{"id":544,"date":"2011-04-12T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/2011\/some-very-sound-advice\/"},"modified":"2011-04-12T16:25:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T15:25:00","slug":"some-very-sound-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/some-very-sound-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Some very sound advice&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-RMJmX903-Dc\/TaRumA8aM4I\/AAAAAAAAB40\/1tn8UGp_ftY\/s1600\/DSC_0642.JPG\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-RMJmX903-Dc\/TaRumA8aM4I\/AAAAAAAAB40\/1tn8UGp_ftY\/s640\/DSC_0642.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span><strong>Get Slow \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span>Leave your watch on the bedside table.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span>Check email only twice a day.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span>Take the scenic route.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span>Light candles before you start to cook dinner.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span>Make up rituals.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span>Say a silent word of thanks and make eye contact with everyone at the table before you start eating.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span>Let the phone ring several times before answering.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span>Make a handmade present for a friend.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span>Set aside one night a week all for yourself.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span>Spend as much time outdoors in natural settings as you possibly can.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span>Pay attention to cycles of the moon and the shifting seasons.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span>Sit for a moment with your eyes closed when you start your computer.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span>Take a few moments before you climb out of bed in the morning to remember your dreams and think about what you want from the day.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span>Factor in an additional 25% every time you estimate how long something will take.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span>Always jump at the chance to play with a child.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span>Never pack your schedule so that there\u2019s no room for a short walk.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span>Take a left where you generally take a right.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span>&#8211;\u00a0Marco Visscher and Jay Walljasper (source, <a href=\"http:\/\/beautythatmoves.typepad.com\/beauty_that_moves\/2011\/02\/i-am-ready-to-work-with-you-30-day-vegan-cleanse.html\">Nourish The Whole Self e-course<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get Slow \u00a0 Leave your watch on the bedside table. Check email only twice a day. Take the scenic route.\u00a0 Light candles before you start to cook dinner. Make up rituals.\u00a0 Say a silent word of thanks and make eye contact with everyone at the table before you start eating. Let the phone ring several [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,43,13,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deep-thoughts-and-reflections","category-home-making-and-organising","category-soulful-life","category-soulful-quotes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}