{"id":10629,"date":"2023-12-18T00:53:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T05:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/?p=10629"},"modified":"2026-02-15T20:30:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T01:30:56","slug":"2023-yer-end-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/2023-yer-end-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 YEAR-END REFLECTION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The end of last year kinda of sucked. It was fraught with dealing with challenging issues that consumed my personal life. I thought it was going to finally conclude by the middle of this year, but it didn&#8217;t. I guess I shouldn&#8217;t have held my breath. It&#8217;s hard to feel free and be creative when certain issues are nagging at you. I have had to learn to take my mind off of such matters and move on, despite the inconclusive nature of the matter. I hope it will come to its final conclusion by the start of the new year. Nothing is promised, but Ill strive to move forward nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>In the coming year, I plan to clear out clutter and sell off things that I no longer need. I&#8217;m starting with my closet. I want to make room for new things to come in. As a 40-something year old, I&#8217;ve come to accept the fact that I might not ever get back to my 30-something year old body. But even if I do, I will move on to new things anyways. I have a new frame of mind when it comes to dressing. I&#8217;m in a new era. I care more about being comfortably dressed, but still, always, I am for style. I think confidence shines through when you are not fussing with things that make you physically uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>I want to get back to working on creative projects, making new art. I want to get more things done, and hesitate less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The end of last year kinda of sucked. It was fraught with dealing with challenging issues that consumed my personal life. I thought it was going to finally conclude by the middle of this year, but it didn&#8217;t. I guess I shouldn&#8217;t have held my breath. It&#8217;s hard to feel free and be creative when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6492,"url":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/a-warning-about-negative-entities-twin-souls-mediums\/","url_meta":{"origin":10629,"position":0},"title":"A WARNING ABOUT NEGATIVE ENTITIES, TWIN SOULS &#038; MEDIUMS","author":"Andrea Mai","date":"February 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Generally speaking, I prefer to keep things on my blog positive and informative. 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