{"id":1551,"date":"2024-11-21T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourartsmagazine.com\/kathykmcclellan\/?p=1551"},"modified":"2024-11-20T13:27:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T19:27:42","slug":"awol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourartsmagazine.com\/kathykmcclellan\/2024\/11\/21\/awol\/","title":{"rendered":"AWOL"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AWOL is an acronym that stands for Absent Without Leave.\u00a0 Originally it was used by the military to describe a soldier that had either abandoned their post or never showed up for duty.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eventually this acronym was adopted in civilian life to describe someone who was missing from a scheduled appearance, for example a person who never arrived at a party with no prior notification about their absence.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I decided to write about my nonexistent entry last week this term came to mind.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, was I really AWOL?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Doesn\u2019t the term suggest that the \u201cabsent\u201d person would be missed?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Did anyone miss the lack of my blog entry last week?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s okay if no one missed it.\u00a0 Life is hectic.\u00a0 Many people are competing\u00a0 for your time and attention.\u00a0 I get it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Besides, posting every week is not done because anyone expects it or heavily suggested that it was something I was supposed to do.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Posting a blog entry once a week is one of the ways that I can journal about professional or personal activities. In addition, posting a blog entry each and every week is a matter of discipline.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

None of us are perfect, sometimes life gets in the way of our regular routines and occasionally we need to take a break from those routines. That\u2019s why I have made a few posts about playing hooky or being out of the office on a given week.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The truth is that I got very busy working on a personal photography project to complete a gift for some very special people and purposely procrastinated about writing and posting a blog entry last week.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Such is life sometimes.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Stay tuned.\u00a0 No doubt there will be other weeks that Kathy from KeppenArt will be absent and out of the office, taking a break, playing hooky…<\/strong><\/p>\n

or just plain AWOL! \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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