Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

Creating a vision board is what I do when I am down, confused, anxious, or excited, starting a new year, or going through a new transition. I developed this habit of collecting magazines and brochures ...

As women, we’re often so focused on the immediate—checking things off our to-do lists, caring for others, meeting deadlines—that we forget to pause and ask ourselves: What do I really want my life to ...

Years before the $3,500 Apple Vision Pro was officially announced at WWDC 2023 last June, I made a bold prediction: The “killer app” — a piece of software or use case that can single-handedly justify ...

If there’s anything I’ve figured out over the last few years, it’s that life doesn’t always go as planned. I had a vision of how my life should unfold — how the world told me it should go. And so, ...