{"id":178,"date":"2013-11-02T05:42:55","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T00:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hunteeboy.com\/playitbyear\/?p=178"},"modified":"2013-11-02T05:56:25","modified_gmt":"2013-11-02T00:56:25","slug":"challenges-bring-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hunteeboy.com\/playitbyear\/?p=178","title":{"rendered":"Challenges &#8211; Bring It!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;ve gotten away from talking about music. And I&#8217;ve been talking about life and current events. That in and of itself is a challenge, that is finding my voice. Speaking about the voice, I had to sing the U.S. National Anthem &#8211; the Star Spangled Banner @ the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Class 203 graduation today. It was a challenge that I met gladly! <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ Iur6ocmyF2E\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But in addition to the blogging, I&#8217;m also doing a Personal Transformation Challenge called the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/28daystransform\">28 Days To A New Me &#8211; Personal Transformation<\/a>. It&#8217;s a journey of commitment, and it basically provides encouragement and accountability. It&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve been using for the past year to lose weight and become a better person. It&#8217;s enabled me to go out of my comfort zone and try something like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimateblogchallenge.com\">the Ultimate Blog Challenge<\/a>. Here&#8217;s a picture of what a daily post looks like in the 28 Days to a New Me challenge &#8211; Completed Insanity Core Cardio And Balance DVD and 336 push-ups &#038; crunches! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hunteeboy.com\/playitbyear\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/wpid-PhotoGrid_1383350930751.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"#Day1of28 #TeamPassion \" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" alt=\"#Day1of28 Awesome!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hunteeboy.com\/playitbyear\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/wpid-PhotoGrid_1383350930751.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everyone faces challenges in life. Maybe you&#8217;re trying to do a new thing like this blogging challenge. Or you focus on your health and wellness. Or are you starting or continuing to run an enterprise? Or school? Or Domestic challenges? Or you may be facing a Medical challenge? Or maybe you are learning to play an instrument or sing? Or maybe you lost your job or a car recently? <\/p>\n<p>Whatever challenge you face, it is what we do with those challenges that makes the difference between a great life, and a mediocre one or one that&#8217;s not so good. What are you doing about your challenges today? Some challenges require assistance from other sources. One of my sources is my Faith in God. I find all my strength there. <\/p>\n<p>I know that I&#8217;m gonna smile, keep a positive attitude and face the challenge head-on while I Play It By Ear!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;ve gotten away from talking about music. And I&#8217;ve been talking about life and current events. That in and of itself is a challenge, that is finding my voice. Speaking about the voice, I had to sing the U.S. National Anthem &#8211; the Star Spangled Banner @ the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Class 203 graduation &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hunteeboy.com\/playitbyear\/?p=178\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Challenges &#8211; Bring It!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hunteeboy.com\/playitbyear\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hunteeboy.com\/playitbyear\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hunteeboy.com\/playitbyear\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hunteeboy.com\/playitbyear\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hunteeboy.com\/playitbyear\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.hunteeboy.com\/playitbyear\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180,"href":"http:\/\/www.hunteeboy.com\/playitbyear\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions\/180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hunteeboy.com\/playitbyear\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hunteeboy.com\/playitbyear\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hunteeboy.com\/playitbyear\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}