{"id":13399,"date":"2020-11-04T22:35:36","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T04:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=13399"},"modified":"2020-11-04T22:36:04","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T04:36:04","slug":"an-opportunity-to-re-evaluate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/an-opportunity-to-re-evaluate\/","title":{"rendered":"An Opportunity To Re-evaluate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Life can seem really complex any particular moment and when we are in the thick of things its easy to get overwhelmed. It\u2019s also easy to get so busy that you don\u2019t even realize how much time you are spending on one thing or another and before you know it you are so busy going going going that you haven\u2019t even stopped to check if the road you are going down is still taking you to the destination you\u2019d set out for.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing the last nine months has done is point out the fact that &#8211; life is uncertain, circumstances can change drastically at any time, and we shouldn\u2019t take anything or anyone for granted. Being hit with the reality of those facts has provided all of us an opportunity to re-evaluate what our priorities are and consider what we ought to change about them\u2026its provided us an opportunity to consider how we\u2019ve spent our time and relook at whether we ought to be spending it differently\u2026.it\u2019s given us a reason to really re-evaluate everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color\">&nbsp; \u201cIt\u2019s one thing to set a goal. It\u2019s another, however, when you get so caught up in the details that you neglect to review your progress. Re-evaluation enables you to improve your aim to ensure you hit your target.\u201d&nbsp; &#8211; Susan Young<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes the best thing we can do is take a step back and give ourselves a chance to breathe.\u00a0 And when you\u2019ve caught your breathe, re-evaluate where you are, what matters most, and what to change to find the fulfillment you seek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>~Amy Rees Anderson (author of the book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Awesome-Looks-Like-Business\/dp\/1946633763\">What Awesome Looks Like: How To Excel in Business &amp; Life<\/a>\u201d ) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life can seem really complex any particular moment and when we are in the thick of things its easy to get overwhelmed. It\u2019s also easy to get so busy that you don\u2019t even realize how much time you are spending on one thing or another and before you know it you are so busy going [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[395,24461,24463,24465,21818,364,55,24466,24462,24468,24464,19932,24467],"class_list":["post-13399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-amy-rees-anderson","tag-an-opportunity-to-re-evaluate","tag-circumstances-change","tag-dont-take-anything-or-anyone-for-granted","tag-finding-fulfillment","tag-goal","tag-happiness","tag-how-we-spend-our-time","tag-life-is-complex","tag-review-your-progress","tag-so-busy-moving","tag-what-awesome-looks-like","tag-what-to-change"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13399"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13402,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13399\/revisions\/13402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}