{"id":408,"date":"2016-12-13T10:34:49","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T15:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.jeanbaur.com\/?p=408"},"modified":"2016-12-13T10:34:49","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T15:34:49","slug":"do-one-new-thing-before-the-year-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/?p=408","title":{"rendered":"DO ONE NEW THING BEFORE THE YEAR ENDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/soulcycle_32246.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-410\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-410\" src=\"http:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/soulcycle_32246-300x139.jpg\" alt=\"soulcycle_32246\" width=\"300\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/soulcycle_32246-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/soulcycle_32246-768x356.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/soulcycle_32246.jpg 970w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Yes, I know, everyone has advice about resolutions, getting fit, eating better, reducing stress and so on. But my suggestion is different and it&#8217;s simply to step outside of your normal schedule and try something new. Just last week I added a spinning class and I wasn&#8217;t sure I&#8217;d make it back to my car. My legs felt like rubber! But the fun thing is that I felt energized by it, and yes, I&#8217;ve gone back.<\/p>\n<p>What could you do and why would you do it? See what calls to you. Is it something related to music, or is it an idea that you&#8217;ve had for a while but haven&#8217;t done anything about? It could be as simple as trying a new recipe, taking a different road on the way home from work, visiting a neighbor. Why do these small steps matter? I don&#8217;t really know the answer except that for me, new things are energizing. They add sparkle to life. I read once that when we&#8217;re on a path that we haven&#8217;t taken, that we tap into an ancient response that makes us more aware and alive. So don&#8217;t make resolutions that feel like one more thing you don&#8217;t want to do, but instead shake it up. Have fun! You might surprise yourself.<\/p>\n<p>(Image courtesy of Inc.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I know, everyone has advice about resolutions, getting fit, eating better, reducing stress and so on. But my suggestion is different and it&#8217;s simply to&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-burnout","category-jean"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2j73q-6A","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=408"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":411,"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408\/revisions\/411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}