{"id":4522,"date":"2022-05-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=4522"},"modified":"2022-05-06T11:06:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T15:06:44","slug":"cian-releases-the-hounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=4522","title":{"rendered":"Wall of You Accomplished Something, Actually"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_3230-2880x3840.jpg\" alt=\"Wall of certificates\" class=\"wp-image-8423\" width=\"217\" height=\"302\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>So, I do this thing where I talk down about myself. I do it a lot more than my friends and family would like. Sometimes, they get irritated enough to remind me how much they dislike it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, I have these certificates, from things I&#8217;ve accomplished in my life. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eagle_Scout\">Eagle Scout<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scouting.org\/\">BSA<\/a>. Graduated <a href=\"https:\/\/eisenhower.uticak12.org\/\">high school<\/a> with high honors. Published my own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblio.com\/book\/remembrance-crampton-david-m\/d\/475421128\">first novel<\/a>. Donated hair to be used in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wigs4kids.org\/\">wigs for kids<\/a> with cancer. I always felt that putting these up on the wall was a form of bragging, so I never did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a recent reminder about my self-deprecating habits, I decided that hanging these certificates on the wall would be a form of self-affirmation. I would put them on a place where I would see them every day, and thus remind myself that I can have, and have had, a positive impact on the world. Enough of an impact, in fact, that someone gave me a piece of paper to remind me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I did. I framed them and hung them in my bedroom, on the side of the room where I always get off my bed. They cannot be avoided, and I think that&#8217;s a good thing. My friends and family are to credit for this, and I love them for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take that, brain!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, I do this thing where I talk down about myself. I do it a lot more than my friends and family would like. Sometimes, they get irritated enough to remind me how much they dislike it. At the same &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=4522\">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":{"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":[1],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-4522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-craft"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paQnES-1aW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4522"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8437,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4522\/revisions\/8437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}