I have something a little special for you today! On May 1st, 2014, I made a decision that changed everything for me… … if I had not made this decision or delayed it a moment longer, I might not be speaking to you right now. Today… instead of speaking to you as 2017 Amanda who […]
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The Best Year Yet, Lesson 6: Envision and Dream
Hello fabulous friends. So excited to write to you on this lovely Sunday afternoon. The days I find time to stay in bed and journal, read, blog and dream are the best. It seems that the more time I take out for things like this, the more relaxed, calm and happy I am. And the […]

Travel – Five Lessons in Contentment Learned in Europe
I am slightly obsessed with traveling. I went to Europe for the first time last summer, and quickly fell in love. I tried to travel with a group, but found that I preferred the freedom of traveling alone, quickly moving from city to city yet wandering slowly through each one. When I travel, I don’t […]

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 […]