{"id":219,"date":"2013-07-13T11:13:33","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T18:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=219"},"modified":"2013-07-13T21:00:01","modified_gmt":"2013-07-14T04:00:01","slug":"write-your-own-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=219","title":{"rendered":"Write your own story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s how I knew this story would break my heart<br \/>\nWhen you wrote it <\/p>\n<p> &#8212;  Aimee Mann<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you write your own story, does that mean you&#8217;ll break your own heart or someone else&#8217;s?<\/p>\n<p>Is some sort of heartbreak mandatory?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At some point, I suppose, if you are Human&#8230;it probably is.<\/p>\n<p>But you should  write your own story anyway. Any way. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s how I knew this story would break my heart When you wrote it &#8212; Aimee Mann &nbsp; If you write your own story, does that mean you&#8217;ll break your own heart or someone else&#8217;s? Is some sort of heartbreak mandatory? &nbsp; At some point, I suppose, if you are Human&#8230;it probably is. But you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=219\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Write your own story<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219","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-3x","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7364,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=7364","url_meta":{"origin":219,"position":0},"title":"That&#8217;s how I knew&#8230;","author":"Michelle","date":"September 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm getting ready to go 'Cause baby, that's all I know How to open the door And though the exit is crude It saves me coming unglued For when you're not in the mood For the gloves and the canvas floor That's how I knew this story would break my\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Words&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Words","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1595,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=1595","url_meta":{"origin":219,"position":1},"title":"mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa #4","author":"Michelle","date":"September 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Because I've been drinking Boneyard RPM and Walking Man Homo Erectus all evening instead of writing, I'm going with a confession this morning instead of my usual rant. 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