{"id":2054,"date":"2025-10-30T14:03:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/?p=2054"},"modified":"2025-10-30T14:03:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:03:43","slug":"slowly-but-surely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/2025\/10\/30\/slowly-but-surely\/","title":{"rendered":"Slowly But Surely!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2055\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/innerview.ca\/press1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ana-singh-gqQeXtvuuAQ-unsplash.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/innerview.ca\/press1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ana-singh-gqQeXtvuuAQ-unsplash.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/innerview.ca\/press1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ana-singh-gqQeXtvuuAQ-unsplash.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/innerview.ca\/press1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ana-singh-gqQeXtvuuAQ-unsplash.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/innerview.ca\/press1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ana-singh-gqQeXtvuuAQ-unsplash.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/innerview.ca\/press1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ana-singh-gqQeXtvuuAQ-unsplash.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Photo by Ana Singh on Unsplash)<\/p>\n<p>Turtles teach us that slow and steady wins the race.<\/p>\n<p>To thrive and appreciate life, you don\u2019t need to move fast; you need to keep moving forward.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth the effort to be consistent and persistent instead of being hasty and inconsistent; one conserves energy, builds strength, and keeps us moving with purpose, while the other creates chaos, burnout, and unnecessary stress. Direction is more important than speed.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t rush; choose to be calm and steady.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t panic; choose to be patient.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t compare yourself to who\u2019s ahead of you; choose to focus on one step at a time.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t stop or quit; choose to keep on going.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t worry; choose to show up and trust the process.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t aim for perfection; choose progress and persistence.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t put excessive pressure on yourself; strive for steady determination.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t apologize for your pace; embrace your pace and continue moving on with quiet confidence. Stay in motion and enjoy every step.<\/p>\n<p>Antoinette Giacobbe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Ana Singh on Unsplash) Turtles teach us that slow and steady wins the race. To thrive and appreciate life, you don\u2019t need to move fast; you need to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7,11,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heart","category-mind","category-pro","category-social"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2056,"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054\/revisions\/2056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}