Amelia’s Adventures

Jul 08

Meet Me in Munich

In 2006 I moved from St. Paul, Minnesota to New Orleans, Louisiana to work as a volunteer manager for a disaster relief organization post Hurricane Katrina. The thoughts that flood my mind after that sentence are vast and specific, rational and insane, personal and global. Countless stories come to mind…
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Jun 11

Decision Making Forces

Have you ever been at a critical point in life where you need to make major decisions both personally and professionally? The questions can be endless and can invade our minds everyday. How does one make decisions? What are the best decision making methods? If I do X, will it result in Y? Do I want Y? Have I gathered all possible information to make an educated decision? What are the best resources for compiling all the information needed to move forward? Do I need all this information to move forward? This army of questions flaunts it’s expertise at camouflaging itself deep in the shadows then fires off at will through out the day.

Jun 07

Within The First Week

Within the first week of college I sent an email for the first time.

After setting up my school email address, I randomly asked a stranger across the computer lab for their email address. I just had to test it, see if it really worked. I composed a short message with intense anticipation. I pressed “SEND” and prepared to wait patiently for the message I sent from my computer to magically dance through the air and land in this other student’s “mailbox.” Before I could blink the stranger blurted “Got it.”