{"id":4135,"date":"2022-03-28T17:15:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T22:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.wpengine.com\/?p=4135"},"modified":"2022-03-27T17:52:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T22:52:04","slug":"a-heartfelt-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=4135","title":{"rendered":"A Heartfelt Thank you!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve said for ages that one thing that keeps me going on this blogging journey is that it&#8217;s a form of therapy for me.\u00a0 It helps me get thoughts and ideas out of my head.\u00a0 It lets me use a part of my brain that I may not get to flex much otherwise.\u00a0 And sometimes it&#8217;s a lot of fun.\u00a0 So yes, I do a lot of this for me.<\/p>\n<p>But, at the same time, if I never intended anyone else to see it I would put these thoughts in a journal, not a website anyone can access.\u00a0 I do think about people reading what I write. 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