{"id":2318,"date":"2015-12-28T23:59:16","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T23:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/?p=2318"},"modified":"2015-12-29T00:00:14","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T00:00:14","slug":"when-to-make-an-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2015\/12\/when-to-make-an-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"When to Make an Effort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having a reason to do something is not a good enough reason to do it.<br \/>\nThere is always something you can do with two or more reasons to do it.<br \/>\nIf you have something that needs to be done, wait until you can find two or more reasons to do it. In the meantime do all those things with two or more reasons to do them.<br \/>\nIf you can find no reason to do something, don&#8217;t do it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having a reason to do something is not a good enough reason to do it. There is always something you can do with two or more reasons to do it. 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