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Production w/ Dreams 4 Youth
 Yesterday felt like Spring, well close to it anyway. If only all days in December would be equally as beautiful! I can only dream, hope, and pray. I'm busy with several things today. One of them being, assisting in this production event for a not-for-profit. It should be a lot of fun. I sent out 68 reminder invites yesterday, so we will see. I'll see if I can sneak in some video footage. I'll be busy. Here are a few select snaps from the shoot, I know I promised full but I think it will be best that I release a little at a time.    Designer Casey Russell of Claude Russell designed the shoot.Photographer: RolleiMy fitness blog has been updated today, I'm ending this week #4 with 114 miles ran since I started running in November. Peace, Joy, & all things sparkly! Labels: fitness, life, photo shoots
Happy hearts breed happier people-- Let's live happily by our own terms!
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 Let's all just live happily by our own terms. Yesterday, I found myself in a perplexing situation-- in the end, I had to say to myself, " Amanda what do YOU want?" In life we sometimes tend to sacrifice our own happiness for the sake of others-- due to the fear that we may offend.
Don't get me wrong, it is important to be considerate of others. This is not a free pass card on being entirely selfish.
However, feeling that you have to do something in order to be "right" with others does not work. I'm fortunate to have wonderful close friends around me, who understand my motives and won't allow me to feel this way with them. This *bond* is only developed with time. What happens when you're faced with a situation where you don't necessarily want to do something, but you're torn because you may offend someone? It's quite obvious, you address the issue in a mature fashion with the utmost respect. I don't believe in the saying, " You have to earn my respect." I believe in giving everyone their own respect, after all we are all pupils in this thing called life. It shows you're a person of class and dignity. Don't ever lose your composure, and address situations with anger and disregard for feelings-- always try to maintain your own power for the situation at hand.
At this point you can see if it's your way or the highway vs. settling to find a compromise. Happy hearts breed happier people. You will be more at ease this way, by letting loose of the anxiety of offending someone else. I'll first start off by saying this week has been grand. I pushed myself to my own limits, by waking up each morning and running 6 miles! Yes, this equates to running 30 miles as of this Friday. I made a promise to myself to NOT run on weekends. I've been updating my fitness blog over(here). A lot of amazing things are going to be happening within the next couple days. Stay tuned
! Remember, JUST SMILE Smiling is the best antidote to heal any pain.It's life's homemade remedy, sent to you in a pretty yellow box. Just figure out what your yellow box may be. P.s check out my cooking skills (I'm sending you a virtual plate): 
Labels: fitness, life, life application
Talk is cheap if you can't walk the walk--the production has started with Stancil
Live your best life your way and forget about what others think-success is only hindered when you follow other dreams that are not your own.
 The above photo was taken on one of the my many early morning runs outside. I am so happy to wake up to that beautiful sky every morning. I almost forgot how running makes me feel. I get the most pleasant feelings from running. It is the one moment where my mind is completely at rest and at one with nature. I excel-inhale-smile and repeat ( More about my fitness cycle please continue: {Click here to _Divatude}). This has been the busiest 36 hrs of life I had in a while.I am studying for my MCATS and taking part in two productions of film--so exciting. This past Saturday the filming for Model Walk started. The show will air this October on Colours TV ( they have local channels for every state) and on the DISH network -9407.The shows has first recording was a runway fashion show in Midtown Manhattan by Columbus Circle. It consisted of four different looks! Urban Street,Twin,Preppy, and Haute Couture. I wanted to add my own flair to it so I went to a few places to get my own accessories. A friend of my requested that I go to a spot called Culture Couture. It was a very cute shop that had a lot of modern to vintage type looks. I have been fallen for printed leggings lately, so I grabbed a few pairs for my own enjoyment. I made sure that I also tapped this cute cupcake spot called , "Jimmy's__________", forget the rest.It was almost as good as Crumbs, a cupcake spot located at Bryant park in NY.  My life tastes good and so does yours, you just have to season it just right with the proper ingredients to provide nourishment and fulfillment. During the recording I had the chance to bond with a few of my cast members, Krissie Judd and her friend Kenitha. During break, I asked if they would like to attend a go-see with me at Bourgeoisie Shoes. We had an adventure that day! We kept saying, "Greg really needs to have filmed our own mini journey here ". Aside from my close friends I never would have thought that I would have so much fun with a group of ladies who I barely knew. I am looking forward in a beautiful friendship and a wonderful production at Model Walk. I am itching to discuss the events which occurred on Sunday and Today--but I will leave that for tomorrow. For now, I will leave you with this photo which was taken this past Sunday while in New York. 
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Lastly, Live your best life-- you are the actor to your own play. Have fun and enjoy today because tomorrow is not granted. Dream BIG-- see BIG --love BIG-- receive BIG... BE BIG-THINK BIGLabels: bold, fitness, goals, happiness, me on tv, work out
Hey honey....give me some honey!
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I've been feeling so alive these past few days . I am sticking to my exercise routine, studying for my exam, and slowly becoming a real morning person. I had hit up the track today with the typical eight laps, my Rutger's hoodie was slightly drenched from the light rain earlier today. The geese always make it to the track first while I am left dodging their poop while I run. It is funny just a couple of days ago the track looked like this:
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 I tell my friends these days I have been guilty of loving myself a little too much. After Valentine's day I had a new mentality on how I choose to live my life.I doubt that the fact that it was Valentine's day had any real significance. I just felt it was the time where this butterfly came out of her cocoon. I have always been a woman who most times placed her projects and others before herself. Physically it was apparent.. baggy eyes and all. "Girl, you work so hard.. you look really tired". I hated that.Heck, I probably was packing extra clothes under my lids for the plan to skip town, and go on a well needed vacation. This has been the best I have ever looked and felt in years. I have been celebrating every moment as if it was my birthday. This year is the year of celebration and happiness by doing what you love. I love helping people, it is evident in everything I do. However, how can I help others when I can't help myself. People always say that charity begins at home right? Well, I have been loving myself a lot more than anyone has in a while. The only person who can object to that is my Momma and she loves me unconditionally. I have promised simple things that I will do daily and monthly. Running early in the morning when some are still fast asleep has been on top of my list for a while. Running for me is like a high(please don't assume I get high literally). I imagine it to be similar to what a hiker feels when they get on top of a mountain and gaze below-absolutely incredible.  I probably had said this in every entry since then:
It is the year of saying YES YES YES.Don't read about it, DO IT. Don't dream about it, FEEL IT.Don't imagine it, BUILD IT."The world is ours.. it's our stage.. we are the actors and actresses of our own destiny. Come on people , let's live" Au Natural: | I've been going natural in spirit, thought, and hair. I am on twitter and I remember a hairstylist who mentioned that honey was good for your hair. I know it may seem shocking at first but trust me organic products are the best way to go. Cleopatra herself used to bathe in honey and milk because she knew of its positive effect.Honey is a humectant, which means that it holds on to water molecules.It is great for moisture and it has antibacterial and antioxidant properties which is also a plus.
I had the chance to try this on a few skin blemishes and my hair. I give it two thumbs up. My blemishes have faded by 50% since using pure honey on them! I also found that my hair was a lot softer.
Anyway for those that doubted honey... Hey honey...give me some honey!
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Labels: fitness, goals, honey, life, life application, work out
(Gee, Brain, what are we going to do tonight?)----- Let's talk P.O.W.E.R.
| I will be the first to say, I love power. My family knows it, my friends know it,and I know it. If it was offered as a discipline in college, I may have minored in it. I believe having power can help you paint your ideal life.When your thoughts are emitted out to the world you will soon see how it plays harmoniously with your actions, like a fine tune that is echoed from the cords of a piano-- it will start take form. It deals with actually seeing your ideas -- observing them as it transitions from thoughts to something visible-- something easily attainable.
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It's like sweet Ambrosia. There is power in words and if used properly you can sway even the most stubborn of minds. I had a professor who once said, " Words are the pipelines to your brain". I am still a pupil in that department. I understand it fully with the several projects I had done in the past. I had to gain trust before I was granted any action. It took power in words and presence. You have to work in confidence within yourself before you can think of getting anything in life. Why should I do this? Why should I grant you this? Who are you?.... . Reflecting on the last entry, you have to be bold. I have several books! I place value on books more than the shoes on my feet or the clothes on my back. I've started reading, " The 48 laws of Power", by Robert Greene. He is rather frank about power in is recent best-seller. It almost seems evil at first but I see truth in it as he examines several events in the past where power was displayed. Niccolo Machiavelli: Renaissance diplomat and courtier states, Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to ruin among a great number who are not good"The gains of attaining power are countless. When one bends to your will without even realizing it, is what I call: Power laced with traces of seduction. Robert Greene has another novel called, The Art of Seduction. My mouth is watering by just thinking of getting my hands on that book! Greene also says in order for one to be in track with power, you must not allow emotions to crowd your way of thinking. Anger clouds reason while love blinds self-deserving interests. We are encouraged to reflect on Janus, a Roman deity, who literally had two faces--we must look forward toward the future and have a face to look backward to the past. In order to live a sound life and assume power in the present, we must calculate all possible permutations. That is the only way we can guarantee a life that seems controlled.This will result in you always maintaining your composure because you would have already thought of every resolution for everything that could go wrong. A person in power does not falter or break down when something does not go right.We can always identify a powerful person by how composed he/she is. They maintain their level of composure because they have already expected all flaws in their work and have already calculated the best route to solve them effortlessly.
We can assume power by taking it on strong and steady. We are the conductors of our own orchestra called life.I woke up early this morning and took control and said, " I will run today.I did run!I went out for a long 3 mile run. That was powerful for me. It was better than lounging around and saying, " I wish I could go..". Power hungry or not. LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE Your way! Labels: bold, fitness, life application, pinky and the brain, power
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