{"id":93425,"date":"2021-06-26T16:12:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T20:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=93425"},"modified":"2021-06-26T16:12:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T20:12:06","slug":"7-the-new-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/7-the-new-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"7. The new normal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">Normal is no longer the norm.<\/p>\n<p>With changes we now have to conform.<\/p>\n<p>It may sound strange and absurd,<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; New Normal&#8221; is now the buzz word.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The change in lifestyle, many do complain,<\/p>\n<p>like an old sweater we want to retain.<\/p>\n<p>Change with two hands, we got to embrace,<\/p>\n<p>our old ways we can never, retrace.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For some,\u00a0 the new normal has been frightening.<\/p>\n<p>For me the journey has been enlightening.<\/p>\n<p>A new turn in direction to my philosophy,<\/p>\n<p>as I get to grips with advanced technology.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I now, from home do work,<\/p>\n<p>no long hours in traffic to drive me berserk.<\/p>\n<p>I am more efficient and constructive,<\/p>\n<p>the day is now more productive.<\/p>\n<p>I am no longer tired and angry,<\/p>\n<p>I even get more time with my family.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Powerful,\u00a0 Incredible,\u00a0 Comfortable, Successful<\/p>\n<p>is now the &#8220;New Normal &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Normal is no longer the norm. With changes we now have to conform. It may sound strange and absurd, &#8221; New Normal&#8221; is now the buzz word. &nbsp; The change in lifestyle, many do complain, like an old sweater we want to retain. Change with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":966,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93425","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\/966"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93617,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93425\/revisions\/93617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}