{"id":251,"date":"2022-05-07T22:03:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T21:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/?p=251"},"modified":"2022-05-07T22:03:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T21:03:14","slug":"sometimes-the-toughest-decisions-turn-out-to-be-the-simplest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/?p=251","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes the toughest decisions turn out to be the simplest."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Well, it has been 8 weeks since I handed in my notice at a job that (for the most part) I had adored.  We all know that there are often moments in a lifetime that make you realise that  this is it, one life, one shot, one opportunity to change not only your life but the lives of others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 weeks into being an unpaid, volunteer,  1:1 ASD support worker and I have never felt richer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To see the faces and hear the gratitude from the  staff and students that I am able to support, even just a tiny bit, has been overwhelming!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am so thankful to Awesome Archie. He has taught us, as parents and educators, so so much.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/PXL_20220505_0815132262-Large-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/PXL_20220505_0815132262-Large-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/PXL_20220505_0815132262-Large-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/PXL_20220505_0815132262-Large.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Enormous thanks to the welcoming  and jolly lovely staff at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.williamgilpin.hants.sch.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">William Gilpin C of E Primary School<\/a>.  I have rarely met such a friendly and &#8220;child centred&#8221; bunch of people and I feel truly blessed to be part of the team(ish!) \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roll on the next 10 weeks!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Awesome Archie 1:1 Outreach Support Programme is fully booked until September 2022.  Please email for details if you would like any support thereafter.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it has been 8 weeks since I handed in my notice at a job that (for the most part) I had adored. We all know that there are often moments in a lifetime that make you realise that this is it, one life, one shot, one opportunity to change not only your life but &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/?p=251\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sometimes the toughest decisions turn out to be the simplest.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253,"href":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions\/253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}