{"id":4974,"date":"2014-09-15T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aboutrc.com\/?p=4974"},"modified":"2014-09-15T12:00:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T16:00:50","slug":"quieting-my-mind-jade-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/?p=4974","title":{"rendered":"Quieting My Mind | Jade Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aboutrc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/stluciarocks-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4976 [ftmt_id]\" src=\"http:\/\/aboutrc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/stluciarocks-21-570x320.jpg\" alt=\"stluciarocks-2\" width=\"570\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/stluciarocks-21-570x320.jpg 570w, https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/stluciarocks-21-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/stluciarocks-21-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/stluciarocks-21-250x140.jpg 250w, https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/stluciarocks-21.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the last couple of years, I have been incredibly blessed to be asked by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joemcnally.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joe McNally<\/a> to come out and teach with him at the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/jmsl2014\" target=\"_blank\">Advanced Flash Workshops at Anse Chastanet\/Jade Mountain<\/a>. \u00a0The past year has been a bit of a whirlwind. \u00a0Lots of projects up in the air. \u00a0Lots of cool opportunities. \u00a0That said &#8211; I&#8217;d be lying if I didnt say that I have been running on fumes last couple of months. \u00a0To be able to get away and get some downtime in paradise is something that really gives you something to look forward to. \u00a0All of a sudden &#8211; the mood goes from exhaustion to &#8220;three more days till I get to<a href=\"http:\/\/Jademountain.com\" target=\"_blank\"> Jade Mountain<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sitting in class &#8211; the group gathered for this year is diverse. \u00a0Friendly. \u00a0I -love- the small group setting to chat. \u00a0I can go in so many directions to teach. \u00a0I love being able to fire different parts of my brain &#8211; composition, video, flash, web, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>That said &#8211; I&#8217;d also be lying if I didn&#8217;t say that the one thing i&#8217;ve been looking forward to the most is to just quiet the mind. \u00a0To just relax.. not talk&#8230; not interact. \u00a0Just to stare into the ocean and just let the brain quiet down just a little. \u00a0 I&#8217;ve been fighting this feeling of being past the mid point mark of the life line.. maybe its just the turning 40 thing soon&#8230; but Makes me think i&#8217;ve got more behind me than in front of me. \u00a0I hope not. \u00a0But ive never been able to quiet that fear..<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m tired. \u00a0but i&#8217;m so thankful to get a chance to have these moments. \u00a0I will never forget them &#8211; and something I really really needed right about now..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the last couple of years, I have been incredibly blessed to be asked by Joe McNally to&hellip;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,19],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blog","7":"category-family","8":"cs-entry"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4974"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4974"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4977,"href":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4974\/revisions\/4977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}