{"id":12492,"date":"2024-01-15T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/?p=12492"},"modified":"2024-01-14T20:17:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T01:17:08","slug":"time-for-a-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/time-for-a-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for a Break"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<p>I finally made it through all of my end- and beginning-of-the-year posts. Phew!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I definitely made a mistake in pushing myself to get the <a href=\"\/blog\/tag\/plotter\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"393\">Plotter Alternatives series<\/a> out in late November. With all of the research they required, I was already a bit burnt out before I even got to the <a href=\"\/blog\/tag\/25-days-of-dupes-2023\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"404\">25 Days of Dupes<\/a> and annual posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, a month and a half later, I&#8217;m exhausted and looking forward to my yearly break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>For the rest of January and through February, I&#8217;m only going to post once a week unless something major comes up (like my second post later this week). Prepare yourself for a preponderance of Ink Battles and pen porn posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for reading to the end, I hope you enjoyed my post. Make sure to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.us16.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=d9c28d9c11226013eb8c0544e&amp;id=fb56c60d55\">subscribe to my blog<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/randomly_._rachel\/\">follow me on Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;so you don\u2019t miss any posts. I generally post at least once a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With my end- and beginning-of-the-year posts out of the way, it&#8217;s time for my yearly break.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/time-for-a-break\/\">Keep Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Time for a Break<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"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":[181,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-misc-info","category-news","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BlogPost-IGSm.jpg?fit=288%2C288&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Z77k-3fu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16374,"url":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/blog-review-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":12492,"position":0},"title":"Blog Review \u2013 2025","author":"Rachel","date":"January 5, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"I\u2019m closing out my reviews of 2025 with a look at my blog posts and traffic. 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