Amelia Garvey
Every two weeks, I write about ditching the 9-to-5 grind to figure out what a creative, unconventional life actually looks like. Expect lots of trees, big career feelings, and occasional swearing. Join me in the woods.
Creative design but like, for your life 🎨
Hi, friend. Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about how I want my life to look and feel. The thing about getting laid off is that all of a sudden, all I have ahead of me is a question mark—a big open expanse of what if. And for a type-A hyper-planner like me, that’s, uh, terrifying. Had this happened even just a couple years ago, I would be throwing myself back into the job search, immediately seeking the stability and certainty (lol!) of a full-time job (LOL!). But my brain is working...
The value of telling your story 📚
Hi, friend. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about storytelling. That’s probably not enormously surprising—storytelling is the thing I do professionally (now taking clients, tell your friends!) and, more relevantly for this newsletter, it’s the thing I’ve been doing for fun since literally as long as I can remember. (That’s barely an exaggeration, by the way. The earliest story I remember writing was one I dictated to a parent at the age of four as they dutifully typed it out on our...
Springtime, big changes, and space exploration 🪐
Hello, friend. If you've known me for any length of time, you know that I am a Winter Girl™ at heart. I love a deep lungful of icy air; a cozy blanket; a wood fire. I love when snow crunches underfoot, I love the strangely vibrant minimalism of the frozen woods, I love wearing a rotating crop of sweaters. But despite even my dedication to the colder months, March really does love to try my patience. I go into March every year knowing it'll happen, and still every year around this time I start...