Amy Kennedy
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I was invited to a Bridal Shower. I had the gifts and the card, all I needed was something other than last years Christmas wrapping aka a gift bag. Have I ever told you how I hate to spend too much on things that might get thrown away? Like 7.99 on a birthday card…I don’t…
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I accidentally drove past my childhood home this past weekend and it was tiiiiiiiny! I mean it was a normal sized house, just not the size I remember. And the vast side yard? A quarter of the size I remember. There were still pine trees in the front yard but the lower branches had been…
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This commercial has me thinking about life, specifically a life lived only for a vacation. What the hell kind of life is that? This is your life! Do the things to create a better life: Change jobs Sell your house Make new friends Visit a local museum Read amazing books Call a friend and DON’T complain Make…
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Or, what comes after affirmations… We love to talk, right? we love to talk about ourselves and our ideas, our childhoods and all the horrors (imagined or real) of that, we love to talk about all the things we want to do in our lifetime. We. Love. To. Talk. Talk, talk, talk… But, I’m…
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Are you afraid of how great the thing you want to do would be if you actually did it? Does just thinking about it scare you? Aren’t we hilarious–oooh, I’d like to do that, I think I might even be great at that…or, you know, maybe okay at it…I mean, I wouldn’t even know how…
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Do you use the Amy Method of setting and achieving goals? Not sure? Let’s test it: Decide setting goals is the way to go, because, A goal without a plan is just a dream, is a wicked cool quote even though it doesn’t quite fit…but you figure the first step is a realio-trulio goal. Decide…
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My mother, Joan Kennedy has been saying daily affirmations for, gee, 50+ years, she’s been speaking and writing about the benefits of daily affirmations for 40+ years, I always listened to my mom and have been wowed by her public speaking talks for 30+ years. How long do you think I’ve been saying daily affirmations? Less…
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Back in April I wrote a post Hopelessly Devoted to You, in it I wrote about being devoted to yourself–I’d like to continue the conversation, because it’s important, and because I like to repeat myself :). Question, how often do you say to your best friend, What an idiot! Why won’t you learn? Could you be…
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Look, I love to flip through an In-Style or Vogue once in awhile–and I love to see what everyone’s wearing on the red carpet, but I am not a slave to fashion. I am a happiness warrior. For others as well as for myself–you will be happy, dammit! Which also means, I like to wear…
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Who are you hopelessly devoted to? Child Lover Partner Parent Sibling Friend… What about yourself? Did that make you feel a little squeemy? (It’s a word.) A whole lot selfish, or maybe you think I’m selfish for even asking the question. Well let me tell you why I ask this; I was feeling lost in my…
Amy Kennedy The Creative Crone 