About twice a year, I find myself climbing a wave of positive mindset potential, and I try to ride it like I'm channeling Duke Kahanamoku on any average Tuesday. These periods of self-exploration usually coincide with someone's free 5-day workshop, and for some reason the leaders of said workshops are usually blonde and bubbly and... Continue Reading →
If You’re Not Writing, Be Reading
Currently Reading I read this advice somewhere, "If you aren't writing, be reading," or something to that effect. And hoo boy do I absolutely take it to heart, all day, erry day. I am currently writing a book, which is why I am writing this blog post right now, and why I was reading before... Continue Reading →
Money Flows to Me
Every so often the planets align (or something; I don't know, I'm not a planetologist!) and I move into a woo phase, during which I become convinced that I can manifest all of my wildest dreams. Or, at least a bigger paycheck. If you've read any of my older musings you might remember something I... Continue Reading →
So, To Recap
I promised you a recap of what I've been up to in the nearly 3 years I've been hanging out with the crickets, and I promised it wouldn't be very much. But I lied! So much has happened! When Covid started I was just starting to crawl out of a 2-year stage of introversion and... Continue Reading →
It’s Me, Hi.
Goodness gracious, it's been a minute. (Do the kids still say that? Or the adults, even?). Last time I was here I think I was writing about how Covid probably wasn't going to pan out to be much more than another Swine/Bird/Yadda Yadda flu, and boy oh boy, we all know how that turned out!... Continue Reading →
Things I’m Doing to Avoid Getting Covid-19, aka Coronavirus
1) Washing My Hands. I also made some hand sanitizer. My cuticles are shit now, but I understand it’s my duty to do this so as not to catch, and then spread, germs. The hand sanitizer is new for me; I never really jumped on that train. And I’m glad because recently, my manager at... Continue Reading →
Southern Sojurn to The Sun
The entire time I was there, I kept asking myself: what am I doing in North Carolina? Over and over, in texts and emails to others, and in my own head, what the hell am I doing? Because there was barely a week between returning from Denver and flying off to Raleigh, I didn’t have... Continue Reading →
The March I Remembered Myself
In collaborating with a woman I sort-of know but would like to know better to start a Ladies & Money book club, I began reading our first book. I was nervous that I was starting too soon, as I am a very fast reader, and our meeting wasn’t for another twenty-two days. Coinciding with this... Continue Reading →
Amanda Takes a Minute
I drove to San Francisco for a book reading the other day. It was a Monday; I’d just gotten back from two nights in the cities - San Francisco AND Oakland - the afternoon before, and I was tired. I’d gotten up at 5am to work the 6am shift so I could get some hours... Continue Reading →
Allow Me to Tell You About This Girl
She is turning 11 years old. I don’t remember what this feels like. I don’t even remember what the experience of being a little girl feels like, for that matter. I do suspect that I was nothing like her. There are days I come inside from the trailer in the backyard which doubles as... Continue Reading →
Amanda Janik 