{"id":23682,"date":"2022-11-14T01:26:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T07:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=23682"},"modified":"2022-11-14T13:39:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T19:39:54","slug":"it-is-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2022\/11\/it-is-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"It is Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/PXL_20221028_170623288-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/PXL_20221028_170623288-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23684\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/PXL_20221028_170623288-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/PXL_20221028_170623288-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/PXL_20221028_170623288-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/PXL_20221028_170623288-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/PXL_20221028_170623288-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A local artist explained that sometimes he has so many projects that he feels overwhelmed and stuck. In times like this, he lines up his paintings, sets a timer, and commits to work on each of them for a short, set time, something like 10-15 minutes. One by one, he makes focused progress and feels better about life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have found this is a great way to stop feeling overwhelmed about my own tasks. I think it works, not because I get a lot done in 10 minute segments, but because it trains me to focus. Once I regain my focus, the unhelpful panic recedes and I can move freely within my world. I am no longer hiding from a difficult job or feeling shame for neglecting something. This strategy works for me, especially on a task-heavy Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local artist explained that sometimes he has so many projects that he feels overwhelmed and stuck. In times like this, he lines up his paintings, sets a timer, and commits to work on each of them for a short, set time, something like 10-15 minutes. One by one, he makes focused progress and feels &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2022\/11\/it-is-monday\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">It is Monday<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-according-to-angela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23682"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23710,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23682\/revisions\/23710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}