{"id":8,"date":"2023-10-30T20:08:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T20:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iamariadne.com\/Chronicles\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2023-11-08T21:25:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T21:25:52","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iamariadne.com\/Chronicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some years ago, due to a challenge issued by an author I still am reading daily, I decided to start writing every day. <strong>An article a day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">And no cheating either. Each and every day, around the same time, publish something. 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What are you still gonna talk about&#8230; and this every day? In that era a misconception formed in my mind: Oh no. 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And just like any skill set, it takes practice to master. In my case, I took to writing offline albeit it not every day for my mind to let go of the fact that no. I am not boring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In any case. I&#8217;ve started writing online again, to prove to myself that yes, I can. And also to showcase this crazy life to which I have not found the key to yet. What key, you&#8217;re asking? Well, the key of happiness. The key of letting go (Frozen style). The key to trust that whichever path I am on, God&#8217;s got my back. &#8220;I will never leave you nor forsake you&#8221; right? (<em>Deut 31:6 <\/em>amongst others).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some years ago, due to a challenge issued by an author I still am reading daily, I decided to start writing every day. An article a day. And no cheating either. Each and every day, around the same time, publish something. 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