Author Archives: Chelsey the Amateur

By way of confession…

I must tell you that a week into September, I was scheduling my days hour by hour. Which was an absolute thrill. Until it wasn’t. By Wednesday of that week feeling off-kilter and a bit resentful of all my commitments. And by Thursday, I wanted to just stay in bed. When next Monday arrived andContinueContinue reading “By way of confession…”

SoulWork for August 2021–Issue 1

Welcome to the first issue of SoulWork, a (roughly) monthly newsletter curated by me, Chelsey Hillyer, founder of Amateur Efforts! I’m so grateful to be invited into your inbox to share reflections, resources, and inspiration from my soul to yours. If you’re looking for slick and polished and perfect, you might want to stop reading now.ContinueContinue reading “SoulWork for August 2021–Issue 1”

I thought it would be better by now…

I thought it would be better by now. It’s the refrain that keeps coming up, both within myself and in my conversations with friends, family, and clients. It’s the refrain that we first started singing it over a year ago, when we thought the restrictions, hospitalizations, and death tolls would all ease up after aContinueContinue reading “I thought it would be better by now…”