{"id":2202,"date":"2021-01-01T16:04:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T16:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=2202"},"modified":"2021-01-01T16:04:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T16:04:56","slug":"in-with-the-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=2202","title":{"rendered":"In With The New"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It may be just a superstition, but I didn\u2019t take any chances \u2014 I opened the door at midnight so 2020 could leave.\u00a0<br>We\u2019re off and running in the new year and it\u2019s hard to believe it\u2019s been a year since I didn\u2019t become a better person. I know I treat New Year Resolutions kind of like a joke every year, but it\u2019s as good a time as any to start something new, or to change, or at least think about things and get them in the proper perspective.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not to put a damper on resolutions but I heard someone say the other day \u2014&nbsp; my wish for you is, may you become smart enough to realize that resolutions don\u2019t come true and wise enough to know that the difference between a new year and an old year is 1-minute past 12 AM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most resolutions sound good, but they\u2019re only words unless we take action. I think we should all have the resolution this year that we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity.<br>Once again, Happy New Year \u2014 let\u2019s all hope for the best in 2021.<br>\u2014 30 \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It may be just a superstition, but I didn\u2019t take any chances \u2014 I opened the door at midnight so 2020 could leave.\u00a0We\u2019re off and running in the new year and it\u2019s hard to believe it\u2019s been a year since &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=2202\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2203,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202\/revisions\/2203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}