{"id":2832,"date":"2015-06-24T04:31:45","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T09:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/?p=2832"},"modified":"2015-06-23T06:45:11","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T11:45:11","slug":"word-of-the-week-conundrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/word-of-the-week-conundrum\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Week: Conundrum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2834\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Word-of-the-Week.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Word of the Week\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Word-of-the-Week.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Word-of-the-Week.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Word-of-the-Week.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Word-of-the-Week.jpg?w=742&amp;ssl=1 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 300%;\"><strong>Conundrum<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/productivityist.com\/my-three-words-2015\/\">Mike Vardy of Productivityist<\/a> and several others have recommended setting the parameters for your year with a series of words to describe what you&#8217;re going to focus on. I&#8217;ve been thinking about this for a while, and I&#8217;ve decided to take it two steps further (to the month and then the week) and record a word of phrase that describes the week I&#8217;m having.<\/p>\n<p>When I put this on the Hectic-Dad editorial calendar, my intention was to make these positive representations of my week. The idea was to give of positive vibes and all that.<\/p>\n<p>But this week has already proven that my lofty goals and bright ideas are going to take a back seat to my frustration for this week.<\/p>\n<p>So, the word of the week is\u00a0<strong>conundrum<\/strong>. My week has been nothing if not a series of puzzles and riddles. Unfortunately, I haven&#8217;t been able to solve them with a smart-aleck rhyme or pun. I&#8217;ve simple stewed about them and gotten more and more frustrated.<\/p>\n<p>As the week proceeds I&#8217;m hoping to unravel my\u00a0<strong>conundrums<\/strong> and turn things around&#8230;but for right now I&#8217;m sitting on a great big steaming pile of\u00a0<strong>conundrums<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Graphic enough for you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conundrum Mike Vardy of Productivityist and several others have recommended setting the parameters for your year with a series of words to describe what you&#8217;re going to focus on. 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