{"id":707,"date":"2017-07-13T22:37:20","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T22:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/?p=707"},"modified":"2017-07-13T22:43:08","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T22:43:08","slug":"simple-acts-that-make-a-big-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/?p=707","title":{"rendered":"2 Simple Acts That Make a Big Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every day, for the last few months, I\u2019ve been doing these two simple, focused acts:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-07-11_01.jpg\" \n    alt=\"Winding country road at sunset\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-706\" \n    width=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-07-11_01.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-07-11_01-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-07-11_01-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left:336px;\">\n<li>Each morning, I write my intention for the day<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Each evening, I write one thing that I am grateful for<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I call them my \u201cbookend vistas\u201d\u2014two ways of looking at my day, with \u201ceveryday life\u201d sandwiched in between.<\/p>\n<p>Life throws curve balls every day, and it delivers surprises. It brings both challenges and delights.<\/p>\n<p>Setting my intention centers the day in my true values. It helps me take responsibility for what I bring to it. Do my thoughts and actions make things better, or worse?<\/p>\n<p>Practicing gratitude grounds the day in the deep meaning of life. It feels like less of a crazy blur, and more of a sacred space that I get to experience.<\/p>\n<p>Sounds wonderful, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<p>These two, simple acts help me become more conscious of the choices I make, and of the meaningful experiences I have.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to feel more centered and grounded, try wrapping these bookend vistas around your day, and see what happens!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every day, for the last few months, I\u2019ve been doing these two simple, focused acts: Each morning, I write my intention for the day Each evening, I write one thing that I am grateful for I call them my \u201cbookend vistas\u201d\u2014two ways of looking at my day, with \u201ceveryday life\u201d sandwiched in between. Life throws [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-choices","category-meaning","category-perspective"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=707"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":709,"href":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions\/709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}