{"id":54997,"date":"2019-06-23T00:13:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T04:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=54997"},"modified":"2019-06-23T02:51:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T06:51:06","slug":"zing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/zing\/","title":{"rendered":"Zing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why did it come so easily to mind,<br \/>\nthe decision to change my life?<br \/>\nJust a spark, a passing notion one<br \/>\nlazy summer day. That zing set me on a<br \/>\nnew adventure. <\/p>\n<p>In theory it\u2019s exciting, not scary at all.<br \/>\nA new purpose, bringing with it<br \/>\ndetermination and a throng of new friends.<\/p>\n<p>One week before classes begin.<br \/>\nI\u2019m going to be a college student,<br \/>\nfinally, only five years late.<br \/>\nThe impending change is suddenly daunting.<br \/>\nHow will life continue? When will it all<br \/>\nbecome too much? Can I do this?<\/p>\n<p>Assignments daily, deadlines constant,<br \/>\nI\u2019ve used my education to propel<br \/>\nme into a dreamer once again.<br \/>\nI look forward to graduating, to becoming<br \/>\na writer, a teacher, a professional,<br \/>\nbut more than that I find joy<br \/>\nin using my mind again. <\/p>\n<p>I memorize, I read, I criticize and heed<br \/>\nthe criticism offered to me. I dive<br \/>\nheadfirst into a world of literature and science<br \/>\nthat my thoughts have long since abandoned.<br \/>\nI \u201cfeel smart\u201d for the first time since<br \/>\ngraduating high school. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m using my mind in a whole new way<br \/>\nand reaching for my brand new dreams<br \/>\nall at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>It feels amazing to have my life so in focus,<br \/>\nyet so precarious. <\/p>\n<p>This is living.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why did it come so easily to mind, the decision to change my life? Just a spark, a passing notion one lazy summer day. That zing set me on a new adventure. In theory it\u2019s exciting, not scary at all. A new purpose, bringing with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1218,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55002,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54997\/revisions\/55002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}