{"id":37,"date":"2024-10-22T16:55:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T16:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matthewstafford.com\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2025-01-02T16:12:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T16:12:49","slug":"letters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/matthewstafford.com\/?page_id=37","title":{"rendered":"Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"37\" class=\"elementor elementor-37\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59a700d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"59a700d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63c0f1b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"63c0f1b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6529b8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6529b8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"180\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"180\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/matthewstafford.com\/?p=180\">Letting Go<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"post-meta-user  \"><span class=\"author\"><i class=\"flaticon-user \"><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/matthewstafford.com\/?author=1\">Matthew stafford<\/a><\/span><span class=\"date\"><i class=\"flaticon-calendar \"><\/i>November 15, 2024<\/span><\/div><div class=\"post-meta \"><span class=\"read-more\"><a data-id=\"180\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/matthewstafford.com\/?p=180\">Read Full Post<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-12 rt-col-sm-12 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"198\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"198\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/matthewstafford.com\/?p=198\">My Journey Into Darkness: A Tale of Surrender<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"post-meta-user  \"><span class=\"author\"><i class=\"flaticon-user \"><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/matthewstafford.com\/?author=1\">Matthew stafford<\/a><\/span><span class=\"date\"><i class=\"flaticon-calendar \"><\/i>December 30, 2024<\/span><\/div><div class=\"post-meta \"><span class=\"read-more\"><a data-id=\"198\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/matthewstafford.com\/?p=198\">Read Full Post<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-12 rt-col-sm-12 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"210\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"210\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/matthewstafford.com\/?p=210\">Reclaiming My Frozen Self<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"post-meta-user  \"><span class=\"author\"><i class=\"flaticon-user \"><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/matthewstafford.com\/?author=1\">Matthew stafford<\/a><\/span><span class=\"date\"><i class=\"flaticon-calendar \"><\/i>March 10, 2025<\/span><\/div><div class=\"post-meta \"><span class=\"read-more\"><a data-id=\"210\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/matthewstafford.com\/?p=210\">Read Full Post<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96b475f e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"96b475f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a69f16 footer-dive elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a69f16\" 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<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/matthewstafford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Matthew-Stafford-Initials_white_low-res-1-300x152.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" \/><\/p><h4>Work Less. 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