{"id":3734,"date":"2023-10-17T22:55:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T03:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/?p=3734"},"modified":"2023-11-15T10:08:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:08:11","slug":"2023-is-almost-over-and-ive-had-this-blog-for-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/archives\/3734","title":{"rendered":"2023 is almost over &#8211; and I&#8217;ve had this blog for 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:37% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_5535-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3735 size-full\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_5535-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_5535-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_5535-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_5535-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_5535-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know that there was a time when I could sit down and write, when the words came freely and easily. It was so long ago. Small children, running a business, maintaining the home, etc etc. It all is there in the daily life. There are so many moments, but really I&#8217;m struggling to summarize them here. 20 years of my thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t want this place to become a hollow, dead blog like almost all of the ones I read in the early 2000s. I&#8217;ve kept this one going since 2003. And yet, my life seems too private and small now to share. I live in the suburbs, I plan really cool events and weddings, I help businesses figure out their problems, and most of that time is spent in 2,700 sq ft of space, or outside as much as possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The errands, the tasks, the laundry, the meals, the snuggles. It&#8217;s surrounding me. It&#8217;s good. It feels right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then, there are days like today, when I was on a call with other event planners, working on a retreat that will bring other business owners together to discuss what we do, how to do it better, how to collaborate&#8230;I really miss working with other people who are like me, who think like I do and run their businesses as professionals. It felt so good. I&#8217;m grateful that I have the opportunities that I have and the confidence to walk into a networking event and make new connections and friendships. It is such a gift and I never take it for granted.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know that there was a time when I could sit down and write, when the words came freely and easily. It was so long ago. Small children, running a business, maintaining the home, etc etc. It all is there&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[31,19,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event-planning","category-personal","category-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3737,"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3734\/revisions\/3737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}