{"id":1623,"date":"2025-09-18T13:44:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecurrent.co.za\/?p=1623"},"modified":"2025-09-18T13:45:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:45:43","slug":"back-refreshed-and-open-minded-a-new-chapter-on-the-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecurrent.co.za\/index.php\/2025\/09\/18\/back-refreshed-and-open-minded-a-new-chapter-on-the-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Back, Refreshed, and Open-Minded: A New Chapter on the Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p1\">After a month-long break from social media, I\u2019ve found myself slowly starting to count down the days until I\u2019m back online again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">My life is far from perfect, but this blog has always felt like a safe and purposeful space for me. It has opened doors, brought unexpected opportunities, and given me countless first-time experiences that I\u2019ll always be grateful for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">The current season feels different though. I\u2019m diving into a more open-minded style of blogging, sharing not just the polished moments but also the real ones. You might even spot a few personal vlogs here and there as I allow myself to explore and create more freely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">October is already looking like a month filled with exciting changes and <strong><em>BIG<\/em><\/strong> things, and I can\u2019t wait to bring you along for the journey. But for now, I\u2019m soaking up the last moments of this soon-to-end break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">See you very soon, my online friends \u2728<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a month-long break from social media, I\u2019ve found myself slowly starting to count down the days until I\u2019m back online again. My life is far from perfect, but this blog has always felt like a safe and purposeful space for me. It has opened doors, brought unexpected opportunities, and given me countless first-time experiences [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurrent.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurrent.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurrent.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurrent.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurrent.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1623"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurrent.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1625,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurrent.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623\/revisions\/1625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurrent.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurrent.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurrent.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurrent.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}