{"id":162,"date":"2011-11-20T00:41:29","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T00:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kamillamilligan.com\/2011-11-20-choosing-simple\/"},"modified":"2011-11-20T00:41:29","modified_gmt":"2011-11-20T00:41:29","slug":"2011-11-20-choosing-simple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kamillamilligan.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/20\/2011-11-20-choosing-simple\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing simple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a great opportunity to choose to dial it down, back and under rather than push ahead. I&#8217;ve been leaning towards get-it-done productivity of late and while it brings positives (cleaner house, advances in my writing) it also can take me out of the present moment. Wait &#8230; have I written about this before?<br \/>\nThis morning I played with baby on the bed when she showed no signs of going down for a nap. Play, play. Cuddle, laugh.<\/p>\n<p>Then we packed up and went to baby&#8217;s first pow-wow. Unfortunately, the drumming was too loud for her and she started crying not once, but twice. I took her out each time, and we then packed up to leave. Of course, by then and from the vantage point of the entrance-way she was thoroughly enjoying the drumming, singing, regalia and dancing, not to mention watching the sweet children moving around. However, we opted to leave and headed to my mom&#8217;s for a short visit.<\/p>\n<p>There were a number of stops I wanted to make on the way home: VV for clothes, another place for a return\/make-up purchase, and a third store to drop off some milk bottles. We decided instead to come straight home. Baby slept, we snacked and napped\/read. Simple and rejuvenating.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, a friend&#8217;s concert this evening. Great music, and then a visit tonight (he&#8217;s staying over here). Tea, a snack, blogging and bed.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, just cut out the extra. Take time to slow down and enjoy. Focus on the people you&#8217;re with. Laugh. Leave a few chores until tomorrow. Don&#8217;t rush out to buy things. Life will be richer for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a great opportunity to choose to dial it down, back and under rather than push ahead. I&#8217;ve been leaning towards get-it-done productivity of late and while it brings positives (cleaner house, advances in my writing) it also can take me out of the present moment. Wait &#8230; have I written about this before? [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-relationships","category-self"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kamillamilligan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kamillamilligan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kamillamilligan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kamillamilligan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kamillamilligan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kamillamilligan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kamillamilligan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kamillamilligan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kamillamilligan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}