{"id":5551,"date":"2022-05-23T00:58:29","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T04:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=5551"},"modified":"2022-05-23T00:58:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T04:58:29","slug":"goals-and-obsessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2022\/05\/goals-and-obsessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Goals and Obsessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m usually pretty obsessed with goal-setting.<\/p>\n<p>But, boy, oh boy, is this not the season for that. <\/p>\n<p>And it is humbling. <\/p>\n<p>There are so many things that I have wanted to do and had the good fortune to be able to do those things. However, right now, the math doesn&#8217;t work for the things that I want to get done and the time that there is for those things.<\/p>\n<p>Part of me feels like I just need to give setting goals a break.<\/p>\n<p>The other part of me really likes to make goals, and meet them.<\/p>\n<p>So, for this summer, I have scaled back yet again.<\/p>\n<p>I want to lean in to ros\u00e9 season.<br \/>\nI want to make and drink lots of teas and lemonades.<br \/>\nI want to get outdoors more in my very favorite season.<br \/>\nAnd I want to get into hummus.<br \/>\nAnd my one-page-zine making. I want to actively continue with that project. I most certainly have not been daily with this, but I have done enough that it is achieving what I wanted to achieve with it.<\/p>\n<p>The hummus thing is where obsession really creeps in.<\/p>\n<p>I was wasting time scrolling on TikTok as one does and fell right into a hummus rabbit hole. And I want to make and eat more of it. <\/p>\n<p>I just woke up from a dream where I was being told to scale back on the way that I attempt to plan and provide food for my family. That&#8217;s not the reason for wanting to get into hummus, but what feels like a sign that I&#8217;m on the right track.<\/p>\n<p>I feel like making room for repeating something that I know that I enjoy will give me more mental space, but also allow me some room to spice things up.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see. <\/p>\n<p>In the meanwhile, I&#8217;ll be wrecking my FYP page by actively seeking hummus videos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m usually pretty obsessed with goal-setting. But, boy, oh boy, is this not the season for that. And it is humbling. There are so many things that I have wanted to do and had the good fortune to be able to do those things. However, right now, the math doesn&#8217;t work for the things that&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2022\/05\/goals-and-obsessions\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Goals and Obsessions<\/span><\/a><\/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":"","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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p33KTw-1rx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5522,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2021\/09\/bringing-back-birthday-goals\/","url_meta":{"origin":5551,"position":0},"title":"Bringing Back Birthday Goals","author":"sherlonya","date":"September 9, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Once upon a time, I would try to set birthday goals that corresponded with my new age. 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