{"id":1862,"date":"2013-10-07T18:20:50","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T01:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2013-10-07T18:19:29","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T01:19:29","slug":"chill-the-fuck-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=1862","title":{"rendered":"Chill the fuck out"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was all in a tizzy over nothing at all earlier today. Heart racing, eyes wide. It was very unlike me. Usually something has to be on fire for me to panic. Even then, it’s a stretch. I skew heavily phlegmatic (and I hate that word). <\/p>\n

Since I had no reason for being in such a state of internal uproar, I took a deep breath, put my hand on my heart and told myself to stop being such a dumbass and relax. <\/p>\n

So I did.<\/p>\n

I may have a lot of faults, but not listening to good advice isn’t usually one of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was all in a tizzy over nothing at all earlier today. Heart racing, eyes wide. It was very unlike me. Usually something has to be on fire for me to panic. Even then, it’s a stretch. I skew heavily phlegmatic (and I hate that word). Since I had no reason for being in such … Continue reading Chill the fuck out<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-words"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-u2","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2875,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=2875","url_meta":{"origin":1862,"position":0},"title":"Puzzled","author":"Michelle","date":"December 6, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Tiny pieces come to me every day Still I wait Things are falling into place But so much time goes to waste --Gotye\/Puzzle With A Piece Missing The human heart is a little bit like a puzzle for me. 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