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title: The I Am Second Blog | Melaney Stanberry
description: Melaney Stanberry is a construction superintendent and works at various job sites across the city of Toronto, Canada. She also spends time skateboarding, hanging out with her niece and nephew, solving Rubik's Cubes, and doing artwork with tie dye and spray paint. Follow her blog!
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# Melaney Stanberry

Melaney Stanberry is a construction superintendent and works at various job sites across the city of Toronto, Canada. She also spends time skateboarding, hanging out with her niece and nephew, solving Rubik's Cubes, and doing artwork with tie dye and spray paint. Follow her blog!

<https://blog.iamsecond.com/hope-is-not-blind-optimism-its-an-act-of-resistance>

[22 Days of Peace](https://blog.iamsecond.com/tag/22-days-of-peace) | Melaney Stanberry

##### [How to Turn Negative Thinking Into Peace](https://blog.iamsecond.com/hope-is-not-blind-optimism-its-an-act-of-resistance)

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