{"id":46696,"date":"2014-11-13T04:20:48","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T09:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/?p=46696"},"modified":"2014-11-12T22:27:33","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T03:27:33","slug":"going-awol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2014\/11\/13\/going-awol\/","title":{"rendered":"Going AWOL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/111698561?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/111698561\" target=\"_blank\">Video link HERE.<\/a>) It has been a TIME the past five months, with serious life events that have continued since June. Just as we&#8217;ve gotten our balance, another big wave hits. They say that big things happen in clusters and they have for us; we&#8217;ve been improvising like crazy, finding many unexpected answers as we go.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>But we realized today we\u2019ve hit a WALL and are seriously running-on-empty. Watching this beautiful clip from the Amazon series\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00CDBTVM2\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00CDBTVM2&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=theimprolife-20&amp;linkId=R37MJ2MJKRXVE2DF\">Alpha House<\/a> made us realize that we just need a few days AWOL to regroup. We&#8217;re taking a cue from John Goodman and going off-the-grid. We know from experience that <strong>stopping\u2014taking time, off!!\u2014\u00a0is sometimes\u00a0the most healing of therapies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll be back next week.<\/p>\n<p>(Apologies for the not-great audio.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Video link HERE.) 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