Remember thinking that you would move on, grow up, and not have to deal with clicks or drama anymore? News Flash: Mean girls exist at EVERY age. I was once in a situation where I was thrown into a group of individuals who I was to travel along side. […]
Life – According to Me
Hi – I’m Amanda. This is life – according to me.

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, […]

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 […]