{"id":1949,"date":"2014-11-13T09:33:53","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T13:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/?p=1949"},"modified":"2014-11-13T09:33:53","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T13:33:53","slug":"frustration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/frustration\/","title":{"rendered":"Frustration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes I wish it weren’t wrong or immoral to shame someone for being dumb. I wish it were okay to just sit someone down and say “Look, you did something stupid, just own up to it and let’s move on with life.”<\/p>\n

Sometimes I wish people would do that to me. Just slap me upside the head and tell me that something I did was stupid.<\/p>\n

Wouldn’t life be so much easier if everyone just said what they meant and did what they said?<\/p>\n

I’ve been in this perpetual rut for the last month. I won’t get into details about why, but it just seems like everything is going badly. There’s been more downs than ups, and it’s really wearing on me. I truly believe I’m due for a vacation.<\/p>\n

Once the home buying process is completely over with and the stress is gone from my life (you know,\u00a0after<\/em> we’re settled into the new house), then I need to take some time off to relax a bit. Before I punch something.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes I wish it weren’t wrong or immoral to shame someone for being dumb. I wish it were okay to just sit someone down and say “Look, you did something stupid, just own up to it and let’s move on with life.” Sometimes I wish people would do that to me. Just slap me upside the head and tell me that something I did was stupid. Wouldn’t life be so much easier if everyone just said what they meant and did what they said? I’ve been in this perpetual rut for the last month. I won’t get into details about <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFrustration - MikeJandreau<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/frustration\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Frustration - MikeJandreau\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sometimes I wish it weren’t wrong or immoral to shame someone for being dumb. I wish it were okay to just sit someone down and say “Look, you did something stupid, just own up to it and let’s move on with life.” Sometimes I wish people would do that to me. Just slap me upside the head and tell me that something I did was stupid. Wouldn’t life be so much easier if everyone just said what they meant and did what they said? I’ve been in this perpetual rut for the last month. I won’t get into details about\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/frustration\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MikeJandreau\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/mikejandreau\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-11-13T13:33:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mike\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mikejandreau\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mikejandreau\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mike\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/frustration\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/frustration\/\",\"name\":\"Frustration - MikeJandreau\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-11-13T13:33:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-11-13T13:33:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ef5b6d8e7280a1e847016cfff903f1f9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/frustration\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/frustration\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/frustration\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Frustration\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/\",\"name\":\"MikeJandreau\",\"description\":\"Writer. Musician. Movie Snob. Web Guy. Tech Nerd.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ef5b6d8e7280a1e847016cfff903f1f9\",\"name\":\"Mike\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2144e4825ebd92f36aa717a905a5b03b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2144e4825ebd92f36aa717a905a5b03b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mike\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Frustration - MikeJandreau","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/frustration\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Frustration - MikeJandreau","og_description":"Sometimes I wish it weren’t wrong or immoral to shame someone for being dumb. I wish it were okay to just sit someone down and say “Look, you did something stupid, just own up to it and let’s move on with life.” Sometimes I wish people would do that to me. Just slap me upside the head and tell me that something I did was stupid. Wouldn’t life be so much easier if everyone just said what they meant and did what they said? I’ve been in this perpetual rut for the last month. I won’t get into details about","og_url":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/frustration\/","og_site_name":"MikeJandreau","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/mikejandreau","article_published_time":"2014-11-13T13:33:53+00:00","author":"Mike","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@mikejandreau","twitter_site":"@mikejandreau","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mike","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/frustration\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/frustration\/","name":"Frustration - MikeJandreau","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-11-13T13:33:53+00:00","dateModified":"2014-11-13T13:33:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ef5b6d8e7280a1e847016cfff903f1f9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/frustration\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/frustration\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/frustration\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Frustration"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/","name":"MikeJandreau","description":"Writer. Musician. Movie Snob. Web Guy. Tech Nerd.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ef5b6d8e7280a1e847016cfff903f1f9","name":"Mike","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2144e4825ebd92f36aa717a905a5b03b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2144e4825ebd92f36aa717a905a5b03b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mike"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com"]}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1950,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949\/revisions\/1950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikejandreau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}