Amara in Training

Category: Diary

  • Day 2 Seems To Be The Hardest

    In case you missed it, I started a self-challenge yesterday when I declared to the entire blogosphere that it was time for me to get back into shape…again. I am doing this through a heart-healthy diet, exercise (cardio and resistance training), as well as documenting my journey (via social media, i.e. blogging and RunKeeper). In…

  • 21 Days To A New Me (And You)

    After a few weeks of feeling mentally energetic but physically demotivated, I’ve decided that it’s time to flip the switch (again). My health and I have a cyclical relationship…I usually don’t really care until I have to, which means I have a health scare or I have some big event I have to physically prepare…

  • A Quick Recap of January #postaday2011

    In case you missed it, I cranked out 23 posts in 31 days on personal development, freelancing, philosophy, tech, and design. If you’re looking for something to read during your lunch break, here it is! The Wish Box A New Semester, A Fresh Start: Resolutions for a New Term Getting Dressed For Work Is Kind…

  • The Best Way To Motivate Every Creative

    I love what I do. I love it, I love it, I love it. It is days like today that I thank the starry sky above that I’ve been blessed with the brains, determination, and opportunity to pursue my passions fearlessly. Last night I slept when I wanted to. This morning, I woke up when I…

  • Wanderlust Isn’t For The Faint Hearted

    I graduated college with some big plans for myself. I wanted to travel the world immediately after my undergraduate degree was conferred. It would’ve been sometime in September 2007, when I was on the last leg of my global internship in Thailand. It was amidst a recession and someway, somehow, my phone rang when I…

  • The Only True Wealth Is Health

    Steve Jobs is on indefinite medical leave again — in an email to his staff on MLK Day he cited health reasons. As a quintessential icon of our contemporary culture — to encompass business, technology, and influence — it saddens me greatly to see someone as hardworking as he to have to struggle through so…

  • The Day I Cheated Death

    Let me preface this entry by saying that as a child, my death was foretold by a Buddhist monk. It was predicted that I would die in some sort of vehicular accident. I’ve carried that premonition with me for as long as I could remember in an effort to cheat death. * * * It…

  • Feeling Rather Tiny Today

    I woke up from one of my infamous 10-minute-dream-flash naps and per my usual routine I scrolled through my timeline to find a (somewhat) ironically poetic mini-meme started my one of my favorite music artists, @ladysov. From the way I’ve been feeling as of late, it seemed eerily appropriate. I was once that young girl that felt…

  • A New Semester, A Fresh Start: Resolutions for a New Term

    It’s finally here. My fresh start. My new beginning. It’s kind of like a reincarnation for the academic. Last semester was very rough on the psyche. Not only did I have to withdraw from a class pretty late in the game, I’m quite skeptical of how well I did in my other Advertising Strategy class.…