{"id":1683,"date":"2013-09-24T05:29:01","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T09:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/?p=1683"},"modified":"2013-09-28T07:46:18","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T11:46:18","slug":"nine-actions-9-week-challenge-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/nine-actions-9-week-challenge-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine Actions &#8211; 9 Week Challenge \u2013 Week 2 -Take On Something New"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/nine-actions-9-week-challenge-week-2\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/cindy-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1726\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" alt=\"cindy 2\" src=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/cindy-2.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a>Nine Actions &#8211; 9 Week Challenge \u2013 Week 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is week 2 of the Accelerate Your Job Search Results &amp; Create a Life You Love challenge. \u00a0The challenge is to take action and transform your search <em>and<\/em> life in nine weeks.<\/p>\n<p>How did week 1 go? \u00a0How many new people did you meet? \u00a0Ready for the next action?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Action #2: \u00a0Take On Something New and Rekindle a Hobby<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spend at least one hour per week on something new and an hour on a hobby you rarely had time for when working. \u00a0Add these to your schedule. \u00a0Do them at a time you expect to be available even after you have secured your new job\/position.<\/p>\n<p>It is up to you to make time to explore new things and do things you enjoy. \u00a0If your hobby is expensive and does not fit your current budget, find a way to connect with or enjoy your hobby at a lower cost.<\/p>\n<p>I love golf, but in the New England winter there is no golf. \u00a0What do I do? \u00a0I read books about golf, watch videos, and putt on my carpet. \u00a0I also play rounds of golf mentally. \u00a0Did you know there was a POW who played a perfect round of golf every day for years in captivity? \u00a0After he was released and able to play golf again, his game was great. \u00a0A tight budget is not an excuse for not investing your time in something you enjoy or in learning something new. \u00a0Invest.<\/p>\n<p>Take action. Post a note and\u00a0share your thoughts on how you implemented the\u00a0action of the week\u00a0and your results.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine Actions &#8211; 9 Week Challenge \u2013 Week 2 It is week 2 of the Accelerate Your Job Search Results &amp; Create a Life You Love challenge. \u00a0The challenge is to take action and transform your search and life in nine weeks. How did week 1 go? \u00a0How many new people did you meet? \u00a0Ready [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,44,7],"tags":[9,71],"class_list":["post-1683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action-tips","category-job-search-2","category-job-search-focus","tag-accelerate-your-search","tag-action-tip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}