{"id":489,"date":"2014-09-01T01:01:46","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T08:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/?p=489"},"modified":"2014-11-04T17:39:57","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T01:39:57","slug":"happy-labor-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/motivational-mondays\/happy-labor-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Labor Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/no-substitute-for-hard-work.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-490\" src=\"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/no-substitute-for-hard-work-300x153.png\" alt=\"no substitute for hard work\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/no-substitute-for-hard-work-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/no-substitute-for-hard-work-624x319.png 624w, https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/no-substitute-for-hard-work.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;m all about hard work and that feeling of accomplishment when a task is completed. For me, there is nothing more satisfying than watching the pages in a work in progress add up. Plodding along, adding those seemingly small chunks of daily pages, until suddenly the rough draft of a novel is finished and I type, The End.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/the-end.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-491\" src=\"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/the-end-300x196.png\" alt=\"the-end\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/the-end-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/the-end.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Fabulous feeling! Of course, those words don&#8217;t mean the work is finished, not by a long shot. But the story is written. Now it&#8217;s ready for editing and polishing, which often take just as long as the process of writing the first draft.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sometimes though, we all need to step back and refresh. Today is Labor Day, a day to acknowledge and celebrate all workers. If you have to work today, we can all still celebrate with gratitude and a big thank-you. If you are lucky enough to have the day off, take a moment to appreciate yourself for all that you do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Until Wednesday, and Happy Labor Day to one and all,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Ann<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Visit me at my Facebook Author page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AnnRothAuthorPage\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AnnRothAuthorPage<\/a><br \/>\nFollow me on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/@Ann_Roth\">@Ann_Roth<\/a><br \/>\nStop by my website: <a href=\"https:\/\/annroth.net\">www.annroth.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m all about hard work and that feeling of accomplishment when a task is completed. For me, there is nothing more satisfying than watching the pages in a work in progress add up. 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