{"id":3615,"date":"2014-09-10T19:34:30","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T00:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=3615"},"modified":"2014-09-10T19:34:30","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T00:34:30","slug":"birthday-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2014\/09\/birthday-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2014\/09\/birthday-goals\/birthday\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3616\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3616\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/birthday.jpg?resize=283%2C178&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"birthday\" width=\"283\" height=\"178\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can I just say that it is a lot easier setting goals (for me) at birthday time than it is at the more traditional New Year&#8217;s time? You see, this allows me to set my goals without hearing much about, and being swayed by, other people&#8217;s ambitions. I am also freed to go forth in my quest to improve things about myself or my condition without hearing from an entire contingent of people who don&#8217;t believe in New Year&#8217;s resolutions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I love the romance of a fresh start.<\/p>\n<p>I am seduced by notions of improving myself.<\/p>\n<p>So, again, I am here to talk about my birthday goals. This year, I have structured them differently. Instead of spending the last several weeks coming up with a list of things that I want to do by the time I turn 36, I came up with a few things, and committed to adding 3 goals on a monthly basis. I&#8217;m happy with <a title=\"Birthday Goals 2015\" href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/birthday-goals-2015\/\">this new plan<\/a> and look forward to embarking upon this path.<\/p>\n<p>Wish me luck!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can I just say that it is a lot easier setting goals (for me) at birthday time than it is at the more traditional New Year&#8217;s time? You see, this allows me to set my goals without hearing much about, and being swayed by, other people&#8217;s ambitions. I am also freed to go forth in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2014\/09\/birthday-goals\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Birthday goals<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24],"tags":[669,670],"class_list":["post-3615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-goals","tag-birthday","tag-resolutions","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p33KTw-Wj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1006,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/goals\/","url_meta":{"origin":3615,"position":0},"title":"Goals","author":"admin","date":"January 2, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"For the last few years, \u00a0I haven't made New Year's Resolutions. 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