{"id":15341,"date":"2023-03-17T13:24:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T12:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.a-z-translations.com\/?p=15341"},"modified":"2023-03-17T13:24:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T12:24:09","slug":"resolution-2023-an-addendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.a-z-translations.com\/en\/resolution-2023-an-addendum\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolution 2023 – an addendum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the beginning of this year, I wrote about my one big resolution for 2023<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, things have been going surprisingly well, even if there have been a few times with more work than I would have wished for, but it has all been within reason. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, I feel quite content with my workload and time management. In fact, the other day, when we were trying to find a date for the annual general meeting of our karate club, I realized that I had actually only a few dates blocked where I wasn’t available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, I have come to the realization that good time management also extends to the things I do for my business that I don’t get paid for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of these things is this blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I started it <\/a>13 years and 937 posts ago (oh my!), I decided to write a post at least once a week. After all, in order to be relevant on social media, you have to show up regularly – or forget about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I have done precisely that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week after week, I looked for pertinent topics to write about, with the goal of bringing value – and some fun – to the conversation surrounding languages, translation, and interpretation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even when I knew I would be out of the office, I prepared and scheduled a post (and sometimes several) in advance, so that there would be one every week regardless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lately, though, I have been finding it ever harder to come up with something every single week. I started to dread Thursdays – the day I have it scheduled in my agenda – and sometimes spend an hour or more just looking for a topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not a very good use of my time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I have decided to break with the habit of posting here every week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Regular” just means “at regular intervals,” without specifying that interval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of every week, I am going to post here every other week, at least for now, and see how that affects my time management and – more importantly – my stress level. And if it turns out that I need to change it to every three weeks or even once a month, then I will do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe sometime in the future, I will return to the weekly posts, but for now, I need to take it easier on myself and the pressure off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in any case, it’s a minimum, so writing more is always an option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See you here in two weeks! 🙋‍♀️✋<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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