{"id":254,"date":"2014-08-11T17:44:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T17:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogapantsdiary.com\/?p=254"},"modified":"2014-08-11T17:44:09","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T17:44:09","slug":"time-will-pass-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogapantsdiary.com\/?p=254","title":{"rendered":"Time Will Pass Anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I feel like this has been my inspiration and motivation through my entire journey: TIME. \u00a0Everyone wants more time: More time to sleep, more time to spend with family, more hours in the day. \u00a0But how many of us are making choices every day that could takes days, weeks, months or even years off our life?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yogapantsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/image14.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-258\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yogapantsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/image14.jpg?resize=281%2C179\" alt=\"image\" width=\"281\" height=\"179\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I want as much time on this Earth with my loved ones as I can get! \u00a0That is why I&#8217;ve dedicated so much of my time now for time in the future. \u00a0It&#8217;s true that exercising and dieting do take time but how much time will you be rewarded with in the future? \u00a0I stumbled across this quote and used it to motivate me for the last 15 months:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yogapantsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/image13.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-256\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yogapantsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/image13.jpg?resize=525%2C525\" alt=\"image\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yogapantsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/image13.jpg?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yogapantsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/image13.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yogapantsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/image13.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a>I love this quote because it&#8217;s so true. \u00a0I could have chose to not do anything about my health for this last year. \u00a0I could have remained exactly the same but I chose not to. \u00a0I had always dreamed of dropping a bunch of weight over the summer. \u00a0How cool would it be to show up 40 pounds lighter and surprise my students and coworkers? This time I finally did it. THE TIME WILL PASS ANYWAY, WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH IT?<\/p>\n<p>Over the past year, I watched a lot of people stay the same. \u00a0Stay unhappy with their weight, job, home, relationship or even education. \u00a0I was definitely one of these people in the past. \u00a0I would mention wanting to lose weight but never tried or gave up quickly. \u00a0I&#8217;ve met a lot of both happy and unhappy people in the past year. \u00a0What was the biggest difference between the two? The happy people chose to get there and do whatever work needed to be done to get there. \u00a0People discuss losing weight with me all the time but I rarely see those people then make healthy choices in front of me. \u00a0I know I can&#8217;t start someones journey for them or control anyone else. \u00a0BUT I just want to help. \u00a0I want them to get to experience what I&#8217;ve experienced in this past year. \u00a0I wish everyone could feel how I feel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yogapantsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/image15.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-259\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yogapantsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/image15.jpg?resize=275%2C183\" alt=\"image\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s my challenge for you: pick one area of your life to change and JUST DO IT. (Thanks Nike) The time will pass anyway and you can choose to change or remain the same. \u00a0Trust me. \u00a0You&#8217;ll be a lot happier with yourself looking back if you do something now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I feel like this has been my inspiration and motivation through my entire journey: TIME. \u00a0Everyone wants more time: More time to sleep, more time to spend with family, more hours in the day. \u00a0But how many of us are making choices every day that could takes days, weeks, months or even years off our &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yogapantsdiary.com\/?p=254\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Time Will Pass Anyway&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emotions","category-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4PFDd-46","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogapantsdiary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogapantsdiary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogapantsdiary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogapantsdiary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogapantsdiary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/yogapantsdiary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261,"href":"https:\/\/yogapantsdiary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions\/261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogapantsdiary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogapantsdiary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogapantsdiary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}