{"id":1602,"date":"2024-02-06T14:24:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T14:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imaninspires.com\/?p=1602"},"modified":"2024-02-07T12:09:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T12:09:20","slug":"why-i-took-a-break-from-blogging-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imaninspires.com\/?p=1602","title":{"rendered":"Why I took a break from blogging in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1602\" class=\"elementor elementor-1602\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9338100 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9338100\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1aa7a49\" data-id=\"1aa7a49\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37b8bbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"37b8bbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imaninspires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/result-day-375x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1605\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.imaninspires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/result-day-375x500.jpg 375w, http:\/\/www.imaninspires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/result-day-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.imaninspires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/result-day-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.imaninspires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/result-day.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7848568 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7848568\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9aff749\" data-id=\"9aff749\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c172ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c172ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you have been following me for a while, you&#8217;ll be aware that I took time off last year. 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