{"id":1052,"date":"2020-01-01T10:03:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T21:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/?p=1052"},"modified":"2020-01-01T10:03:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T21:03:44","slug":"a-new-year-a-new-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/?p=1052","title":{"rendered":"A New Year, A New Decade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For months<br>I have been blogging in my head<br>never getting the words written<br>so many words<br>so many thoughts<br>so many heartaches<br>so much life<br>so much living<br>trying to make sense of them all<br><br>Words <br>tangling in my brain<br>wishing I&#8217;d taken time to write them down<br>processing them better<br><br>Maybe<br>just maybe<br>that might have lessened my anxiousness<br>reduced my worries<br>made sense of the mind games <br>helped my reflections<br>calmed the triggers<br><br>Today<br>a New Year<br>a new decade<br>no rash resolutions<br>just circumspect self care <br><br>I need to write more<br>not Want<br>but Need<br>for my soul<br>my spirit<br>my heart<br>my wellbeing<br>I need <br>to hear myself<br><br>I need <br>to give myself space<br>time to reflect<br>time to process<br>time to bleed<br>healing continuum <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"752\" height=\"752\" src=\"http:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/original-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/original-1.jpg 752w, https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/original-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/original-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For monthsI have been blogging in my headnever getting the words writtenso many wordsso many thoughtsso many heartachesso much lifeso much livingtrying to make sense of them all Words tangling in my brainwishing I&#8217;d taken time to write them downprocessing them better Maybejust maybethat might have lessened my anxiousnessreduced my worriesmade sense of the mind &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/?p=1052\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A New Year, A New Decade&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1052"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1057,"href":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052\/revisions\/1057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}