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Today the focus is just declaring this new resolution, and from tomorrow onward the challenge will be to follow through with it. I will succeed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[18,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQyAq-84","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":257,"url":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2010\/02\/12\/reflecting-on-a-good-week\/","url_meta":{"origin":500,"position":0},"title":"Reflecting on a good week","date":"February 12, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I had a really good week this week. That's a very rare statement for me over the last two years. The general problem has been me. 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