{"id":1418,"date":"2020-01-01T22:34:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T22:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/?p=1418"},"modified":"2020-01-01T22:35:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-01T22:35:15","slug":"reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/01\/reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection and Renewal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1419\" src=\"http:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/eblast_20-01-02_reflection-01.jpg\" alt=\"eblast_20-01-02_reflection-01\" width=\"661\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/eblast_20-01-02_reflection-01.jpg 661w, https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/eblast_20-01-02_reflection-01-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 661px) 100vw, 661px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every new year has been for me a time to reflect on what I\u2019ve accomplished and what I have yet to create. Taking time to have an honest conversation with myself helps me to see more clearly, feel more deeply, and understand more completely my role in the grand scheme of things.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Best of all, I\u2019m able to appreciate more fully the people who matter and who have helped carry me to where I am today.<\/p>\n<p>In this new year and beginning of a new decade, let us aim to see more clearly with heart and mind. Give yourself pause to reflect on your relationships, your conversations, and your journey.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Being able to forge meaning from our experiences is what truly sustains us to move forward and do good things that will change the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every new year has been for me a time to reflect on what I\u2019ve accomplished and what I have yet to create. Taking time to have an honest conversation with myself helps me to see more clearly, feel more deeply, and understand more completely my role in the grand scheme of things.\u00a0 Best of all, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/01\/reflection\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reflection and Renewal<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[153,140,155],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1420,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418\/revisions\/1420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}