{"id":1342,"date":"2010-03-19T17:11:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gingiber.com\/this-balancing-act-2\/"},"modified":"2010-03-19T17:11:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T17:11:00","slug":"this-balancing-act-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gingiber.com\/?p=1342","title":{"rendered":"this balancing act"},"content":{"rendered":"
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source: weheartit <\/a><\/div>\n
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Lunch break= blog time! <\/span><\/div>\n
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So my beloved mac book pro is sick. I had to take it to a mac specialist here in Arkansas. I really hope that they can fix it, because not all of my art and photos are backed up. I am beyond sad…….. <\/div>\n
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I find that without my laptop, I feel even more isolated than usual. I have shared on here about how I really have not found a place where I belong in Arkansas. Furthermore, it has been so long since I have had to try to build new relationships, I do not know where to start. I have contemplated the possibility of making “blogging” friends, but how do I do that without coming across as needy? I read the blogs of many amazing and talented people. How do people distinguish between friendship and, well…. almost being a creepy online stalker? Am I making any sense? Most likely not.<\/div>\n
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Forgive my ramblings. I finally have access to a computer and am just putting it all out there.<\/div>\n
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Sometimes, I realize I am so inward. I like to work. I like to draw and keep creating. I feel like if I work at it hard enough, people will like my stuff and buy it. Then I can really call myself an artist.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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But<\/div>\n
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it is hard to stay motivated.<\/div>\n
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Then, there is the whole working full time outside of the home while being a mommy and a wife. I do not want to be the person who puts their family on the back burner. I read this article that was mentioned on OhDeedOh<\/a> recently about blogging mommas called “Honey, Don\u2019t Bother Mommy. I\u2019m Too Busy Building My Brand.”<\/span><\/i>. God help me if I become this person. <\/div>\n
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Sorry for all of the garble. The last thing my 50 followers<\/span> want to read about is my silly emotions! (Thats right, I officially have 50 blogger followers).<\/b>\n<\/div>\n
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In summary, I need to:<\/div>\n
1. Get a life<\/div>\n
2. Make new friends<\/div>\n
3. Have my mac book pro returned to me ASAP so that I can get back to business<\/div>\n
4. Focus on my family<\/div>\n
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Thanks for reading.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Tomorrow will be a much happier post, I guarantee it!<\/div>\n
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Stacie<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

source: weheartit Lunch break= blog time! So my beloved mac book pro is sick. I had to take it to a mac specialist here in Arkansas. I really hope that they can fix it, because not all of my art and photos are backed up. I am beyond sad…….. I find that without my laptop, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[320,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-craft","category-family"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gingiber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gingiber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gingiber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gingiber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gingiber.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gingiber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gingiber.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gingiber.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gingiber.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}