{"id":576,"date":"2021-04-12T16:14:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T21:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/?p=576"},"modified":"2021-04-12T16:14:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T21:14:24","slug":"writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/?p=576","title":{"rendered":"Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">published in the Republican April 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April has always been a month of reflection for me due to the anniversary of my column.\u00a0\u00a0Over the years it has been a vehicle for my voice ranging from disability rights, personal experiences to self-help.\u00a0\u00a0It is good to be reminded where it all began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have been writing in a journal every day since I was a little girl.&nbsp;&nbsp;Whenever I was upset, my mom told me to write about why I was upset and after it was written there was no reason to be upset because it was in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To this day I still follow that advice, feeling better after venting my feelings on paper.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is like clearing your mind so you can see things in a new light.&nbsp;&nbsp;Writing can also be a great way to brainstorm solutions to problems and track progress of resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Journaling can keep track of your goals, values and beliefs in your personal life.&nbsp;&nbsp;In my journal I have pages where I have listed values and beliefs that I follow every day, like being happy, peaceful and positive.&nbsp;&nbsp;I read this every day to keep me centered, focused and to remind myself of who I am.&nbsp;&nbsp;Writing is a way of life for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>published in the Republican April 2021 April has always been a month of reflection for me due to the anniversary of my column.\u00a0\u00a0Over the years it has been a vehicle for my voice ranging from disability rights, personal experiences to self-help.\u00a0\u00a0It is good to be reminded where it all began. I have been writing in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":577,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions\/577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}