{"id":7,"date":"2019-01-03T20:15:12","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T20:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/extremejelly.com\/blog\/?p=7"},"modified":"2025-04-27T23:25:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T23:25:23","slug":"a-fresh-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extremejelly.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/03\/a-fresh-start\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fresh Start"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So, a while back we had a blog and a website. Then, we got hacked. So, we stopped blogging and we shut down the website. But now we are back and ready to start this back up again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we entered the new year, I saw\nseveral friends posting about their &#8220;Words of the Year.&#8221; I&#8217;ve never\nreally been one to do a word for the year, but this year I got thinking. If I\nwere to choose a word or two for 2019, what would those be? Well, I came up\nwith two&#8230;More or Less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I enter 2019, I want More and\nLess in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>-Less: Me.<\/li><li>+More: Jesus<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ok, that might sound a little clich\u00e9.\nBut it&#8217;s true. I want to seek the Father so much more this year. I want to decrease\nto see how He will work in my life.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8211; Less: Comparison<\/li><li>+ More: Joy<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8211; Less: Social Media<\/li><li>+ More: Authentic Relationships<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The way I&#8217;ve chosen to tackle this\nis by deleting Facebook from my cell phone. I am now limited to only looking at\nFacebook when I&#8217;m sitting in front of my computer. I want to communicate in\nreal ways with friends and family this year. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8211; Less: Screen Time<\/li><li>+ More: Time spent doing activities outside or reading or anything else, really.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8211; Less: Talk of cancer<\/li><li>+ More: Talk of health and healing<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8211; Less: Complaining<\/li><li>+ More: Encouraging<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8211; Less: Junk Food<\/li><li>+ More: Fruits and Veggies<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Let\u2019s be for real here though, junk food will happen. I just want to establish some better food habits.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8211; Less: Laziness<\/li><li>+ More: Exercise (gym, kayaking, walking outside, etc.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8211; Less: Stress<\/li><li>+ More: Intentional rest and relaxation to lower stress<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ok, so I\u2019m working on a Master\u2019s degree, working full-time,\nhave a husband, and my parents live down the road. Stress is bound to happen.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0\">I\u2019m sure there are other things I\nhave been thinking about over the past few days, but as I am writing this, they\nseem to have escaped me. But, you get the idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I haven\u2019t set actual <em>resolutions,<\/em> I do want to become a better\nversion of me in 2019. I want to shine the light to a dark world around me. I\nwant to be a better neighbor, friend, daughter, wife, and student. But, I will try\nto not beat myself up when I fail at some of these things. And fail, I will. I\nam human. It just goes along with life. And that is ok. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So as we enter 2019, maybe you need more and less in your life. Maybe you are walking this journey with me and can help hold me accountable. Maybe I can help you in your journey. We need people to encourage us along the way. To hold us up when we can\u2019t do it ourselves (maybe some day I\u2019ll share some of my story that included a lot of that in 2018). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever you set out to do in 2019, seek\nChrist first and then do it with all that you have. Maybe 2019 will bring\nhardship and struggle. I don\u2019t know. What I do know is that it will bring life.\nI hope you enjoy the journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, a while back we had a blog and a website. Then, we got hacked. So, we stopped blogging and we shut down the website. But now we are back and ready to start this back up again. As we entered the new year, I saw several friends posting about their &#8220;Words of the Year.&#8221; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extremejelly.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/03\/a-fresh-start\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Fresh Start&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extremejelly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extremejelly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extremejelly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extremejelly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extremejelly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/extremejelly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8,"href":"https:\/\/extremejelly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extremejelly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extremejelly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extremejelly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}