{"id":37001,"date":"2026-11-04T14:40:21","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T14:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/?p=37001"},"modified":"2026-11-04T14:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T14:40:21","slug":"whats-on-the-mind-of-a-17-year-old-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/?p=37001","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s on the Mind of a 17-Year-Old Author?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At 17, William H. Choi is putting some of life\u2019s biggest questions on the page.<\/p>\n<p>His first book, \u201cI Am Growing,\u201d brings together more than 100 conversations with his inner self, exploring identity, relationships, purpose, and personal growth.<\/p>\n<p>William is the son of Alexander Choi of Harmony Meditation in Westfield. According to his Amazon biography, he has practiced meditation for nearly a decade.<\/p>\n<p>The book\u2019s description traces its beginnings to a period of uncertainty, when William turned to meditation and reflection. Morning questions became conversations that evolved alongside his understanding of himself.<\/p>\n<p>The book invites readers to examine their own experiences and aspirations. For young adults navigating questions about who they are and where they are headed, it offers another young person\u2019s perspective on finding a way forward.<\/p>\n<p>Find \u201cI Am Growing\u201d at <a href=\"http:\/\/amazon.com\/dp\/0991298837\">amazon.com\/dp\/0991298837<\/a>. Learn more about Harmony Meditation at harmonymeditation.com or call 908-232-2377.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 17, William H. Choi is putting some of life\u2019s biggest questions on the page. His first book, \u201cI Am Growing,\u201d brings together more than 100 conversations with his inner self, exploring identity, relationships, purpose, and personal growth. William is the son of Alexander Choi of Harmony Meditation in Westfield. According to his Amazon biography, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":37002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"post_flags":[],"class_list":["post-37001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-westfield-local"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37003,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37001\/revisions\/37003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37001"},{"taxonomy":"post_flag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_flags&post=37001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}