{"id":299,"date":"2017-12-10T20:11:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T04:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/ruthleong\/?p=299"},"modified":"2017-12-10T20:11:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T04:11:58","slug":"response-to-simarjit-shergills-light-from-many-lamps-post-week-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/ruthleong\/2017\/12\/10\/response-to-simarjit-shergills-light-from-many-lamps-post-week-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Response to Simarjit Shergill\u2019s Light From Many Lamps Post (Week 10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is my response to <a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/icandothis\/\">Simarjit Shergill&#8217;s post\u00a0<em>Light from many lamps.\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hi Simarjit, thank you for your insightful post. How fitting that you chose this passage as it deals almost directly with your work! Aging is such a terrifying process for some people and sometimes I wonder how I will approach it as I grow older. At 28, old age feels far off in the future for me but I have to admit I am slightly dreading the idea of entering my thirties.<\/p>\n<p>As a goal-oriented individual, I have certain expectations of achievements I would have by different milestones. Mostly, these expectations have driven and pushed me to achieve goals I might have otherwise procrastinated on, such as start this graduate program. However, when I read your post, I wonder if my sometimes unrealistic expectations could actually be harmful if they create a fear or reluctance of aging.<\/p>\n<p>Understanding that the second half of one&#8217;s lifetime is just as important as the first creates excitement and enthusiasm of what is to come. I hope to be able to embrace aging in a way where I am always excited to see what the next year will bring me and to not always be dwelling on younger years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is my response to Simarjit Shergill&#8217;s post\u00a0Light from many lamps.\u00a0 Hi Simarjit, thank you for your insightful post. How fitting that you chose this passage as it deals almost directly with your work! Aging is such a terrifying process for some people and sometimes I wonder how I will approach it as I grow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,21,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ldrs500","category-light-from-many-lamps","category-unit-10","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/ruthleong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/ruthleong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/ruthleong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/ruthleong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/ruthleong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/ruthleong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":300,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/ruthleong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions\/300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/ruthleong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/ruthleong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/ruthleong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}