{"id":168,"date":"2026-10-21T23:15:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T23:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~OliviaBa\/?page_id=168"},"modified":"2026-11-05T00:56:20","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T00:56:20","slug":"reflections-in-english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~OliviaBa\/reflections\/reflections-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections in English"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why I Journal Essay<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a class=\"fancybox-pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~OliviaBa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Copy-of-Barlow_Olivia-Why-I-Journal-Essay.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"154\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~OliviaBa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OliviaB-Why-I-Journal-Thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Why I Journal Essay Thumbnail\" class=\"wp-image-183\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After reading &#8220;Why I Write&#8221; by George Orwell and &#8220;Positive Obsession&#8221; by Octavia Butler, my class wrote our own personal narratives about the reasons behind a creative passion we have. I chose to write about my journaling, which led me to explore the motivations and influences in my life through the lens of this one pursuit. I believe I expressed who I am very well through this essay, especially as I reflected on my daily practice of journaling and maintained my sincere voice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~OliviaBa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OliviaB-Why-I-Journal.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why I Journal Essay After reading &#8220;Why I Write&#8221; by George Orwell and &#8220;Positive Obsession&#8221; by Octavia Butler, my class wrote our own personal narratives about the reasons behind a creative passion we have. I chose to write about my journaling, which led me to explore the motivations and influences in my life through the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~OliviaBa\/reflections\/reflections-in-english\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reflections in English<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":17,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-168","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~OliviaBa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~OliviaBa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~OliviaBa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~OliviaBa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~OliviaBa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~OliviaBa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~OliviaBa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168\/revisions\/245"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~OliviaBa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~OliviaBa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}