{"id":23,"date":"2023-12-24T02:05:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T02:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jehieli.me\/?p=23"},"modified":"2026-03-06T00:37:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:37:59","slug":"1-journey-to-30-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jehieli.me\/index.php\/2023\/12\/24\/1-journey-to-30-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"1. Journey to 30: Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Journey to 30: Beginning<\/h1>\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcome to the end of my 20's and the beginning of my 30's!<\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/profile\/26595520-josue-j-bastidas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/h6>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"848\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/jehieli.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Journey-to-30-Beginning-edited-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-220\" style=\"width:493px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jehieli.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Journey-to-30-Beginning-edited-1.webp 848w, https:\/\/jehieli.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Journey-to-30-Beginning-edited-1-480x270.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 848px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Me at a payphone in New York City.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\ud83d\udc4b<\/strong>\u00a0Welcome<\/h2>\n<p>It has been 4 months and 8 days since I celebrated my 29th birthday. The last days of 2023 along with the first 8 months of 2024 will conclude my 20s. I've learned. experienced and accomplished many things through the years, while also having many goals pending.<\/p>\n<p>How would I share the culmination of my 20s?<\/p>\n<p>I enjoy writing but haven't written in a long time so writing a blog was a good option. I've also considered a party. I'm not big on festivities, so that was out of the question as quickly as the thought popped into my head.<\/p>\n<p>How about a podcast? I do enjoy audio and have been speaking with my brothers for an hour every week, for over a year now. Doing a podcast would still require writing a script and ideas of what to share (you can see where I'm leaning toward).<\/p>\n<p>I also considered doing videos! My favorite part of creating videos has been editing, but I also that takes a lot of time.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u270d\ufe0f BLOG<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This 'Journey to 30' blog is my way of sharing my experiences, fulfilling my writing goal, and celebrating my 30th birthday. The goal is to write 30 blogs in which I share things I am going through, such as dealing with Invisalign and getting comfortable living in a new city.<\/p>\n<p>This first blog is the beginning of that goal, with 29 blogs left to write, of which the 30th blog will be shared on my birthday, August 22nd! Everything is a process so I look forward to seeing my writing improve as well.<\/p>\n<p>I do not have a set schedule for when I will publish but since we have about 34 weeks until the end of August 2024, it will be close to a blog a week. I presume some weeks I will publish more than one blog, while other weeks I will not publish any blogs, but rest assured they are being written!<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\ud83d\ude4f THANK YOU<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Welcome to the final months of my 20s. It feels bittersweet as I write but it's a testament, thanks to God, of all I've experienced, learned and accomplished. With so much more to come.<\/p>\n<p>30 years closing in. Here's to a strong finish and a strong start to the next 30!<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\ud83d\udcd6<\/strong>&nbsp;Thanks for Reading<\/h2>\n<p>See you in the next one.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-journey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jehieli.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jehieli.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jehieli.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jehieli.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jehieli.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/jehieli.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291,"href":"https:\/\/jehieli.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions\/291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jehieli.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jehieli.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jehieli.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jehieli.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}