Hey there. My name is Amanda and if you happened upon this blog, thanks for the time. Anyway, rather than give you this long, drawn out explanation as to who I am, I’d rather show you through my blog posts and whatnot…you can draw your own opinion….

I’m changing habits and creating new ones for myself. I want to continue to evolve and grow; changing some habits (as I have been) has been a good start. I’m thankful for my habit tracker…one of the 5 petite planners (ErinCondren.com) that make up my purse planner (aka traveler’s notebook, as its known in the planner community. I’m a pen and paper kind of person…always will be.) I give myself quiet time to myself to write down the good habits and then at the end of the day, I check mark the ones I did, and I put an “X” on ones I didn’t do. (If you’re looking to do this, you need to be honest with yourself or it won’t work.)

You learn more about yourself too and it’s amazing what comes to the surface as you’re making the changes you’re looking to make. You may even feel regret come to mind, you’ve let whatever go on for a period of time and you regret not addressing it sooner…for example. My tip? Don’t stay in that state of regret because what’s done is done…it’s in the past, it doesn’t matter. Make peace and forgive yourself (I do this through meditation) and then do better from that moment on. Stay in the moment, stay present. (I’m reminding myself as I’m typing this, trust me. It’s a struggle at times…) Relapses happen and if it does, I acknowledge it and move on.

Anyway, I’m excited about what’s to come as I make these changes. (There are some big changes happening too, but I’m not ready to address that.) I’m excited about closing chapters, starting others….excited about this process, etc. Am I nervous or the like? I’d be lying if I said no, but I’ve trained my mind not to stay in that state for long because too much of it will affect me, health-wise. (More on that in a later post.) I’ll have to include a more elaborate post and show off my habit tracker (tomorrow’s post maybe?) to add-on but for now I’ll end this post.

Wherever you are in the world, I hope you’re well. Thank you so much for your time, if you made it this far.

Until next post…