{"id":1,"date":"2026-01-04T18:04:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allways.careers\/?p=1"},"modified":"2026-01-06T14:39:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:39:27","slug":"reading-renewal-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allways.careers\/index.php\/2026\/01\/04\/reading-renewal-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading and Renewal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the year winds down, I\u2019m sitting with all the shifts I\u2019ve navigated this past year &#8211; most importantly, becoming loudly proud of who I am and valuing my disabled identity \ud83d\ude80 .<br><br>This time of recovery has helped me sharpen my focus, steady my pace, and discover a new life story \ud83d\udcd6. 2025 has been hard, healing, and deeply transformational. As the year closes, I\u2019m looking forward to resting, relaxing, resetting, and reading some brilliant books that align perfectly with the journey I am on. As I step gently into 2026, I&#8217;ll be embracing my next chapter with excitement and humour.<br><br>Unlearning Ableism by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/celia-chartres-aris\/\">Celia Chartres-Aris (n\u00e9e Hensman)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shieldsjamie\/\">Jamie Shields<\/a> \ud83e\udde0<br>How to Ikigai by Tim Tamashiro<br>My Boss is a Moron by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/askinsben\/\">Ben Askins<\/a> \ud83d\ude02<br><br>Wishing everyone a restorative holiday season, deeper learning, and the courage to redefine what\u2019s possible. Here\u2019s to a year of intentional transitions and a future written with purpose \u2728. I\u2019d love to hear what books you\u2019re hoping to read this holiday season! \ud83c\udf81<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23humaninclusion&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">hashtag#HumanInclusion<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23personalgrowth&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">hashtag#PersonalGrowth<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23careertransitions&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">hashtag#CareerTransitions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23readinglist&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">hashtag#ReadingList<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23gettahead&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">hashtag#GETTAhead<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23leadershipandlife&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">hashtag#LeadershipAndLife<\/a><br><br>Image description:- Two mint condition paperbacks, and a Kindle sit in front of a Christmas wreath, giving Christmas countdown vibes, with a relaxing cup of tea in a Christmas penguin mug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allways.careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025End-blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allways.careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025End-blog.jpg 800w, https:\/\/allways.careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025End-blog-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allways.careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025End-blog-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the year winds down, I\u2019m sitting with all the shifts I\u2019ve navigated this past year &#8211; most importantly, becoming loudly proud of who I am and valuing my disabled identity \ud83d\ude80 . This time of recovery has helped me sharpen my focus, steady my pace, and discover a new life story \ud83d\udcd6. 2025 has&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,6,8,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inclusion","category-leadership","category-life","category-personal-growth","category-reading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allways.careers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allways.careers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allways.careers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allways.careers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allways.careers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/allways.careers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51,"href":"https:\/\/allways.careers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allways.careers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allways.careers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allways.careers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}