{"id":728,"date":"2014-01-01T14:03:17","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T22:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=728"},"modified":"2014-01-01T14:03:17","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T22:03:17","slug":"2014-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/01\/01\/2014-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2014 is here! and it&#8217;s going to be a big one (I&#8217;m turning 30!).<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, I gave up soda for my New Year&#8217;s resolution. I killed it (I only had 24 oz all year), and my waist line agrees. I really missed soda though. In 2012 when I gave up fast food, it was actually really easy. This year, between accessibility and stress, I really wanted soda. I&#8217;m giving myself a six-pack of Mountain Dew to celebrate, and then I&#8217;ll get back off of it again.<\/p>\n<p>For 2014, my New Year&#8217;s resolutions are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No french fries or onion rings (except during Seker Bayrami at the end of Ramazan)<\/li>\n<li>Read one book per month<\/li>\n<li>Blog everyday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Micky and I also have a work\/life balance agreement, but I&#8217;m not sure how to make it a resolution, because I don&#8217;t know how to measure it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I really like throwing resolutions out in the open so that others can help me stay the course. If you have some resolutions, and you need someone to help you, then let me know. I&#8217;ll help hold you to it.<\/p>\n<p>Have a wonderful 2014 everyone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2014 is here! and it&#8217;s going to be a big one (I&#8217;m turning 30!). In 2013, I gave up soda for my New Year&#8217;s resolution. I killed it (I only had 24 oz all year), and my waist line agrees. I really missed soda though. In 2012 when I gave up fast food, it was [&hellip;]<\/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-bK","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":523,"url":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2012\/02\/27\/resolutions-keeping-score\/","url_meta":{"origin":728,"position":0},"title":"Resolutions: Keeping score","date":"February 27, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I want to keep score as to how my resolutions and sacrifices are affecting my life. 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