{"id":2511,"date":"2026-05-14T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kenlassblog.net\/?p=2511"},"modified":"2026-05-09T07:47:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T12:47:58","slug":"one-minute-of-your-time-please-331","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenlassblog.net\/?p=2511","title":{"rendered":"One Minute of Your Time Please"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you open to trying new things?  Or are you content to stick with what you know and enjoy?  When you go to a restaurant, will you order something you&#8217;ve never tried before, or will you stick with the same meal you always have?  Are you interested in finding a new hobby, meeting new people, travelling to places you&#8217;ve never been?  Or do you prefer to keep spending your time doing exactly what you&#8217;re currently doing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s no wrong answer, so long as what you&#8217;re currently doing is good for your health and mental well-being.  Not everyone wants to work out, or spend a lot of time on hobbies, or even on being very social.  The key is not to become isolated, sedentary and self-centered.  Every bit of research I&#8217;ve seen reveals that folks who move a little bit and get out to interact with others tend to be healthier and happier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trying something new and different might be just what you need to get that energy level back up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you open to trying new things? Or are you content to stick with what you know and enjoy? When you go to a restaurant, will you order something you&#8217;ve never tried before, or will you stick with the same meal you always have? Are you interested in finding a new hobby, meeting new people, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenlassblog.net\/?p=2511\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">One Minute of Your Time Please<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2513,"comment_status":"open","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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenlassblog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/create-an-image-of-an-older-man-meeting-and-shaking.png?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7GXkt-Ev","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenlassblog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenlassblog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenlassblog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenlassblog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenlassblog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenlassblog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2514,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenlassblog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511\/revisions\/2514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenlassblog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenlassblog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenlassblog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenlassblog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}