Ah, I love you guys. My little extroverted buddies. You beg me to come to school events, call you on the phone, and just get more outside of my shell. Which I don’t but I appreciate the effort. I appreciate you guys IMMENSELY. So, I can’t imagine how hard this whole pandemic has been. I …
Hey there, beloved! How’s your quarantine going? I wanted to chat about loneliness today. I’m an introvert, yet—yes—quarantine still gets me in a funk sometimes. I don’t go as stir crazy, perhaps, as an extrovert, but no one wants to be 100% alone! (P.S. I’m not ignoring you extroverts! I’ll be focusing on you next …
Perhaps you guys remember my review of Robin Jones Gunn’s Becoming Us. I have a soft spot for Robin’s books because they helped steer me in the right direction during my teen years and help me see the practical side of Christianity. So I was THRILLED when my dad threw an envelope my direction and …
Being vulnerable is so hard but important, and OBO is all about facing the real life problems with real life truth and hope. That’s why I’m sharing about my own journey through depression and food sensitivities. These topics are hard and not fun, but important. I’m sure there are others of you that have dealt …
Yup, that’s right! You read the title correctly (well done, you literate person, you). Listen to your emotions! Now, here’s the caveat: you also have to decode your emotions. This is where I often fall flat. I ask myself, “Amanda: what should we do here?” And I do the magical, fairy INFP-thing and say, “Well, …
These are the questions don’t voice. The ones we keep tucked deep in our minds, our hearts. The ones we whisper in the dark at night when things are just too hard. God, can you really answer this prayer? Welcome to the fourth episode of our Beloved Chat YouTube series. We’re talking about whether God …
I AM SUCH A WORRY WART Literally ask anyone I know. Especially my family. The problem with me is that my brain never turns off. It’s constantly starting new tabs. Those tabs are often lists of possible terrible outcomes, ways I can fail, and how best to avoid those circumstances. Before the summer started, I …
I didn’t understand it. Almost every day now, at some point I had this feeling of not being able to breathe. It was like there was a very chubby gopher sitting on my chest. At one point, these feelings grew worse and worse until one day, in the middle of a service, I thought the …
i’m writing to the girl who wants to give up. to the girl who’s just opened up this blog post, maybe almost mindlessly. there’s always going to be difficulties. yours isn’t any less important than others. you shy away from mirrors, wear baggy clothes, and don’t stand tall anymore because you don’t like what you …
Burnout is a real thing. Especially during the middle of the semester. I’m writing this post because I’m in the midst of a burnout right now. The last magazine really drained me (not in a bad way . . . but in a this-is-a-TON-of-work-and-I’ve-used-up-all-of-my-allotted-creativity-for-this-month kinda drain). Regarding burnout, Saturdays are especially bad for me because …
