{"id":1570,"date":"2020-10-15T09:03:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T07:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2025-03-12T18:35:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T16:35:46","slug":"long-overdue-explanation-what-to-expect-finding-on-this-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/long-overdue-explanation-what-to-expect-finding-on-this-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"A Long Overdue Explanation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1570\" class=\"elementor elementor-1570\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"penci-section penci-disSticky penci-structure-10 elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-387b686f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"387b686f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-100 penci-ercol-order-1 penci-sticky-ct    elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d44fb0c\" data-id=\"d44fb0c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c2c0f6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c2c0f6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is a long overdue explanation I need to write, but I promise to keep it as short as possible! For a long time, I have kept quiet, meaning I did not publish anything on my personal blog. That did not happen for I had nothing to say! :-)) I chose to take the time to focus on those priorities that mattered the most.\u00a0 That meant to keep quiet, do things my way.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"penci-section penci-disSticky penci-structure-10 elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6cb54cd0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6cb54cd0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-100 penci-ercol-order-1 penci-sticky-ct    elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77fc67a6\" data-id=\"77fc67a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-394097f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"394097f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">\"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy, for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another.\"<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta elementor-has-image elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/anatole-france.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1596\" alt=\"Anatole France\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/anatole-france.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/anatole-france-271x300.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Anatole France (1844-1924)<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">French novelist, poet and journalist<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"penci-section penci-disSticky penci-structure-10 elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6277e44 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6277e44\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-100 penci-ercol-order-1 penci-sticky-ct    elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9062226\" data-id=\"9062226\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d805845 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d805845\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What happened<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27c5dcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27c5dcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Lots of things happened, but to keep it brief, here\u2019s a bullet point list. Some of these deserve more attention. Most probably I am going to talk about them in my future blog posts.<\/span><\/p><p><strong>The sabbatical year<\/strong> &#8211; I needed it and as I hoped it paid off! It gave me plenty of opportunities to reevaluate at a more deeper lever my life with all its aspects &#8230; career, family life, friendship, things I enjoy doing etc. To do so, at least for me, does not mean <em>\u201ca tell it all approach\u201d<\/em>, meaning revealing it on social media. Evaluating and rediscovering yourself is internalized hard work. It takes time, confronting your hidden inner fears, but also learning to appreciate better all your gifts. And, it\u2019s only fair to say that it also brought me a lot of (un)expected joys!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"penci-section penci-disSticky penci-structure-20 elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f6391ea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f6391ea\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-50 penci-ercol-order-1 penci-sticky-ct    elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7901c043\" data-id=\"7901c043\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1640b790 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1640b790\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/businessbooster.ro\/\" target=\"_blank\" business=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BusinessBooster-logo-transparent-1-1024x396.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1603\" alt=\"Business Booster\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BusinessBooster-logo-transparent-1-1024x396.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BusinessBooster-logo-transparent-1-600x232.png 600w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BusinessBooster-logo-transparent-1-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BusinessBooster-logo-transparent-1-768x297.png 768w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BusinessBooster-logo-transparent-1-1170x452.png 1170w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BusinessBooster-logo-transparent-1-585x226.png 585w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BusinessBooster-logo-transparent-1.png 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-50 penci-ercol-order-2 penci-sticky-ct    elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1db9a8a5\" data-id=\"1db9a8a5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46a88cbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46a88cbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">A new career challenge.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Back in November 2017 I decided I\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">to try something new &#8230; use better and differently my expertise.After all, I had\u00a0over 15 years of experience &#8211; played many roles; diversified digital and marketing projects across all major industries; mentored many people and startups.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ef1892 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ef1892\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px;\">Plus, I wanted to develop more projects with some of the business partners I already knew as being great. So, I started working as a Digital &amp; Business Transformation Consultant @<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"> Business Booster. I worked on a number of interesting projects, met a bunch of awesome people and enjoyed nice results.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"penci-section penci-disSticky penci-structure-20 elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ba366c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ba366c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-50 penci-ercol-order-1 penci-sticky-ct    elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-77fbc65\" data-id=\"77fbc65\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2363e47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2363e47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/iscodescu.ro\/\" target=\"_blank\" iscodescu=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iscodescu-main-lo-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1602\" alt=\"iscodescu.ro\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iscodescu-main-lo-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iscodescu-main-lo-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iscodescu-main-lo-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iscodescu-main-lo-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iscodescu-main-lo-1170x658.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iscodescu-main-lo-585x329.jpg 585w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iscodescu-main-lo-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iscodescu-main-lo.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-50 penci-ercol-order-2 penci-sticky-ct    elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3864bad\" data-id=\"3864bad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5e4898 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a5e4898\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Beautiful &amp; Proud Romania<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5368369 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5368369\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">I was very much enjoying my work and personal freedom when I met Liviu Cristea, an extremely experienced media production consultant.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">We were telling each other&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">\u201cgood morning\u201d<\/em><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">&nbsp;almost every day when zipping our coffees and remotely working from a nearby coquette terrace cafe.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78b8406 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78b8406\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">It took us one year to actually talk to each, but less than a month to decide to launch <\/span><a style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; transition-property: all;\" href=\"http:\/\/iscodescu.ro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iscodescu.ro<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">. We had mutually shared beliefs about Romania\u2019s potential, complementary professional knowledge, personal drive and willingness to try\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 400;\">\u201csomething impossible\u201d<\/em><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">. The latter one meaning talk the good things happening in the country, and not the bad ones! Plus, we knew many like minded people!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"penci-section penci-disSticky penci-structure-20 elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-df3cfb6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"df3cfb6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-50 penci-ercol-order-1 penci-sticky-ct    elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c39b7d\" data-id=\"7c39b7d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c74157 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c74157\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/chakana.ro\" target=\"_blank\" chakana=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/chakanavibes.ro_-1024x665.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13771\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/chakanavibes.ro_-1024x665.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/chakanavibes.ro_-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/chakanavibes.ro_-768x498.png 768w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/chakanavibes.ro_-585x380.png 585w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/chakanavibes.ro_-600x389.png 600w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/chakanavibes.ro_.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-50 penci-ercol-order-2 penci-sticky-ct    elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3dcc04b\" data-id=\"3dcc04b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b20ab2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b20ab2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Roadtrip to Wellbeing <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05809a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05809a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is definitely the closest to my heart personal project. It started back in 2016 while I was the General Manager R\/GA Bucharest and went through challenges of all sorts. Initially, all I wanted was to use my digital background and become a digital enabler for authentic and honest therapists willing to share with people personal development, alternative therapies and spirituality experiences.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8927dcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8927dcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">I was familiar with such topics, so it was not that hard to launch the content platform. I did not imagined back than that this will evolve in what it is today, 4 years later. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Briefly, to those people interested in their well-being and aware that change<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"> is one thing life guarantees, <a style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; transition-property: all;\" href=\"http:\/\/chakana.ro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChakanaVibes.ro<\/a> is a generous source of inspiration and motivation for personal transformation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"penci-section penci-disSticky penci-structure-10 elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b77cc5d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b77cc5d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-100 penci-ercol-order-1 penci-sticky-ct    elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-621767b\" data-id=\"621767b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fc8360 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8fc8360\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Setting expectations<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d627c49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d627c49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Having gone through so many professional and personal changes, it was only natural to draw some clear conclusions. Therefore, here is what you should expect finding on this blog from now on:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li><strong>New topics<\/strong> &#8211; So far I kept privately or shared only with my closest friends certain thoughts related to human treats, politics, people, life experiences and so on. This is about to change! And here&#8217;s the first two stories about Cuba: <a href=\"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/floridita-daiquiri-hemigway\/\">Hemingway&#8217;s Floridita<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/hemingway-daiquiri-recipe-papa-doble\/\">Papa&#8217;s Daiquiri\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\"><strong>Posting frequency<\/strong> &#8211; yes I know, frequency matters, but with the things I do and my unwillingness to write just for the sake of numbers, I shall only publish when I feel like it. The topics tackled here are of personal interest and written by Ana Maria, and not by the digital and business transformation consultant.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>All being said, I can only hope you\u2019ll enjoy the things I share with you. And feel free to comment!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I kept silence for a long time. 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