Hi, I am Mandy Michelle Carter: a mom working two amazing jobs + a few side gigs while staying healthy, fit, and happy. I love to travel, eat, and drink. Thrift shopping, essential oils, making my house a home, throwing fun parties and working out are my top five hobbies / obsessions.
MY BACKGROUND
Originally from Tennessee, I am a Southern Girl at heart but have made my life in South Florida. I graduated from Mississippi State University in 2004 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and a Minor in Journalism. I have worked professionally in Events and Marketing my entire adult life. I created my first blog in 2013 when I was pregnant with my daughter (Household Hero), I rebranded the blog to Acupful.com in 2015 when I decided to focus on life’s moment and then during my divorce and focusing on rebuilding my live, I took break from blogging from blogging, but in 2020 when the world was falling apart, my life got back on track and took me into a new and exciting direction.
During the day, I work as the Director of WooBamboo (the first Plastic Negative brand in the world) and run my own small business: Mandy Does Marketing (with clients like Hypotec, Vegan Weightloss Nutritionist and the Community Church). At night, after the kids are in bed, I do various freelance writing projects and grow this blog.
Everything is about perspective. How you choose to “see” things can change your life, for good or bad. Throughout the many challenges and changes in life, I have learned to always see my cup as half full and I hope to inspire others to do the same. And I know the value of documenting things, so here I am, sharing my cup of life.
History to Help Understand the Present
To understand how my travel blog that started in 2013 (household hero) has morphed into Acupful you must understand that in 2017 I walked away from a 15 year long relationship to be able to live up to my full potential as a woman, mother and professional. I walked away with very little – I got no child support, no alimony, very few personal belongings, bad credit, and lots of debt. I literally started over from scratch. It was time to put on my big girl panties and get to work. Now no one was able to limit me. I learned that multiple income streams was the key to building the life I dreamed! So I worked multiple jobs, limited my budget to bare bones, saved everything I could, and researched how to repair one’s credit…
For 2 years I was in the digging out phase and just trying to survive. Then the next year I was in the rebuilding and growing phase. Then in year 4 I hit my, “time to take the leap” phase and I went all into my dream- buying MY DREAM HOME for the kids and myself.
So, 4 years later I had built my credit up to exceptional, saved enough money to buy a piece of land, and started building my dream home with Pulte Homebuilders in my dream neighborhood- Babcock Ranch. I have been dating a wonderful man with a sweet daughter who loves me and my kids and we will be taking the big step of combining our lives soon… so here is where I am in my story…
We now call Edgewater Shores (a gated community within Babcock Ranch) our Home! We will always have acupful of sunshine, love and fun as we live out our Florid life dreams!
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Thank you for your interest in working with ACupful.com. Giving an honest viewpoint from the perspective of an everyday mom with average means, living for the remarkable moments is very important to me. I never write about something I haven’t personally experienced. From destination reviews, sponsored posts on cool DIY home projects, new healthy or helpful products, brand ambassadorships, and giveaways, I always maintain a high level of integrity, professional creativity, and authentic work.