{"id":82415,"date":"2017-06-16T01:58:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T00:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=82415"},"modified":"2017-06-16T01:58:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T00:58:16","slug":"working-with-the-resources-that-you-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2017\/06\/16\/working-with-the-resources-that-you-have\/","title":{"rendered":"Working with the resources that you have"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today has been a bit rough mentally. \u00a0Often when I have been away for a little while I tend to get a bit depressed on returning home and very irritable \u00a0too. \u00a0If I could afford it perhaps I would just keep moving for ever. \u00a0The world and I are at odds again without a doubt. As usual no exceptions to the rule. Some days I get the feeling that I can communicate better with people in a language I can hardly speak than than in English. Maybe its paranoia or maybe its something else? I am up far to late writing this rubbish again and trying not to get angry with the sheer heartlessness of much that I see and hear. \u00a0Much of what I have feared seems to be coming to pass in front of my eyes as if I had predicted it. Nothing to do with being psychic \u00a0just the onset of the obvious, the path being already drawn and the trail mapped out a bit like this \u00a0<i>bandes dessin\u00e9e &#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"82416\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2017\/06\/16\/working-with-the-resources-that-you-have\/20170530_201226\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170530_201226.jpg?fit=1836%2C3264&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1836,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-J320FN&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1496175146&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0066225165562914&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Careers advice\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170530_201226.jpg?fit=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-82416\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170530_201226.jpg?resize=576%2C1024\" alt=\"Careers advice\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170530_201226.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170530_201226.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170530_201226.jpg?resize=768%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170530_201226.jpg?w=1836&amp;ssl=1 1836w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170530_201226.jpg?w=1208 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Just remember never surrender, never grow old&#8230;.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today has been a bit rough mentally. \u00a0Often when I have been away for a little while I tend to get a bit depressed on returning home and very irritable \u00a0too. \u00a0If I could afford it perhaps I would just keep moving for ever. \u00a0The world and I are at odds again without a doubt. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2017\/06\/16\/working-with-the-resources-that-you-have\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Working with the resources that you have<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","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-82415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-musings","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-lrh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":179467,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2025\/11\/13\/feeling-a-bit-rough\/","url_meta":{"origin":82415,"position":0},"title":"Feeling a bit rough","author":"diana Stone","date":"November 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I am feeling tired and bruised and battered. 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