{"id":658,"date":"2014-11-05T01:05:16","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T09:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/?p=658"},"modified":"2014-11-04T17:22:28","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T01:22:28","slug":"act-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/hump-day-wednesday\/act-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Act Now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dont-wait.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-659\" src=\"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dont-wait-300x229.jpeg\" alt=\"don't wait\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dont-wait-300x229.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dont-wait.jpeg 529w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;When xxx happens, then I will be on my way to (insert goal here).&#8221;\u00a0 My first memory of believing this goes way back to when I was 5 years old. I just knew that as soon as I turned 6, I&#8217;d have all the answers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You know how that went&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At the time, I didn&#8217;t learn from my misbelief. I lived a big chunk my life waiting for that perfect moment when the stars aligned and fortune smiled at me. You can guess where all that waiting lead&#8211;nowhere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So much time, squandered on hope that events completely out of my control fell into place just for me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I know I&#8217;m not alone here. Admit it, you&#8217;ve done the same thing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This\u00a0 saying is a great reminder that I can take control of my life and turn any moment into a step toward attaining my goals, however small that step may be.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It&#8217;s all about attitude and action. And guess what? It works. With a bonus: I&#8217;m a whole happier.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What are you going to do to take action and make this moment count?<\/p>\n<p>Until next time, and wishing you control of your own life,<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Ann<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Connect with me on 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>&#8220;When xxx happens, then I will be on my way to (insert goal here).&#8221;\u00a0 My first memory of believing this goes way back to when I was 5 years old. I just knew that as soon as I turned 6, I&#8217;d have all the answers. You know how that went&#8230; At the time, I didn&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[77,78,76,74,75],"class_list":["post-658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hump-day-wednesday","tag-goals","tag-happy","tag-life","tag-misbelief","tag-take-control"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":665,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658\/revisions\/665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}