{"id":1887,"date":"2015-12-31T09:37:28","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T14:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paageetcie.com\/blog\/?p=1887"},"modified":"2020-04-04T23:26:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T03:26:12","slug":"reflections-on-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paageetcie.com\/blog\/reflections-on-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Reflections on the Year<br \/>\n<\/strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarepiromediation.com\">Clare A. Piro<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Around this time of year, most people are considering resolutions for the new year. I never did that because I feel if you want to change something to be more positive, why wait? I prefer to reinvent myself or incorporate changes as they come to mind and when I can commit to them, be it on a Tuesday in March or the last week in December.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not without end of the year rituals though. Mine are just in terms of the past rather than the future. I spend some time reflecting on the year that has passed.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a little too difficult for me to do this in my head, so I actually look through my calendar and seeing the notations of things I have done brings those faded memories and the emotions they stirred (or not) to the forefront.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It runs the gamut:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some professional matters that were so troubling and time consuming in January are but a distant memory now. The beauty of perspective is that many of those matters that kept me awake at night and provoked such anxiety, just faded away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Other professional matters that didn\u2019t just fade away with distance can be more thoroughly examined, and I can see what I can take from even the most negative experience in a more positive way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Seeing the name of a social event brings to mind the happy occasion and the friends and family with whom I shared it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Seeing crossed out days means time off from work, and I remember where I went and what I did as if it was yesterday as opposed to months ago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Some dates and times of the year bring up some sad memories, and that\u2019s okay too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We all remember how as children, time practically stood still and the thought of the passing of a year was an unimaginably long time. Unfortunately, as we get older and want to savor the time more than ever, years just fly by.<\/p>\n<p>So, this year consider giving some thought to the past before planning for the future, and&#8230; Happy New Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflections on the Year By Clare A. Piro Around this time of year, most people are considering resolutions for the new year. I never did that because I feel if you want to change something to be more positive, why wait? I prefer to reinvent myself or incorporate changes as they come to mind and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paageetcie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paageetcie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paageetcie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paageetcie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paageetcie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1887"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paageetcie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1890,"href":"http:\/\/www.paageetcie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887\/revisions\/1890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paageetcie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paageetcie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paageetcie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paageetcie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}