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.

For some believers in manifestation, vision boards have become a little like movie trailers, as brought to you by A.I. By Alyson Krueger Sharon Melzer, 24, has long believed in manifestation, or the ...

I'm a sucker for visualizations and vision boards. I've often chanted affirmations to psych myself up and scribbled letters to my future self. As a writer, words are how I call into the world what I ...