{"id":15747,"date":"2016-05-06T20:15:44","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T20:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/?p=15747"},"modified":"2016-05-06T20:15:44","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T20:15:44","slug":"15747-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/15747-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A May State of Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15748\" src=\"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/12495990_1028175083895222_4225109742759508323_o-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"12495990_1028175083895222_4225109742759508323_o\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/12495990_1028175083895222_4225109742759508323_o-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/12495990_1028175083895222_4225109742759508323_o.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re like me, March was a pretty tough time; spring is on the horizon, but we\u2019re just not there yet.<\/p>\n<p>The fact you are reading a March blog in the month of May should be enough evidence to know that march certainly wasn\u2019t the best month for me.<\/p>\n<p>Of course hindsight is 20\/20, but I want to provide some insight to you and for myself for the next Marches to come; the best time to do the things that make you happy is when you\u2019re feeling down.<\/p>\n<p>Part of my downfall was that I completely stopped doing the things that I know can balance my physical, emotional, and spiritual health; Singing (for joy!), eating well, and exercising are the 3 key factors that come together to make a happy, healthy Imani.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps my biggest regret is that this year has been the most sedative year of my life. To be fair, I did fall in love with my car, and driving around the city of Detroit, but still, there were many moments where I could\u2019ve explored the city in a way that allowed me to be more physically active.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m excited to be getting a bike this month. Word on the street is you don\u2019t really know Detroit until you experience it on 2 wheels as opposed to 4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">What is your formula for being a happy, healthy you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re like me, March was a pretty tough time; spring is on the horizon, but we\u2019re just not there yet. The fact you are reading a March blog in the month of May should be enough evidence to know that march certainly wasn\u2019t the best month for me. Of course hindsight is 20\/20, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}