It took me a bit to get back here. The last two weeks have been a struggle. I've been working on potentially an AMAZING new job, get my novel out the door, and deciding what to do from here.
The biggest challenge I faced was realizing I wasn't being true to the voice in my novel... but know that I've figured that out, I'm reworking the whole thing, and already love the story so much more. Outside of that, my focus is writing and the event.
Wishing everyone a properous week. cheers.
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Added by Amanda Konnik on October 25, 2009 at 6:15pm —
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I've done it, I've done it, I've done it! What an amazing experience. In the last 100 hundered days I have completed more things then I have in the last 6 years!!!
I've written a novel
I actually stuck with the 100 day challenge
I've moved across the country
I've found a house that I love
I left a job that was killing me, mentally, spiritually and physically
I've started a new business that focuses on giving
In 100 days! Unbelievable. I feel I did a lot this past few months and will be scaling…
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Added by Amanda Konnik on October 5, 2009 at 8:16am —
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A very happy october to everyone. I am 4 days away from finishing season one and I am soooooooo inspired and happy and can't wait to post my accomplishments, but more then that my new goals and intentions for season two which I will doing along with everyone on October 12th, I am going to cheat a bit and get a weeks start.
The beauty of season two, is learning from season one and seeing what you can actually accomplish in 100 days. I know for me personally, the was a bit of speculation, but this…
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Added by Amanda Konnik on October 1, 2009 at 9:39am —
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Thank you for the support and well wishes, it means a lot to have a community like this to share such amazing accomplishments. Having been able to get a good nights sleep, I am now uber excited with the possibilities and can't wait to start editing. I finished off at over 63,000 words so approximately 153 pages. My goal is to a first draft edit, 20 pages per day, which should get me done around mid next week, a second edit hopefully done by Thanksgiving, around October 12th, and a final read tha…
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Added by Amanda Konnik on September 29, 2009 at 8:46am —
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I've done it, I've completed my novel within the 100 days... barely but I did it!!! I wish I could explain how I feel, but I feel so numb, a very strange sensation... almost like a now what?
No matter, I've done it, and I believe in it. With my season coming to a close, I look forward to setting my goals in regards to the manuscript.
I will leave you with the final sentence of the manuscript... "When you write from the heart, success is inevitable."
Much love and respect,
I've got hope!
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Added by Amanda Konnik on September 28, 2009 at 9:02pm —
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It looks like I will be finishing my novel tonight... I'm holding my breath a bit, I tried last nite but got a little carried away on the story line I was working on, when it hits you, you just have to work with it instead of against it ;) Fingers crossed X I may just be finishing the first thing I've set my mind too and started in over 6 years...
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Added by Amanda Konnik on September 27, 2009 at 5:30pm —
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50,000 words I hit last night, starting to get to the end of my book, only one more major conflict and a smaller one with resolutions and I've done it. I bet you I can wrap it all up by Saturday evening.
Just a few minutes ago, my daughter showed me a picture that she just drew for me. She's five and believes very strongly that she is an artist, which I would agree ;) Anyways, she turned the white board around and I nearly cried. She drew me on a swing wearing a long dress. The swing was in the…
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Added by Amanda Konnik on September 23, 2009 at 7:02am —
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I just realized this morning now that I'm on this stop blaming mission, that there is a very fine line you need to be careful of. As I try not to blame others for things and instead take it for what it is and move on, its the move on part that can be tricky.
What exactly am I trying to say here? Well I found myself turning the blame on me... that defeats the purpose of healing, I would assume. So I am going to have to work on not blaming the person, analyse exactly what it is that the person or…
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Added by Amanda Konnik on September 19, 2009 at 8:17am —
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Just passed the 40,000 word point in my novel... plus I found an amazing site of publishers that take this kind of work. 10,000 to go and I'm in the home stretch! Still feeling sooooooo full of creative energy!
I've Got Hope,
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Added by Amanda Konnik on September 18, 2009 at 11:50am —
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There are places I need to go... and to get there I need to give 300% at least. For so long I've been giving my needs and dreams nothing, so to get to a point where doing become habit, I must give absolutely everything. It's not gonna be easy, but to achieve my goals... the reward couldn't be greater.
As per yesterdays magic moment... I MUST MUST MUST stop blaming and start forgiving... so hard. Blaming has become a very useful and comfortable habit for me. I am addictive by nature. When one ba…
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Added by Amanda Konnik on September 17, 2009 at 9:47am —
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I finally got a moment to really sit and be still this morning, looking for guidance within... immediately that little voice (however not so little this morning), telling me that I still need to forgive myself. I keep trying to lie... but really the one person I can't lie to is myself... but I try to tell myself that I have forgiven myself. But when I think what have I really forgiven myself for? Pretty straight answer for that one, nothing because I haven't taken the time to even really conside…
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Added by Amanda Konnik on September 16, 2009 at 10:24am —
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Well I am officially back to work, for myself. It has been quite a shift. Focusing on organizing and figuring out what Mina! is and how I am going to pull it off. The writing is going amazing, I'm at about 35,000 words now. Everyday I have to really remind myself of what it is I really want, and that is to write full time, in order to do so I have to get stuff out the door. In the mean time I have to find a supplementary income and really don't want to go back to the 9 to 5 grind for anyone else…
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Added by Amanda Konnik on September 9, 2009 at 9:33am —
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I can't believe almost two weeks has gone by... a lot has happened, but I only have a few minutes this morning. I'm still hammering away at it, finding time to still fall into bad habbits like finding everything and anything to distract me from what I really need to do. Blah. However, I am 200 words away from reaching 30,000 in the novel I'm writing!!! Super proud of that... It is teaching me that taking one step at a time is not enough, but taking a step filled with intention and follow through…
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Added by Amanda Konnik on September 4, 2009 at 10:18am —
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It's the last week of summer, and I must spend a good chunk of it getting ready to move and pack again! Last night I felt that familiar "friend" creep up into my chest... It is imparetive that I focus on every moment and get through the anxiety... I've done soooo well this summer, I'd like to continue the transformation into the fall. Big things are coming up for me, and I don't want to get into it with a chest full of stress. This week will be a testament to either how much or how little I've g…
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Added by Amanda Konnik on August 24, 2009 at 11:00am —
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I am very fortunate in receiving physical signs from the universe and God on a very regular basis, and everytime I regonize them for what they are, I make sure to take a moment and give thanks.
Just as an example... yesterday came with to major accomplishments. I finished getting through the history book I was reading and almost as a reward, in the last two paragraphs, I was able to conclude how I am going to transition from my essay to the start of my movie. I have been batteling this question…
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Added by Amanda Konnik on August 21, 2009 at 9:12am —
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I'm 1200 words away from 20,000 on my one novel and 30 pages away on my history book for the research of the screenplay... I might get it done tonight XXX
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Added by Amanda Konnik on August 19, 2009 at 7:27pm —
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but that's okay. This morning I woke up with a bit of anxiety and I thought, you know what I've done so well... so I let myself fall a little, but I managed my fall to land on my feet, lol. I wrote a to do list, but only allowed myself 10 minutes to do so. I wrote down everything I think I need to do, it really only took me 2 minutes and the anxiety was instantly gone. I have my list and instead of pouring hours into each item, meticulously over analysing and time charting each thing, I'll just…
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Added by Amanda Konnik on August 18, 2009 at 10:05am —
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Everything went through with finding a home and it has exactly the three things I wanted, a WD and dishwasher and an oversized "new" soaker tub. I can't wait for bubbles, candles and wine... It's taken two years and a lot of moving and changing and nonsense, and I am now being rewarded for keeping my head up. Thank you universe.
With one intention complete... I send out another one. I would like to own my next home and invest in myself.
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Added by Amanda Konnik on August 13, 2009 at 7:26am —
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Although this week was filled with more hamburgers and french fries than usual, I did not beat myself up about any of it. As I start to allow myself to be, I've been noticing a new thought that has been coming around more and more... the beliefe/thought that I deserve more.
What is amazing about this thought is that I am not thinking "I deserve it because", for example "oh I did all of this so I deserve an ice cream or a new purse" or whatever. Its not like that at all, it's on a much larger mac…
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Added by Amanda Konnik on August 8, 2009 at 8:00am —
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Today is a day to celebrate for me... dedicating an hour day, whcih meant getting up very early some mornings, or going to bed late on other days, I am at 10,000 wds of my novel. Yay, only about 40,000 more to go, lol
I've Got Hope!
A
p.s. It's only a few minutes later however, another amazing thing just happened and I had to share. I've been thinking about how I can revive my business and I've had a concept in mind, but being new to the city I've been unsure exactly how to go about starting i…
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Added by Amanda Konnik on July 30, 2009 at 9:00am —
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