{"id":785,"date":"2014-04-17T23:13:44","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T06:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/todaywasawesomecom.local\/?p=785"},"modified":"2014-04-17T23:13:44","modified_gmt":"2014-04-18T06:13:44","slug":"the-cycle-of-shame-shouldnt-stop-us-from-being-better-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/todaywasawesomecom.local\/the-cycle-of-shame-shouldnt-stop-us-from-being-better-people\/","title":{"rendered":"The cycle of shame shouldn’t stop us from being better people"},"content":{"rendered":"

Its really easy to get discouraged when reality doesn’t measure up to expectations. I set a goal to make a blogpost everyday this year. I’ve done very well but earlier this week I missed a day. Its easy to say “My goal was to do a post everyday. I missed one. I can’t reach my goal anymore. I may as well give up on it.”<\/p>\n

Maybe the shame cycle isn’t the write phrase for it maybe its the “I’m just a … syndrome”. Like after you say something rude, excusing it by saying “I guess I’m just a jerk.” So you said something rude, don’t let it define you. If you do then every bad thing will define you. It’s settling for something less than your potential.<\/p>\n

Perfect standards are completely out of whack with reality. We shouldn’t let high expectations keep us from healthy attitudes and self-improvement. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Its really easy to get discouraged when reality doesn’t measure up to expectations. I set a goal to make a blogpost everyday this year. I’ve done very well but earlier this week I missed a day. Its easy to say “My goal was to do a post everyday. I missed one. I can’t reach my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"psp_head":"The cycle of shame shouldn't stop us from being better people \u2013 Today Was Awesome<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Its really easy to get discouraged when reality doesn't measure up to expectations. I set a goal to make a blogpost everyday this year. I've done very well but earlier this week I missed a day. Its easy to say "My goal was to do a post everyday.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index,follow\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/todaywasawesomecom.local\/the-cycle-of-shame-shouldnt-stop-us-from-being-better-people\/\" \/>\r\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaywasawesomecom.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaywasawesomecom.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaywasawesomecom.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaywasawesomecom.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaywasawesomecom.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/todaywasawesomecom.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":786,"href":"https:\/\/todaywasawesomecom.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785\/revisions\/786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaywasawesomecom.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaywasawesomecom.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaywasawesomecom.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}