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Hi, it’s Amanda!   A few weeks ago, I wrote a couple of vulnerable posts that detailed some of my personal ups and downs.  I wanted to write an update on how I’m doing.  You can read those previous posts here: My Enemy That Feels Good. How Much Does a Fertility Appointment Cost? I’m proud to sayRead more

Today I’m going to share some cold, bold, and blunt truth I’ve been learning recently:  “If you listen to what feels good in your life, you’ll find that voice is often a liar.”   I feel like we’re living in an age that defines normalcy as:  “Do whatever makes you feel good.”  But from myRead more

I am a huge fan of plays and musicals.  And this week, I got to attend the current big-daddy of them all:  Hamilton.  If you don’t know what Hamilton is, it is a genre-bending, Broadway musical with a hip-hop story-line based on Alexander Hamilton’s life.   Alexander Hamilton was one of America’s founding fathers whoRead more

I, Amanda, have a bad habit I want to confess today.  I too often want my life to be an Insta-pot.  This is what I mean:  I want all my dreams to come true in 20 minutes or less.  I want all my actions to look like I’ve been practicing them for years, even whenRead more

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I’ve been dealing with disappointments in life the last few months.   I’ve been trying to get pregnant since the middle of summer, but every month, I’ve had to deal with seeing the same disappointment: a negative test result.   I am not going to lie. I thought my dream of becoming a mother wouldRead more

The first step I took to find my real-self was going on a mission to destroy the lies I tell myself to fit in. The way to create wealth is simple:  we must learn from our mistakes; put our revelations into practice; and destroy the poisonous lies we tell ourselves to fit in.     IRead more

Stop wasting your time, and take control of your life!  An awesome life will not come to you.  You have to go and find it.   Waiting for tomorrow to start finding yourself, is like setting today on fire and hoping it’s ashes will turn into something great.     Over the weekend, I texted aRead more

My husband and I got into a big fight in our marriage last night for no good reason.  Fighting in a relationship hurts.  Relationship fights don’t need to happen.  This is what we learned, and how we’re going to overcome our marriage fights in the future.   To tell the full story, I need toRead more

Stepping out with faith into the unknown, and going on an adventure outside of your comfort zone, is one of the most overlooked steps on the stairway to build wealth.   I am 35 years old, and my wife is 27. When we started dating, we had some bad debt: a school and car loanRead more