{"id":3850,"date":"2011-11-09T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2011\/11\/09\/120-hours"},"modified":"2017-10-04T06:27:57","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T12:27:57","slug":"120-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=3850","title":{"rendered":"120 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">One hundred and twenty hours in, no revelations thus far. You may recall from a previous story telling that I had mentioned about a big life change. In this world of a dismal economy, I quit my employment of the last nine years.<br \/>\nI now have the freedom to stay up late, brush the dust off books that must have thought they&#8217;d been long forgotten, address the nooks and crannies in my life that need personal attention.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1a4a1-dsc01594.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1a4a1-dsc01594.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>But, in all honesty, the first one hundred and twenty hours have only been filled with self reflection, trepidation, fear and anxiety. My demons haunt my thoughts with inability, dread, and failure.<br \/>\nI\u00a0 list out things to do to occupy myself over the next couple of months.<br \/>\n<i>Set Goals.<\/i><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve never had this much freedom.<br \/>\n<i>I&#8217;m paralyzed. <\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/aff05-dsc01591.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/aff05-dsc01591.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One hundred and twenty hours in, no revelations thus far. 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