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Amy Rohozen

Young Adult Novelist

Candy Stripes

Catching my breath

A blogging experiment

I'm a novelist, an IT professional, a kickboxer, a gamer, a reader, and on and on and...

Ultimately, a woman with too much on her mind. So it looks like I'm going to start writing those thoughts in a blog. All because I'm a writer and writing is how I make sense of it all. And because I'm a millennial, it looks like I'm posting it all on the Internet for the world to see.

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29 things I hope to learn in the next 29 years

29 things I hope to learn in the next 29 years

29 things I hope to learn in the next 29 years

Like I mentioned last week, as I turn 29 this month, there has been so much I’ve learned in my 29 years. But there is so much left for me...

Amy Rohozen

Nov 19, 20222 min read

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How to take a day off (actually, can you tell me? I’m bad at it)

How to take a day off (actually, can you tell me? I’m bad at it)

How to take a day off (actually, can you tell me? I’m bad at it)

Vacation…ah, vacation. A magical word. Whether we’re talking Summer Vacation or Spring Break or just dropping a vacation on a random...

Amy Rohozen

Aug 6, 20224 min read

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The whole “former gifted kid burnout” is real. But I don’t regret it.

The whole “former gifted kid burnout” is real. But I don’t regret it.

The whole “former gifted kid burnout” is real. But I don’t regret it.

Have you ever read confessions of “former gifted kids?” When I write it like that, all it evokes in me is the concept of “former child...

Amy Rohozen

Mar 12, 20228 min read

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It feels almost tacky to talk about the “good things” that came out of a global pandemic.

It feels almost tacky to talk about the “good things” that came out of a global pandemic.

It feels almost tacky to talk about the “good things” that came out of a global pandemic.

And truly, it’s no wonder. Have you seen the way the world has been devastated by COVID-19? If I tried to list all the bad things that...

Amy Rohozen

Feb 12, 202210 min read

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One of the hardest things I still have to learn is how to be unproductive.

One of the hardest things I still have to learn is how to be unproductive.

One of the hardest things I still have to learn is how to be unproductive.

Screenshot from Animal Crossing: New Horizons as captured in tweet from @_baomii I like to think of myself as “productive girl...

Amy Rohozen

Jan 22, 20227 min read

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If you want people to take your hobby seriously, treat it like a job. And then, you can hate it.

If you want people to take your hobby seriously, treat it like a job. And then, you can hate it.

If you want people to take your hobby seriously, treat it like a job. And then, you can hate it.

While I love to schedule activities, set goals, make long lists of accomplishments no matter how small, the one thing I’ve learned about...

Amy Rohozen

Jan 8, 20227 min read

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Is it normal, on New Year’s Eve, to look forward to a new year of resolutions as opposed to a kiss?

Is it normal, on New Year’s Eve, to look forward to a new year of resolutions as opposed to a kiss?

Is it normal, on New Year’s Eve, to look forward to a new year of resolutions as opposed to a kiss?

Don’t get me wrong: I have never been one to think of a new year in terms of “new year, new me.” I realize the turn of a calendar page...

Amy Rohozen

Dec 25, 20216 min read

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It's the age-old story of love and hate and checklists.

It's the age-old story of love and hate and checklists.

It's the age-old story of love and hate and checklists.

I used to live and die by the agendas they provided us in grade school. Perhaps you remember those I mean. The size of a notebook,...

Amy Rohozen

Dec 18, 20215 min read

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Spoiler alert: Living through a pandemic sucks if your entire self-worth is fueled by productivity.

Spoiler alert: Living through a pandemic sucks if your entire self-worth is fueled by productivity.

Spoiler alert: Living through a pandemic sucks if your entire self-worth is fueled by productivity.

For a moment, let’s skip right around the fact that a mindset where your self-worth is fueled by how much you produce does not come...

Amy Rohozen

Nov 27, 20217 min read

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