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Designed to help you live a beautifully aligned life. Full of insights, "I can do this" wisdom and ideas worth believing.  Every Thursday, you'll find meaningful ideas for a meaningful life.  

 

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Ready for your next level? This simple newsletter helps you discover where your current systems, habits, and identity match the life you’re trying to create and give you clear next steps. 
Aligned with...

The GIVE Method™

I created this to help you find clarity and level up in record time. GIVE yourself the world because an aligned life is just more fun.  

Empowering you to...

G - Grow

This is where everything begins — simple wins, uplifting momentum, and lots of “I can so do this” moments.

  • Identity shifts that support your goals
  • Habit science made simple
  • How to create enjoyable systems
  • Micro-habits that create big results
  • Build confidence, clarity, and routines that feel good. 
Empowering you to...

I - Invest

Living your most beautiful life now. Aligning your values, time, money, and energy in a way that gives you instant and lasting results and feels empowering.

  • $10K actions. Understand your money with ease
  • Time-blocking that actually works
  • The “20/70/10” system for money + energy
  • A 30-day clarity plan you’ll love using
Empowering you to...

V - Venture

This is the fun part, focusing on joy and consistency from self-care to relationships, travel and business. Think: days that feel smoother, and finally taking the next best steps in the direction your life calls you.

  • Decision-making confidence
  • Building your “Aligned Life Plan”
  • Minimalism for a calmer mind
  • Micro-vacations as a lifestyle
Empowering you to...

E - Evolve

Simply put. Step fully into the next version of yourself — with confidence and excitement. 

  • Emotional resilience made simple
  • How to release old patterns
  • Becoming your next-level self
  • Creating a vision you can’t wait to live into
  • 12-month transformation plan
Meaningful Ideas for a Meaningful Life

Welcome to Afton Clay

Discover how to create a life that is fully aligned in every area. 

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NICE TO MEET YOU

I'm Afton

I help thoughtful, capable people build lives that feel clear, grounded, and genuinely aligned — not busier, louder, or more complicated.

My work sits at the intersection of identity, decision-making, and self-leadership. I believe most people don’t need more motivation or information — they need clarity they can trust and systems that support who they’re becoming.

Before stepping fully into this work, I spent years in leadership and public service, navigating high-stakes decisions, complex systems, and the quiet pressure of being the person others rely on. From the outside, things looked successful. Inside, I became deeply curious about why capable people still feel misaligned — and what actually creates steadiness, confidence, and forward momentum.

That curiosity led me back to the fundamentals:
values, regulation, clarity, and intentional growth.

Today, through Aligned Life Academy™, my writing, workshops, and frameworks (including the GIVE Method™), I help people simplify their inner world so their outer life can move forward with ease. My approach blends social science, lived experience, and grounded reflection —  simple, proven and practical ways.

This isn’t about becoming someone new.
It’s about returning to what’s true — and building from there.

If you’re here, you’re likely already capable.
My work exists to help you feel settled in your decisions, confident in your direction, and supported by systems that actually fit your life.

Welcome. You’re in the right place.

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