{"id":8252,"date":"2024-09-10T10:48:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T15:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/?p=8252"},"modified":"2024-09-10T10:48:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T15:48:43","slug":"fifteen-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/2024\/09\/10\/fifteen-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifteen Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"444\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-content\/upLoads\/tjw-year-15.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;No. 15&quot; in black wooden text on a stuccoed gray wall.\" class=\"wp-image-8253\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-content\/upLoads\/tjw-year-15.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-content\/upLoads\/tjw-year-15-300x167.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-content\/upLoads\/tjw-year-15-768x426.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Two days ago, this blog turned 15 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was coming up on the final months at my job at the time (only, I didn&#8217;t know it: I planned to leave the following summer, but ended up laid off the week before Christmas), and I decided to have a place to <em>really <\/em>talk about writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years, it went from a more typical blog in which I thought, &#8220;Well, these things work for me&#8230;and maybe they will help others, so I&#8217;ll share those things&#8230;&#8221; to a place to post random thoughts about writing and what I was up to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Writing Retreats and Thoughts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Even when I&#8217;ve not posted much, here, I always shared updates about the annual writing retreat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn&#8217;t even do <em>that <\/em>this past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made a video about last spring&#8217;s retreat, but never shared it here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Writing Retreat On the Cheap!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mrBBG91OfOM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And while I&#8217;m always <em>thinking <\/em>about writing, I didn&#8217;t feel as compelled to share every thought. 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