{"id":155,"date":"2020-04-02T11:17:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T15:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intentionallywell.org\/?p=155"},"modified":"2021-12-04T13:49:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T18:49:59","slug":"why-i-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intentionallywell.org\/why-i-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Blog: Mini Post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When I first had the idea of starting a blog, I didn&#8217;t really know what I wanted it to be about. There are thousands of blogs about all topics. The blogging world is so incredibly saturated. How could I add to that in a purposeful and meaningful way? Nothing really came to me at first. I started looking on Instagram at other mom bloggers for inspiration. One thing that struck me in a negative way was how photoshopped and filtered the majority of feeds looked. I&#8217;d click on someone&#8217;s account, and every picture basically would have the same color palate. 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