{"id":142012,"date":"2019-05-23T20:45:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T19:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=142012"},"modified":"2019-05-23T20:45:31","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T19:45:31","slug":"i-think-its-all-downhill-from-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2019\/05\/23\/i-think-its-all-downhill-from-here\/","title":{"rendered":"I think it’s all downhill from here"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Well it’s been a rather shit month or so. The death of a close friend was the worst thing of course, but the future’s looking a bit bleak right now in all directions.
We boldly went as far as we could but I am not convinced that there’s much further to go. Maybe I am out of fuel.

I will give it my best shot. Then if that’s all there is well at least I tried. My heads spinning at the moment and I am lurching between weird burst of unrealistic optimism and huge lows. I don’t have the confidence required to succeed. Its hidden itself somewhere deep down in a dusty corner of my psyche and its not coming out to play today.

So if that’s the case all good things as they say….

\u0086<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2018I am one who loved not wisely but too well.\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

(Othello<\/a> Act 5, Scene 2)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018We have seen better days.\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

(Timon of Athens<\/a> Act 4, Scene 2)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well it’s been a rather shit month or so. The death of a close friend was the worst thing of course, but the future’s looking a bit bleak right now in all directions.We boldly went as far as we could but I am not convinced that there’s much further to go. Maybe I am out … Continue reading I think it’s all downhill from here<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-AWw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":175559,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/11\/04\/prelude-to-winter\/","url_meta":{"origin":142012,"position":0},"title":"Prelude To Winter","author":"diana Stone","date":"November 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"It's starting to get cold now. 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