Surprising Lives was where I started blogging quite a few years ago. At that time the blog had a very different name and was hosted by wordpress.com. Surprising Lives is now an international website with an audience who have graciously boosted it…
to page one of Google and other search engines.
@surprisinglives was also, of course, my first and continues to be my main Twitter handle.
Surprising Lives is about discovering life, fascinating people, our lives, and our world. Please drop by for a visit and explore the many different articles and posts.
How did Surprising Lives come about?
In my vision of a perfect world I always expected (and was also urged) to settle down to one particular niche. Unfortunately, what ended up happening over the years was that I’d commit to a specific direction, throw myself into it wholeheartedly and hate it six months later. Not a particularly productive way to go.
I entered, conquered, succeeded at, and thus moved on from many diverse careers in a relatively short time.
Finally, I have realized and most importantly accepted that I will never be a one topic person. My education and careers up to this point have been completely different so why did I think that something would change?
I am who I am, with the strengths and passions that I have and I’m a sum of all of them.”
There’s no fighting it, so I decided to join it all together, and Surprising Lives was my jumping off point.
Amanda