{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Amber Bird | Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog","author_name":"amber","author_url":"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/","title":"Doing Time... - Amber Bird | Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"HFLUWC5dfJ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/09\/doing-time\/\">Doing Time&#8230;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/09\/doing-time\/embed\/#?secret=HFLUWC5dfJ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Doing Time&#8230;&#8221; &#8212; Amber Bird | Blog\" data-secret=\"HFLUWC5dfJ\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Without any ill feelings, I note that I do &#8220;everything&#8221; for the band. I mean, I&#8217;m not the guitarist, drummer, or bassist, but I&#8217;m all the other stuff. And that certainly includes all the non-music stuff like booking, promoting, web design, online communications, blogs and vlogs and all the other cogs. I&#8217;m not saying I do as stellar a job as a paid pro would do, but I work my little bum off. And it definitely takes time. On a &#8220;slow&#8221; week, all the things I&#8217;m doing for the band and music easily take at least 20 hours. On an insane week (like the weeks I&#8217;m working on redesigning our web site or updating all our online stuff), it easily turns into 80 hours a week. Yeah, seriously. As you might guess, this impacts other areas of my life. My friends get used to rushed, infrequent Facebook status updates (often something like, &#8220;Almost done! I swear I&#8217;ll be back soon!&#8221;) and my little household probably just feels amazed that everyone gets fed every day. Crazy, right? Probably. But I&#8217;m sincere when I say there are no ill feelings. Whereas a day job usually feels at least a little torturous every [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AmberBird_fromPF_portraitSQ.jpg","thumbnail_width":1324,"thumbnail_height":1324}