{"id":4698,"date":"2024-10-26T14:17:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T14:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/?p=4698"},"modified":"2024-10-26T14:17:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T14:17:38","slug":"noticing-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/2024\/10\/26\/noticing-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Noticing changes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve been listening to Mortimer’s new album recently, and there’s a song I really like. It’s called Changes. If you have Spotify, you can listen to it here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like it because it reminds me that I’ve changed significantly in the past 15 or 20 years. Like the song says, things I used to fear, I don’t anymore, and that’s the most significant change I’ve seen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love songs whose words are easy to understand and connect with. Listening to Mortimer’s song repeatedly made me think of the changes I’ve experienced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I notice positive changes I’ve made, I like to credit myself for the growth I’ve achieved. It’s easy to discredit our achievements simply because they’re ours. I must constantly remind myself to celebrate my accomplishments, regardless of how small they may seem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m pretty sure if someone had told me 20 years ago that I would be living in a tropical country, married to the man I was dating, and now earning a living as a writer, I would have laughed at them. None of my current activities were on my radar back then. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe I’m reflecting as my fiftieth birthday is around the corner in 2025, and I’m taking stock of where I am in my life. While the path I took wasn’t necessarily the one I planned for, I don’t have any regrets about where I ended up, and I’m excited for the experiences ahead. \ud83e\ude75<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been listening to Mortimer’s new album recently, and there’s a song I really like. It’s called Changes. If you have Spotify, you can listen to it here. I like it because it reminds me that I’ve changed significantly in the past 15 or 20 years. Like the song says, things I used to fear, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[596,2700,609,2069,2159,638,445,2701,2698,2699,537,1917,588,2605],"class_list":["post-4698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thoughtoftheday","tag-accomplishment","tag-changes-by-mortimer","tag-focus","tag-freelance-author","tag-freelance-writer","tag-goal-achievement","tag-goals","tag-island-living","tag-mortimer","tag-mortimer-song-changes","tag-sandra-dawes","tag-sandra-dawes-chatha","tag-success","tag-treasure-beach-freelance-writer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4698"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4700,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4698\/revisions\/4700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}