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New Job! Who this?!
I started a new job mid-March – crazy to think that I was able to and lucky enough to quick and find a job so quickly. I am definitely thankful, grateful, and blessed. But, do not be fooled – it was a lot of hard work as well with the emotional rollercoaster of interviewing and moving on in the process vs. getting denied. What I’ve noticed thus far in this new role? Although I went through multiple interviews, it’s hard for people to know the detail and depth of your work experience in a matter for a 30 – 60 minute interview. It is up to you to utilize your…
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I Quit. Now What?
Early February, I put in my two week notice and quit my job with no job lined up and was fully ready to take 6 to 12 months to heal, take classes, and job search. The job I quit had a great mission and great teammates, but unfortunately it was not a great culture fit and I did not feel supported or set up for success in my role. Not to mention, it was a role that did not check even the majority of my career goal boxes and had begun to affect my mental health – hence the quitting. The week of my last day, I had a total…
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The Struggle That Took Me Away
Wow. What. A. Year. When I first started this blog, the focus was supposed to be on health and wellness – both physical and mental. It then morphed into wedding prep and hosting a COVID wedding. Now, it’s more of a continuous “about me”, but I swear this one does tie into the importance of your mental health. Some of you may know that I lost my job in March 2020. Not just my job, but it was my dream job. You guys, I come from a very math and science heavy household growing up but always loved being creative (right side) and artsy (left side) which came out through…
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New Year. Old Traditions.
Happy New Year! It’s finally the end of that never ending year and the start of something new, something hopeful, something of change! We could all use some change and something else to focus on! Every year my husband and I make our vision boards. What is a vision board you ask? A vision board is literally a blank slate – usually we cut a white poster board in half where you share, clip and paste, draw what you envision for your future or what you want to focus on for the upcoming year or few years. This will be our 6th year doing it together and I only remember…
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Ending the Never-Ending Year!
First of all, thank you for your patience with me. I have not written a blog in a couple of months and I wish I had a good reason to or an exciting project I was working on instead, but to be honest, I just did not have the mental capacity to do anymore at the time. I know that I am not alone when saying these past two months have been even more tiresome and mentally draining than almost the rest of the year. The end of the year is usually crunch time – time where you are trying to squeeze in any last minute goals, time to drain…
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Post Wedding Recap
I’m writing this – not even a full week after the wedding, but wanted to honestly debrief with myself before I forget anything from the wedding, the weekend, or even how I’m feeling right now. It all feels like such a blur and I still can’t believe we tied the knot and it’s all over already! Although prep was only two months long and traditional weddings usually take a year of planning, I feel like it was so much work and coordination on our whole village’s part. Literally everyone of our attendees helped with something – whether it was setting up tables and decorations, or helping with the A/V set…
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How We Balanced a Physical & Virtual Wedding
To be honest, at the beginning of planning our wedding, we did not pay much attention to the virtual part of our wedding besides just live streaming it to our friends and family that weren’t able to attend the physical wedding. The aspects of how we made the physical portion of our wedding COVID friendly could be read in my previous blog post here. We were so focused on making the physical wedding as COVID safe as possible, that the virtual portion was unfortunately put on the back burner. Fast forward to a month before the wedding and we started to have conversations with my dad who was originally going…
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Bachelorette Recap
I am not your typical bride – I am pretty low key and low maintenance. I am not one to go to Vegas, get strippers, get super trashed, etc. For my bachelorette it really played out very well and COVID actually helped me have a bachelorette that was more catered to my personality. I only had at a maximum four girls attend the bachelorette at one time. Only two were there for the whole weekend which consisted of a Friday evening to a Sunday late breakfast. My sister only came during the day on Saturday. But, to me, it was perfect. I didn’t mind that everyone wasn’t there for the…
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I’m freakin’ getting married!
Welp! We are doing the impossible and getting married during a pandemic! My fiance, Brandon, and I were driving to a disc golf course when I asked him what his thoughts were on having a small backyard wedding this year in late summer/early fall just a month ago. I was getting really frustrated with how COVID-19 has changed the events world drastically – especially since that is what my career is focused on, but also because it literally put a halt on our wedding planning. I give props to those couples that have had to either drastically change their wedding vision and/or had to postpone their weddings. For me, even…
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Start of a Journey!
Hello everyone! I am Amelia and the face behind the Thanxamelion blog. I am starting this blog to create a safe place for people to gather and take the time to make themselves a priority. I want to empower people to live their best lives by focusing on both mental and physical health. During this bizarre quarantine time, there has definitely been a major shift in my life as I’m sure there has been in yours as well. I unfortunately got laid off in mid-March and have been on the job hunt ever since and like many others have had to tap into unemployment benefits, having my feelings of self-worth…
